Nassau - Shiver Me Timbers, Matey!

This morning we finished up one last maintenance detail -- changing the fuel filters. When I say "we" I really mean "Kevin" since all I usually do is stand there and go fetch things when he needs them. However this morning he had just pulled out the old filter in one of the engines and was ready to close the filter housing back up when I held up the new racor filter that he was supposed to have installed and asked, "Hey, don't you need to do something with this?". So even though I may not be doing the actual work, I do occasionally contribute something.

After lunch we went downtown and our first stop was the pirate museum. Okay, everybody say it with me -- "Aaaarrgh!". There was a guy standing outside the museum dressed in pirate garb. He looked pretty bored and was actually in mid-yawn when he noticed us approaching and managed to convert the yawn into a hearty "aaarrgh!" of welcome. The museum itself was pretty good, kind of like the Disney ride only without the catchy song or the animatronics or the ride. But the walkthrough museum was really well done with lots of information about the real pirates, and of course there was a gift shop/pub at the end so we had a chance to down some grog -- er, Kaliks.

From there we did some more exploring of the downtown area. There wasn't a whole lot else to see sightseeing-wise other than shops and a straw market and some government buildings. None of which had the appeal of the pirate theme (one last time -- "aaarrgh!") so we decided to call it a day and head back to the boat. Tomorrow we will try to find a bus to take us to the other side of the island to tour the Bacardi distillery.