Living in Coastal Areas

It is beautiful to live nearby the waters because of the endless opportunity of watching an awesome view. This is a boat ramp along Indian River at US 1 in Port Saint John. US 1 is the fantastic scenic route for travelers and the amazing view such as this picture is so surreal! We moved here in Cocoa just two months ago and we love this place. This particular location is just 4 minutes' drive from our home. People come here to go fishing and enjoy boating.This place is a good location to watch the rocket lift off at Cape Canaveral Air Force Base which is across the Indian River. This boat ramp is also a nice area to watch the beautiful sunrise in fact, I posted some of the pictures in this blog. You will be amazed! Anyway, my husband and I were here on this particular day to watch the Atlas V Rocket lift off!

Boat Ride From Atlantis to the Port of Nassau

When we arrived Nassau at the Island of Providence in Bahamas, my husband and I decided to go and see the Atlantis Resort in Paradise Island. We took the ride of the van paying $5/person and we went shopping in the Atlantis Resort. The prices are expensive so; we just bought some souvenirs which are made locally.I told my husband that on the way back to the Island of Providence where Nassau is, we will be taking a ferry ride. The fare is affordable, just $3/person. The view from the ferry ride was awesome! The water is so clear and clean! It takes few minutes ride all the way to the Port. Everyone will pass inside the Festival Place for checkpoint. Always bring your passport, ID and the card from the ship.I would recommend that you should try the ferry ride. There was a Bahamian who kept us entertained with stories about the buildings that we saw during the ride. It was really fun. We gave him a small amount of tip/donation. The bridge above connects the Island of Providence and the Paradise Island.In the picture (above) shows the happy faces of tourists. We listen attentively to the man who kept our ride a very interesting one. Do not forget, if you visit Nassau, take the ferry ride or you will miss a lifetime *wink*!

Shrimp Boats in Front Beach

While we were routing the bridge connecting Ocean Springs and Biloxi, Mississippi, there were more than 20 Shrimp Boats lined up going to somewhere. Of course, we had nobody to ask on the whereabouts of their destination. I just grab my phone and took this picture because it reminded me of the picture of Magellan's Fleet. There are two things that these boats were sailing: (1) shrimping and (2) work for BP.
As of today, our shoreline here in Biloxi and Ocean Springs is FREE from Oil Spill caused by the oil rig disaster of Deepwater Horizon last April 20, 2010. I pray that BP can successfully cap the oil spill source before any hurricane strike. If that will happen, it will be an unimaginable catastrophe.

Boating Activity

When we were at Destin, Florida lastweek, I was so amazed to seeing so many boats out on the sea. We were on the bridge and as we look over it, people were fishing and swimming on the shallow area at the middle part of the water. Boat like this was a common sight. This boat is actually almost a hundred thousand dollars but, it seemed to me that this is a necessity to other families. Boating activity especially for summer vacation is truly worth it when we spend it with family. Truly worth it!