continued… The Mayan Temple four waterslides, and two went through a shark tank.
If you look carefully, you can see the sharks in the tank. The rectangular tube on the left was an inner tube ride called The Serpent Slide, the one on the right was called Leap of Faith and did not have an inner tube. Eric and Keith wanted to do the Leap of Faith first. Christi opted not to go. It was a straight drop down into the shark tank, and they moved through the tank extremely quickly.
We all went on the Serpent Slide next. As it descended, there were some twists and turns before entering the tank. We moved fairly slowly through the tank, giving us time to see the sharks around us. We all liked that one and went on it several times.
Pedestrians can see the tank from the walkway along the Mayan Temple. Behind Keith, you can see the people in the Serpent Slide tube.
The third ride was in the Mayan Temple was called The Challenger, where two people raced down. Eric and Keith did it five times, with Eric winning three and Keith winning two.
The last ride was called The Jungle Slide. It was a gentle ride designed for younger kids. While Christi was waiting for her turn, she got to see a paraglider go by.
At about 1630, we’d felt like we’d had our fill of the waterpark. We decided that, just as we’d gotten a jump on the lunch crowd, we should leave now to get a jump on the dinner crowd, too. We exited through the aquarium, enjoying the incredible display of sea creatures.
Back at the boat, we quickly showered, then headed to Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville for dinner. Margaritaville was highly recommended by other cruisers since it was close, significantly cheaper than the resort, and fun. It turned out to be literally across the street from the marina office on the spit of land in between the two bridges to Nassau (in the photo below, the marina office is to the right and the the building to the left is in front of Margaritaville).
It was indeed a fun restaurant. Most of the seating was on an outdoor patio overlooking the marina that had mostly commercial vessels. There was some indoor seating, and there was also seating in a small swimming pool bar (to the left in the background of this photo).
The decorations were quirky.
They had more variety on their menu than the average Bahamian restaurant, and, to Eric and Keith’s excitement, they had fajitas.
And, as expected, they had some unique margarita and daiquiri flavors. Eric ordered a Last Mango in Paris margarita: mango tequila, orange liqueur, margarita mix and cranberry juice. On the way back we saw a spotted ray in the marina.
