There are 300,000 people in Nassau, good for about 75% of the population of The Bahamas. Put in US terms, it's comparable in size to places like Savannah, Flint, Myrtle Beach, Lincoln, or Santa Clarita.
I was there via cruise ship in 2018, but never posted photos. But why not? Here you go, from the simpler times before Covid.
Ships pull up right in front of downtown. There's the usual cruise ship tourist terminal, but it's easy to walk through that into the center city. The center city is still pretty touristy, but no different in that regard to any nightlife district in any city.
It was a very hot day and I was pushing a stroller around. Sadly I didn't make it out of downtown, nor did I really have the energy to compose photos better than snapshots. But who cares. Here you go.
That brutalist boy in the background here is the tallest building downtown. It's the national post office. There are taller hotels elsewhere, but it dominates the downtown.
More on that later. Here's downtown.
See the little buses? These go all over the island but info on routes, schedules, and fares was hard to find. They're clearly for locals.
Colonialism: A thing.
Tourism: Definitely a thing.
Localism: Also a thing.
Is this localism or colonialism?
The adorable 8-sided public library is definitely localism.
Now about the post office. We wanted to get that far, at least. It was underwhelming.
But that green trim on the PO boxes caught my eye for sure
As did the British-style sidewalk mail dropboxes.
That's all I got. Have a nice day!
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