m.b.

I can't believe all you younger people with families saying that the walk over the Paradise Island Bridge to downtown Nassau is too far for your young family to walk.My husband and I ( both in our late 50's ) vacation there every year at the Ocean Club, and do that walk every day as part of our daily execise routine. Get up early, and get moving. You don't know what you are missing! Watching the mail boats coming in from the out islands, and the fishing boats coming back in to Potter's Cay with their catch, is a great education for your children!!Consider it!

Roger

While I agree with you completely, mb, I'd make the following comments:<BR>**61% of Americans are overweight, and 25% are morbidly obese; one reason is that Americans don't exercise, another is their penchant for gorging themselves on unhealthy types and portions of food. Thus, most people will find the bridge walk too much of a challenge.<BR>**When it's hot (from March thru October) that walk makes me sweat profusely (since I don't go at ungodly vacation-schedule hours like 7AM when it's nice and comfortable).

Steph

m.b. - coming from an avid runner and strong advocate for exercise, AND also one with small children I can only imagine (not having read the "Bridge" posts) that people who consider it too long are considering that their children may become too tired to walk the entire distance and want to be carried. If you've ever carried a 30 or 40 lb. child for any distance in hot sweaty conditions, I'm sure you could sympathize with parents in that situation. <BR><BR>I have 3 under 7 and depending on how active the vacation schedule is a lot of walking and swimming can tire their short legs quickly. Add sweaty hot conditions, and their tolerance for lots of walking decreases exponentially. Then what you get is a whiney child collapsed in sitting position on the ground who refuses to move. <BR><BR>Please consider other perspectives when you decide to lecture us on getting up and getting moving. My family is slim, trim, active and moves a lot, and my young children still become tired easily on vacations from all the fun. It's perfectly understandable that some families may want to avoid situations that create unwanted tantrums, drama, and unnecessary exertion (on the parents part.)<BR>

xx

AMEN!!!

Anon.

Americans don't exercise and gorge themselves on unhealthy food? Quite the generalization. And because of that I must disagree.

Harald

In my opinion Paradise Island Bridge on New Providence side is one of the worst places in Nassau. Who wants to go by mail boats? Who wants to eat there conch of fish. Check how the people clean their booth and the fish. Check also www.the-bahamas.de Check the pictures too

Island Girl

Okay MB, I would not recommend that walk to ANYONE. First of all, the heat and humidity and strong sun make the walk harder than it might be somewhere else. Second, so you walk over the bridge and then what??? You're not exactly in the heart of the shopping area are you?? Not to mention the panhandlers who linger by the bridge.

laughmore

There are too many obese people at Atlantis. The ticket lady for at Dolphin Encounters told one tourist "You're on in five minutes." For the jogger poster above, I've seen tourists jog Casino Avenue with a sweatsuit made at the Tent & Awning company. Jenny Craig just started laughing when she held a workshop at Atlantis; ever since, she only goes there to collect "before" pictures for her marketing brochures. Ever notice the people who actually close down the all-you-can-eat buffets there? So, have sympathy for those who can't find Spandex in their size whose "goal" weight has more than three digits, and use their comforters as a towel by the Atlantis pools. One poor obese soul was on Cabbage beach when his beeper went off, and a bunch of kids yelled out, "Look out, It's backing up!" laughmore in the Bahamas<BR>