Like any international destination, there are certainly challenges and perceptions to be overcome but I strongly believe in the dedication and warmth of the Bahamian people and my team at Ocean Club.
The anticipation of cooling off in the ocean kept my feet moving in the crippling heat, but the first sight of water temporarily stopped me in my tracks.
Still, falling asleep with the sound of the Pacific Ocean in my ears made up for the paltry (and undercooked) rations, and I vowed the next time would be different.
We were staying by the ocean, and my father would swim every day, taking long laps parallel to the beach.
So we flew over the ocean, and with my mother and my grandmother and my sister, who at the time was two, we traveled around the country.
The veneer of fractured ice over the Arctic Ocean is changing, disintegrating before my eyes.
My youngest boy, Charlie, is fascinated by the ocean but really, not a fan.
Spice overload too, since Whitehouse sometimes throws too many spices into dishes that sound pretty straightforward. (Should Szechuan pepper really be a marinade ingredient in sugar-cured ocean trout and avocado?) It crossed my mind to march into the kitchen and throw his spice rack away.
But my parents and Colombe are convinced they're swimming in the ocean just because they live in their fifteen hundred square feet with their piles of furniture and paintings.
"Prince Philip said 'You have obviously surfed in the ocean' and I told him I had surfed all my life and used to be a professional surfer, " he said.
BBC: NEWS | UK | Wales | South West Wales | Philip's belly-dancing 'insult'
It took me a while (all of twelve hours) to realize what it was: for so much of my life, I have been physically oriented to think of the ocean as that thing to the East (the Atlantic) or the West (the Pacific) of me.
Often my mother would remind me that if a delicate seashell could survive the violent tumbles of the ocean, then I too could weather the turbulent times in life.
Despite the challenges our ocean faces, I believe it's time to recapture the sense of wonder and inspiration my grandfather and father felt when they gazed on its surface.
应用推荐