Is the Bahama's safe, overall?

bigbet1234 · Jun 15, 2010

We went to Jamaica last year, while it seemed failry safe to me, the hustling was UNREAL. You could easily find yourself in an unsafe situatin if you weren't careful.

You also had to watch for the bogus cabs, had to look for proper stickers on the windows.

How is it in Bahama's? Easy transpotaion to and from the airport? How is the hustling? How is the area around Atlantis?

$tinky · Jun 15, 2010

Bahama's is pretty cool imo. I felt pretty safe. Went to nassau, ride from airport is easy. Atlantis is pretty cool. We stayed at Sandals all inclusive and I'd do it again in a heart beat.

bigbet1234 · Jun 15, 2010

Did you just cab it from the Airport? So many times these cabbies want to take ya the long way.

I truely think we missed a bad situation in Key west a few years back going from the airport to our hotel.

$tinky · Jun 15, 2010

Sandals had folks pick us up at the airport. We never got in a cab the entire trip. Did ride a bus to downtown (which i could have done without). sorta like new orleans but worse.

Atlantis from what i remember was cool but way more expensive that it should be.

aceduecetrey · Jun 15, 2010

Stay on Paradise island and all is good. Reminds me of a story of one time I was there....

Back in the tout days we were sitting in the office trying to figure out what to do for the super bowl (raiders-bucs) and decided at the last minute to go over the te atlantis. Someone had a host over there and called the guy up and set up the rooms, then we booked the flight and a limo for the ride over to Miami from fort myers. Anyways, I go complet;y shit faced on the ride over to the airport and once we got to there, I blacked out. Woke up with my buddy trying to get me to fill out my customs papers. We land and get a cab to the atlantis. Go straigt to the casino and start drinking once again. I am hammered and killing the dice table when they announce last 3 rolls. I flipped out because I had no idea they actually closed at like 4am or so. I am bitcing about where to go as I am now wired out of my mind on booze and other things. Some dirtly little bahama guy, says the magic word "strip club". Me and one other guy say hell yes and proceed to follow him. For what ever reason I decided we needed to stop by the front and drop off most of our cash and jewelry at the safe. We do so and get in the guys cab. End up pulling up to some random house and we follow him in. Walk into a kitchen with about 6 huge bahama guys sitting there playing cards and smoking whatever. I proceed to start to shit myself, when the cab guy says, to follow him. Walk into the living room basically and there are 2 girls who come walking out. One pretty hot and one ugly as fuck. My buddy was obviously less drunk than I and quickly picked the hot one and I got stuck with the short fat one. Anyways had a good time, but for the life of me I would never venture off of paradise Island again after dark.

$tinky · Jun 15, 2010

we are actually pondering going back sorta soon. Our big summer beach trip was fucked by this oil bullshit.

bigbet1234 · Jun 15, 2010

I can relate.

We get into Keywest and some guy comes running up and ask if we need a cab. so we jump in, on the way there(i think it was a fake call) but he says his wife is in labor in Miami, I was like WTF, he said he had to take a detour. we pull in an alley by some shit hole area and some guy is sitting over in the grass smoking a cig. the driver gets out and says he will be back. they stood over there and talked for a few mins. i was half tempted to bail from the cab had it not been for all my wifes luggage.

anways, both of them walk up, at that time, i'm a bit nervous with racing thoughts. he says this guy will take you to your hotel. i had no clue where the fuck we were, but he starts driving and is sweating like a motther fucker. in the end, took us about 45 mins to get to the Hyatt there.

Surely they had some kinda of plan to rob us or some shit, it was too wierd. I am not a small guy by any means, not sure if they decided against it or what. but it was strange for sure

Betfair.com · Jun 15, 2010

SS and I had a great time at Atlantis once upon a time!! (LOL). SS had quite a run at the BJ tables - there was no poker room in the old days.

It was a few years back but seemed really safe. Alot safer than Miami!

FearTheRaven · Jun 15, 2010

aceduecetrey said:
Stay on Paradise island and all is good. Reminds me of a story of one time I was there....

Back in the tout days we were sitting in the office trying to figure out what to do for the super bowl (raiders-bucs) and decided at the last minute to go over the te atlantis. Someone had a host over there and called the guy up and set up the rooms, then we booked the flight and a limo for the ride over to Miami from fort myers. Anyways, I go complet;y shit faced on the ride over to the airport and once we got to there, I blacked out. Woke up with my buddy trying to get me to fill out my customs papers. We land and get a cab to the atlantis. Go straigt to the casino and start drinking once again. I am hammered and killing the dice table when they announce last 3 rolls. I flipped out because I had no idea they actually closed at like 4am or so. I am bitcing about where to go as I am now wired out of my mind on booze and other things. Some dirtly little bahama guy, says the magic word "strip club". Me and one other guy say hell yes and proceed to follow him. For what ever reason I decided we needed to stop by the front and drop off most of our cash and jewelry at the safe. We do so and get in the guys cab. End up pulling up to some random house and we follow him in. Walk into a kitchen with about 6 huge bahama guys sitting there playing cards and smoking whatever. I proceed to start to shit myself, when the cab guy says, to follow him. Walk into the living room basically and there are 2 girls who come walking out. One pretty hot and one ugly as fuck. My buddy was obviously less drunk than I and quickly picked the hot one and I got stuck with the short fat one. Anyways had a good time, but for the life of me I would never venture off of paradise Island again after dark.

Damn man, that sounds just like the movie "Training Day".

I've been several times and had no trouble all around the Bahamas.

Have definitely seen some shady characters and situations where I've luckily not been drunk enough to fall into a bad situation.