13th day 1/9/17

Today was a great educational experience for us to learn about the intricate history of the Bahamas. When we woke up after a long, relaxing sleep at 11:00, we got ready and went out to experience the majority rule holiday. Unlike most days, today, the streets were filled with people enjoying their day off. Firstly, after breakfast, we were given the opportunity to go into one of the primary schools and listen to the guest speakers talk about this holiday and its importance to the Bahamas.

Majority Rule day is a very important holiday to all Bahamians. It first became a public holiday, however in 2014, which is very recently. It commemorates the Bahamians gaining majority rule, or equality and fair game. Majority rule is very high on the scale of important events, along with the emancipation of slavery and independence from Britain. This day was a moment of liberation in the Bahamas and changed the people and its culture to who they are today.

For us, it was an amazing holiday to watch the people and how they celebrate this holiday. We even went up to a stranger, asking him about his past and how he came to be in the Bahamas.

After visiting the school, we went to the Super Value Food Store to pick up some yogurt and fruit for a light lunch because we had a late breakfast this morning.

Today felt so good learning about this culture and the history behind it. After hanging out around the town for the rest of the day, we decided to eat dinner at a restaurant called Poop Deck. We thought the name was very funny! This restaurant was the only one open today, since it was a big holiday. For appetizers, we got the Old Bay Hot Wings, which were so spicy! For the main course Avni ordered the Grilled Mahi-Mahi, Alyssa got the Cracked Conch, and Kailynn ordered the Classic Caesar salad, because she wasn't very hungry.

After dinner, we drove back to the hotel, soaked our feet from walking so much around the town, and went straight to bed.