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Our Trip to the NEXT Nude Beach
And Oh, What a Contrast!
After our positive experience at the nude beach at Orient Bay, which you can read about here, two days later our cruise took us to NCL’s private island at Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas. In 1986 this was probably the first private island owned by a cruise line, and facts be known it was totally undeveloped. There was nothing there except sand, water and whatever the crew could bring ashore on the tenders, namely food and beverage. Today, compared to then, the island is completely developed and unrecognizable from when we first visited.
After hearing about our time at Orient Bay, our dining room waiter, Robert, mentioned that there was a nude beach on the private island and how to get there. Sure, why not!
We took the tender to the island, and his directions didn’t make a lot of sense, so we asked one of the staff, who pointed way down to the end of the beach to the right and around the corner. Good enough, and off we went.
It was actually quite a hike but we made it down there and were greeted by a “Nude Beach Beyond This Point” sign. Gosh, if that doesn’t make it official, I don’t know what does!
Beyond the sign was an unimproved beach bordered by trees, okay as beaches go but nothing special. Quite surprising was that we had the beach to…
