Blogs from Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Central America Caribbean - page 11

Day 7: R&R for New Year's Day. I've caught a cold so while the others go touring the island, I stay home to nap and rest on the beach. The water is so warm, 27 degree (80 F) for today as an example, never this warm back home. You can see why the night time dips have been so appealing. I can hear people chatting about the storms in the US and I've seen your pics from our Canadian winter, glad I'm here. We had one morning where it showered just enough to dampen the ground, clouds and rain in the distance but nothing more. Best thing about the island is a tough one to decide… perfect weather (night time lows of 24, daytime ‘winter’ temps of 28) , warm crystal clear water, virtually no ... read more

Day 3: Sunday chez Cousin D. My cousin D lives in Grand Cayman and is a Cayman citizen, lucky him! He's the reason we are all here. I have something to learn from him... So my friends ask yourself, what's keeping you from living your big dreams? So I went to church...pentecostal, in a sea of beautiful dark faces all dressed in their sunday best like you would do for church on easter sunday. Little boys not even school age in pressed shirts & ties. Little girls in organza dresses & ribbons in their hair. An alter decorated with big red poinsettias... It's still Christmas time...wow, hard to believe. Then we have a family dinner at D's house in George Town, the capitol of Grand Cayman. With about a population of 20 thousand, it has over ... read more

Day 2: Stingrays & bikinis. Our first full day on the island... where do I even start? Let me say some stories & pictures will not be shared here...some will be saved to be shared in person for the people nearest & dearest to me :) So this morning we head out to our boat. We have a boat just to ourselves, the water is spectacular turquoise, the waves have beautiful white peaks. The homes along the wharf are a colorful series of pastels. We head a number of miles out offshore... to swim on a dune with the stingrays. I have no pics of the stingrays on my camera but we did have water cameras with us, once developed back home they'll be shared. I had our 'captain' lift one out of the water so ... read more

Today was the last port day with Mel and Jess and we were in Grand Cayman. In my opinion, the site to see in Grand Cayman is stingray city where you can snorkel with the stingrays and Mel and Jess agreed with my suggestion. We did a combo tour where we got to go snorkeling along the coral reef and then with the rays. While I've been out with the stingrays probably about a half dozen times, this specific tour and the snorkel spot was new for me, so that was nice. WOW. The snorkeling along the reef was incredible. Definitely one of the best snorkel sites I've been to, and at this point, I've been to a lot! I've seen more fish on other tours, but there were still plenty around. But as far as ... read more

Ginny is still here cruising with me (oh, and we did luck out with a guest cabin and dining room table again this cruise!!) and today we’re in Grand Cayman. I think the best thing to see in Grand Cayman is Stingray City, so I’d recommended it to Gin and she was all for it. She also wanted to do some snorkeling during her time down here, so we did a combination tour today. We were bused across the island to board our motor boat that took us out into the sea. We stopped at three different snorkel spots today. We went to the Coral Gardens where we swam with fish and saw coral. Then there was a second snorkel site where we saw starfish! This was a new thing for me, so I was quite ... read more