Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Grand Cayman DAY 1

Our first day on the islands of our cruise dropped us off at Grand Cayman. Our excursion for the day brought us into Stingray City which is a sandbar about ten miles or so off of Grand Cayman where fisherman used to dump their left over bait which attracted lots and lots of stingrays! To this day the stingrays (non harmful) still come back to the sandbar. Now it is more of a tourist site where people can swim with the stingray, hold the stingray, kiss the stingray for seven year good luck (which I did), or get a back massage from the stingray (which Brady did). After that we headed off to Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville for lunch and then back to the ship. On the boat riding to stingray city.
This is the color of the ocean!!!! No joke..... Doesn't it look like pool water? It was absolutely georgious! This is where we are in the water with the stingrays.
Brady holding a stingray.
The most beautiful water I have ever seen!!!!!

Outside in the outdoor bar/lounge area of Jimmy Buffet's Margarittaville was a waterslide and pool, so after I ate my lunch and we were just about ready to head out to the ship I decided to cool off with a slide down the waterslide and a dip in the pool. Why not? We are on vacation!
Wasted away again in Margaritaville!!!! Cayman Islands.Waiting in line to board our ship. Because the water is not deep enough at the docks we had to port in the water and then get tender boats to drive us back to the ship.

A picture of Grand Cayman from the Carnival Valor (our ship).
More of the coast of Grand Cayman


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