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Too bad this excursion was a bit disappointing, but it looks like you did have a good time, and you wouldn't want to have missed that interaction in the store with a family inside joke that will probably go on for years!
Too bad this excursion was a bit disappointing, but it looks like you did have a good time, and you wouldn't want to have missed that interaction in the store with a family inside joke that will probably go on for years!
Exactly. Even though it wasn't exactly what I wanted/expected we still definitely had a good time.
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Lol wow that comment! Well we have gotten offered drugs there in cozumel twice now...hard stuff and my poor husband had no clue what they were saying but I'm a therapist so I knew so I'd agree not the nicest of the islands but we've always stayed close to the boat when we go there.
Sorry it has been so long since my last update. Life and the holidays got in the way I guess. I recently was looking through photos and remembered how much I enjoyed writing my little report so I figured I would do a few more entries. Hopefully it will ease the pain of another New England winter.
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
On Tuesday we arrived at Grand Cayman. As many of you know, Grand Cayman requires a tender as there is no place to physically dock. None of us had ever been to Grand Cayman and were pretty excited. It was a beautiful day and we were the only ship in port.
We had booked the Grand Cayman Island Tour. It was $39 per person and included a narrated bus tour with stops at Hell and the turtle farm.
We met in the D Lounge to pick up our tickets and group stickers. We were led down as a group to the tender area. I was a little nervous about the tender boat, but it ended up being pretty cool. It is a viewpoint of the Fantasy I had never had before.
^on tender^
We were led to some tour guides and busses lined up. There was a little confusion as to who should go on which bus and how many seats there were. Everything got cleared up and we boarded the bus. It was more like a van actually. The four of us ended up in front in some funny little seats. Our driver was Berry. He had a sense of humor and lots of information about the island. I am not sure everyone was listening, but we were and enjoyed his commentary.
Neat views from the boat. Great to see you writing again and I don't blame you wanting to remember this, as I've heard the temperatures in New England are going to be stupidly cold this weekend.
Neat views from the boat. Great to see you writing again and I don't blame you wanting to remember this, as I've heard the temperatures in New England are going to be stupidly cold this weekend.
yeah it was about 2 degrees when I left my house this morning. Going to be negative 30. Looks like I will be getting some more reporting done and planning for the next trip!
He took us by the Old Homestead which is the oldest home in Grand Cayman. It was built in 1912 and withstood many storms throughout the years.
Our first stop was Hell. Hell is a large group of black limestone formations. We had about 30 min to look around, take pictures and visit the little shops. I must admit it wasn’t very exciting. The limestone itself it pretty cool looking, but there isn’t much to do there. We took a few photos and checked out the shops. The shops had the typical key chains, t shirts, postcards and drinks/snacks. There is also a post office. And they had a restroom, it was clean.
Our next stop was the turtle farm. There was some serious confusion when we arrived here. The driver gave us bracelets and told us to head inside. We had to meet back out in 45 min or something. When we got into the lobby area we were told we couldn’t go in without our guide. After going back and forth a few times they let us in. We saw other bus drivers giving their group a tour of the turtle farm-we were on our own.
I must say I was a little disappointed in the turtle farm. I ended up feeling really bad for the turtles. There was a long line to hold them and take photos with them. It didn’t seem like the turtles were very happy about being held. We poked around in the little shop, mom and dad got t shirts. We boarded back onto the bus to head back towards port.
^entrance to turtle farm^
^A sad turtle & me^
There were some areas that were not include with our excursion/wrist band such as a swimming/beach area and aviary.
For more information about the turtle farm click here.
I must admit those don't look like great living quarters for turtles, although I don't know much about what they do need. What a shame they seemed to be so miserable.
I must admit those don't look like great living quarters for turtles, although I don't know much about what they do need. What a shame they seemed to be so miserable.
I'm such an animal lover, I feel bad for my cat when I don't cuddle her enough. SO maybe the turtles were totally fine, I'm not sure. They just seemed sad swimming around the tanks.
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Great to see you writing again and I don't blame you wanting to remember this, as I've heard the temperatures in New England are going to be stupidly cold this weekend. 
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