Can you see why we loved this cruise SO much?
And there's more!
Our final stop was in Georgetown, Grand Cayman.
Our excursion didn't leave real early, so we got to sleep in a bit.
That was nice.
We booked this last excursion through Carnival.
First impression: Whoa. Grand Cayman is TOTALLY different
than Belize or Honduras. It is SWANKY.
There are gorgeous resorts, golf courses, hotels.
The landscaping is impeccable.
Nice cars everywhere.
They are a British territory and drive on the left side of the road.
For the first part of the excursion, we took a boat ride out to Stingray City.
Andrew and I went their on our very first cruise with Tony and Cindy years ago.
It was fun to go back with the kids.
We were on the boat for about thirty minutes,
riding out into the Caribbean.
And pretty soon you come upon a sand bar,
where the water is only 3-4 feet deep.
And CRYSTAL CLEAR.
It is SO pretty.
We got to hold, kiss, and feed stingrays.
They say that you get seven years of good luck
from a stingray kiss. ????
After a fun boat ride back to shore,
we got on the shuttle again and it took us to
the Cayman Turtle Centre.
It was amazing.
We got to hold little hatchling sea turtles.
They were SOOOO cute!
Then we got to SNORKEL in a lagoon with bigger turtles.
Are you kidding me?
It was fantastic!
The time went by too fast.
Before we knew it, it was time to get back on the
shuttle and head to the ship.
The views on the drive back were picturesque.
Who goes all the way to Grand Cayman to
purchase Myrtle Beach flip flops???
Back on the ship, we grabbed some food.
The girls and I played Chinese checkers, Guess Who, and Connect 4.
I spent time on the balcony reading and watching the sunset.
At dinner, we got to sing with our servers and swirl our napkins in the air.
On our final day at sea, we got to pig out at the chocolate buffet.
Whit and I got to learn a dance routine to Thriller.
And we had one last visit from our favorite table magician.
He did an amazing trick where he figured out the password
to Andrew's iphone. Kind of creepy and very mysterious....
Favorites:
Caroline
*Sea turtle center
*Hugging a sloth
*Food--esp. filet mignon and baked Alaska
Whitney
*Braised ox tongue
*Crocs on the river cruise
*Chankanaab snorkeling--esp the cuttlefish
Brandon
*Roatan snorkeling
*Hanging out with people--Johnny, Jeremy, Larissa
*Monkeys
Drew
*Cuddling with a sloth
*Playing with the monkeys
*Being able to see four different countries
Me
*Chankanaab snorkeling
*Monkey/sloth hangout
*Snorkeling with sea turtles
Other highlights that are not pictured:
C: Seeing dolphins in the open ocean from the ship
D: Winning Sports trivia and Trivial Pursuit
W: Awesome waiters, especially Superdi
Things we would've changed:
A: Slightly shorter river cruise
D: That the texting app would've worked.
W: Wouldn't have ordered the tofu steak.
D: Better on-ship entertainment
D: Don't want to hear the main theater speakers from our room.
When we got off the ship, we went to a sacrament meeting in
Florida and then headed toward home.
Marianne and Patrick were nice enough to host us
for Sunday dinner.
We didn't get to hang out for long,
but it was so good to visit for bit.
Love having them on this side of the country!
Wow you thoroughly entertained me just by writing about all your activities and sharing the pictures that I don't know if I'll ever need to go on a cruise myself!
ReplyDeleteI thoroughly enjoyed watching that Thriller dance! Especially the end when you turned around with a scary face! LOL!
ReplyDeleteNice job on the Thriller dance! And the snorkeling with turtles and rays looks amazing! I love swimming with turtles. I also had to laugh at the "Wouldn't have ordered the tofu steak", who let her do that in the first place? (-:
ReplyDeleteHa ha! That's one of the joys of cruising! Try whatever you want! :)
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