Vacation Report #5 Grand Cayman, BWI
September 12, 2006
Today we arrived bright and early to the beautiful island of Grand Cayman, BWI. This is my favorite island in the Western Caribbean. It is small, and very clean. A stop in Grand Cayman is not complete unless you visit the world famous 7 Mile Beach.
We arrived in Grand Cayman prior to waking up. I looked out our porthole and saw the tenderboats tieing on to the Magic. We went up to Topsiders and had a good breakfast underneath a bright Caribbean sky. As we were eating, some "Pirate" ships were circling the Magic as well as the Carnival Miracle. I was surprised to hear cannon shots, and it added to the unique realism. Grand Cayman after all, was a pirate haunt before the British navy banished and killed the pirates. Pirates such as Captain Morgan and Blackbeard frequented Grand Cayman.
We took our time to catch a tender as we did not have any tours or anything planned. Upon arrival on shore, we met our taxi driver Damon who took us to the beach and showed us some of the devastation from Hurricane Ivan in 2004. He took us to Sea Grape Beach, a section of the aforementioned 7 Mile Beach. We enjoyed our time there. It was interesting. There were some young adults no doubt from the Carnival Miracle floating around near us. They spotted a jellyfish. They had to be land locked as they were totally terrified by it. Samantha, my 6 year old daughter, grabs her bucket, scoops up the jellyfish and drops it in the sand! I guess she is a true new englander! Soon some storm clouds gathered just south of the beach and we decided to go back to the ship. Damon our driver was waiting for us. Dad and I took the kids to the ship, while Elaine, Tracy and Mom hit some of the shops in Georgetown.
For dinner we returned to Animator's Palate and had a good meal. The show for the evening was Twice Charmed. It is another story to Cinderella. This time the evil stepmother tries to change time with the help of Franco, the wicked godfather.
After the show, we took a quick walk around the deck and witnessed what would become a regular event in the evening. A light show on the horizon. Each night at sea we saw lightning off in the distance.
Our next stop...the island of Cozumel, Mexico
Today we arrived bright and early to the beautiful island of Grand Cayman, BWI. This is my favorite island in the Western Caribbean. It is small, and very clean. A stop in Grand Cayman is not complete unless you visit the world famous 7 Mile Beach.
We arrived in Grand Cayman prior to waking up. I looked out our porthole and saw the tenderboats tieing on to the Magic. We went up to Topsiders and had a good breakfast underneath a bright Caribbean sky. As we were eating, some "Pirate" ships were circling the Magic as well as the Carnival Miracle. I was surprised to hear cannon shots, and it added to the unique realism. Grand Cayman after all, was a pirate haunt before the British navy banished and killed the pirates. Pirates such as Captain Morgan and Blackbeard frequented Grand Cayman.
We took our time to catch a tender as we did not have any tours or anything planned. Upon arrival on shore, we met our taxi driver Damon who took us to the beach and showed us some of the devastation from Hurricane Ivan in 2004. He took us to Sea Grape Beach, a section of the aforementioned 7 Mile Beach. We enjoyed our time there. It was interesting. There were some young adults no doubt from the Carnival Miracle floating around near us. They spotted a jellyfish. They had to be land locked as they were totally terrified by it. Samantha, my 6 year old daughter, grabs her bucket, scoops up the jellyfish and drops it in the sand! I guess she is a true new englander! Soon some storm clouds gathered just south of the beach and we decided to go back to the ship. Damon our driver was waiting for us. Dad and I took the kids to the ship, while Elaine, Tracy and Mom hit some of the shops in Georgetown.
For dinner we returned to Animator's Palate and had a good meal. The show for the evening was Twice Charmed. It is another story to Cinderella. This time the evil stepmother tries to change time with the help of Franco, the wicked godfather.
After the show, we took a quick walk around the deck and witnessed what would become a regular event in the evening. A light show on the horizon. Each night at sea we saw lightning off in the distance.
Our next stop...the island of Cozumel, Mexico
posted by Christian at
9/27/2006 08:26:00 PM
1 Comments:
Unlike Samantha, I must be a landlubber. I'm not terrified of jellyfish, but I don't have any great love, admiration or respect for them either. My attitude toward them is a couple of notches below my loathing for snakes.
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