World Cayman Islands Georgetown

Sandy & Bill's 2018 Winter Adventure

Grand Cayman Feb 28, 2018

Grand Cayman was the first stop of the cruise. We disembarked in the capital, Georgetown. We were greeted at the dock by a pirate, and I took the opportunity to take a picture of him and a huge cruise ship.

Georgetown is a pleasant small city, much in the vogue of Caribbean cities and towns. By that I mean homes and businesses have multi-colored buildings, most of which are pleasing to the eye. The people Sandy and I met were uniformly pleasant, and the weather was sunny and balmy. We decided to take a tour of the island, and our tour guide, Gerrie, proved very knowledgeable about her island's history and topography.

The first place we went to was Hell! I kid you not. You'll see pictures of a sign welcoming you to Hell and there is one of Hell's small post office. Apparently, its name derived from early settlers coming during the peak of summer's heat and seeing formidable looking limestone rocks along the shoreline. In any case, there are pictures of Hell's sign, one of Sandy's face in a comical Hell sign, some of the almost volcanic looking rocks (but they are actually limestone), one of the shoreline tidal pool citizens, and fossilized remains in the shoreline rocks. Sandy and I can now say that we had a pleasant, but short, visit to Hell.

Our next excursion on the tour was to a sea turtle farm. This farm served the dual purpose of raising turtles to return to the wild and for eating since turtle is a popular menu item in Grand Cayman. There are a number of pictures of turtles feeding, various iguanas that also populated the farm, and of Salty, the Cayman Islands first saltwater crocodile since the 1950s. I would recommend visiting this facility to learn about the efforts to keep the turtle population viable and financially support the effort through the admission price (reasonable).

Across the street is a dolphin facility where they care for sick mammals and train them. A smaller portion of the facility is available for people who want to "swim with dolphins."

There are several pictures of these amazing mammals.

The next, and last, stop of this short cruise was Cozumel, Mexico.

Thanks for reading.