Grand Cayman

Grand Cayman

 

   Grand Cayman was our final stop in the Caribbean before heading back to Florida. We arrived just after 7:00 Friday morning. Debby, Nancy and Rhonda had arranged to go on a dolphin encounter, stingray encounter and a sea turtle encounter. Steve, Ron and I had no specific plans. We got off ship and winged it. We decided to take the 7-mile Beach tour. It was $35 each. We thought that would be a good thing to do, giving us an overview of the island.

   The tour was in a nice air conditioned 12 passenger van. It was nice and roomy, not cramped up or hard to see out of like the other vans we had. I didn’t think there was much to see in Grand Cayman. The island is virtually flat, so there are no vistas or high points except on the occasional overpass.  Am exception would be the debris mounds at the land fill.

   A couple of the highlights the locals  thought we should see were  the Governor’s mansion and a little community called Hell. One of our stops included the dolphin encounter pool where the girls were having fun. We got to stay there about 30 minutes before heading back to the boat. That was about it. Grand Cayman is noted for its banking business. There are no taxes here, thus a good place to do business. This island has about 600 banks you can choose from.

   Grand Cayman is a British island. Many moons ago about nine British vessels ran aground on a sandbar and destroyed their ships. The locals went out in their boats and rescued everyone to the last man. In appreciation, the King of England declared this island would no longer be required to pay taxes to Great Britain. That promise is still going on to this day. Everything seems to be financed by Britain.

   Even though there was little to do here, there was always shopping. We had a good time, but failed to see anything that would draw us back.