Here we are at our last port, Georgetown, Grand Cayman
before heading for home. They have no
docking facilities here so we had to tender in. The good news is that we did not use the
ships lifeboats but tenders from Grand Cayman which held 250 people in each
boat. They started boarding at 7:30am
and we left the ship at 9:30am.
As we have been here a lot, including with the kids a
couple of years ago, we simply wanted to get off the ship and walk around town
and buy a magnet and a Christmas ornament, which we did and of course a couple
of other items.
We went into a local church where there was a lady
playing the piano and sat and listened to her for awhile- it was beautiful
music.
Then we stopped at a local food stand during a brief rain
and split a conch salad cooked with lime juice.
It was a little spicy but good.
They did not have Coke, so Barb didn’t order anything to drink. A little later, the owner comes back to the
stand and he had when out and purchased Coke at the local market – wasn’t that
special and he even went there in the rain, just for Barb.
We then walked back to the pier and took the boat back to
the ship, just in time to meet everyone for lunch. As Ed had already had a healthy lunch, he
went to the grill on the pool deck and got one of their delicious
hamburgers!! We all sat on the back of
the ship outside eating and just talking.
After we left last night, everyone won a little so last night was a good
night at the blackjack tables and we had fun talking about it.
Since it was only 2:00pm when we finished eating we then
went up on the sun deck and sat for a couple of hours before coming in – wow
was it hot.
The entertainment tonight was a fantasy show by the
production cast of the Equinox and it was pretty good.
Dinner of course was good and then we went to the casino
where Barb only lost a little and Ed won a little – so it was a good night.
Tomorrow is our last day and we will be at sea, heading
north towards colder weather and home.
We miss everyone and we will be home Friday at
approximately 5:00pm.
Night for now.
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| Fresh fish for sale |
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| In the old church |
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| Lunch in town |
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| The Carnival Paradise - the ship we took the kids on 17 years ago |
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| The view from our balcony with 4 other ships in port |
