After a day at sea, we arrived off the coast of Georgetown, the capital of the Cayman Islands and also the largest city on Grand Cayman.
This is Georgetown, with a replica pirate ship which is one of the attractions for tourists. While we waited for the tenders (which were late!) I took some pictures of the other ships which were tendered off Grand Cayman that day.
At left is the Seven Seas Navigator of Radisson, and the right is the Crown Princess of P&O.
Here is a better picture of the Seven Seas Navigator. Once we got on the tender, I got some closer pictures of the ships as we passed
Our ship, the Norwegian Wind, in the process of lowering a tender over the side.
The
Crown Princess. Notice the round dome at the top of the ship.
It houses the casino.
Once we were ashore, we took a short bus tour. This is part of the famous Seven Mile Beach.
We also visited a farm where turtles are raised for commercial use. 10% of the turtles are turned loose to help replenish the supply of these endangered animals. Our bus driver liked this guy but the feeling was not mutual, based on the flapping around and squawking.
Here he finally calmed him down.
Some turtles are retained for breeding stock, and live to be over 50 years old.
On our way back to the ship we visited a spot called "Hell" because of its surreal rock formations, which are over a million years old. Naturally, you can get a variety of cheesy souvenirs with plays on the spot's name. I was content to mail my postcards from the official Hell post office.
Grand Cayman is cleaner and more prosperous than most of the Caribbean islands I have visited. Here is a pretty house we passed on the road.