Grand Cayman!

Grand Cayman was our FAVORITE stop! We really, really want to go back and stay for a week. We just weren't there long enough!

We did a double-dive chartered by the cruise ship, and then we had about an hour to walk around after that. Our dives were amazing!

We had used all of the underwater cameras we took, plus one we bought in Costa Maya. We were going to buy another for Grand Cayman, but figured the stuff we'd see on our dive would be the same as the other Caribbean islands. We were SO wrong! Major regret on our part!

Our guide/dive master found this Lionfish on our dive. They are not indigenous to the area, and kill other marine life, so when they find one, they remove it. You can't touch it with your bare hands or you'll get stung. "If a human is envenomed, that person will experience extreme pain, and possibly headaches, vomiting, and breathing difficulties." The guides carry gloves with them, so they can catch them if they are found. Super cool!

We passed a large sea turtle on our way down, saw some really cool wreck sites, some bicycles on the bottom of the ocean (a practical joke among the dive employees from the states), LOTS of really cool fish, more turtles, a Lionfish (see above) and a Grouper that weighs probably more than my entire family combined. If we would've had a camera with us, one of us would've gotten on one of the bikes for sure, and rode on the bottom of the ocean.

Our dive master was from a small Wisconsin town. He said he was NEVER going back. (I don't really blame him!)

7-mile beach. The most beautiful beach I've EVER seen! Perfectly white sand beach, absolutely clear water, and perfect weather.

Oh how I long to be in Grand Cayman, again!