Sailing Away to Grand Cayman

Earlier this month my mom, sisters and I took a relaxing cruise on a Carnival fun ship for a few days while my sister Patty was visiting here from California.  

The first sea day is always fun and full of anticipation!!

Here we are during the Sail Away party!

Mom and Patty

Karan

Having fun!

Sailing away

We had a nice sea day the next day and then off the ship at Grand Cayman!

As you can see, the traffic is set up for left handed driving.

It's even a bit disconcerting while walking.  You really have to watch when crossing streets and such.

Ruby red tile roofs lined the street!

We walked down to the shops in the cool of the morning.

They were full of colorful textiles inside and out.  

What to do in Grand Cayman?  

We discovered that just around the corner there was a national museum inside the oldest building on the island!
That was a must see!
Admission was quite reasonable at $6.00 a person.


I really urge all visitors to make this little museum a destination point, just a short walk from where the ship docks.  

Original art by local artists were on display

   A film presentation gave us the history of the islands, with a local in native dress as the narrator.

It was really well presented and very informative.

Here is a photo of the actual building we were in from days long ago. It actually looked almost the same today, but with a lot of new buildings around it.

                       Upstairs an animated figure told stories!  My Favorite Shadow Shot for this week.                                                                              

It really gave us a good overall picture of the history and culture of the islands we were visiting.  

Mom was enjoying the display of a 1950's era home.

There were great displays

on the natural part of the island as well of the many birds, turtles and other wildlife.

Grand Cayman was originally named for the abundance of  large turtles.  

Afterwards, we split up to do some individual shopping and to see what we could see.

I really loved this fountain.
It was like a little oasis in the midst of the modern buildings.   Look at those gorgeous blue tiles!
The sculpture is of stingrays.  Just to the right is the sea.  

The rest of the afternoon was spent ambling more slowly back towards the ship in the much hotter

sunshine.  Many of the little colorful shops along the coastal road offered local arts and crafts.  

 All too soon it was back to the ship to sail on to Cozumel.  

For more of this cruise my sis Karan has done a very cute and funny blog post!   

Click here!

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