Our Cruise Part 2: Grand Cayman Island

Our first morning of 2019 looked like this: 

It was so beautiful! We couldn't believe it was January 1st! It was fun seeing the Grand Cayman Island slowly come into view. The cruise ship couldn't dock at a pier like in other ports, so we had to be tendered from the ship to the docks in George Town.

When we got there, we were greeted by this pirate:  

 (Fun fact: You'll see him in the next stop as a sailor).

And this awesome local:

We took a catamaran sail out to Sting Ray City, once again marveling at the warmth and basking in the sun. 

 On the ride over, our guide taught us how to hold a stingray. It involved holding food in your fist like this and letting the stingray suck it up out of your hand. The worst part was digging into the bucket and picking out a piece of octopus...so so gross!

After our excursion, we found a restaurant and tried some Caribbean cuisine. We were going to be returning to the ship and all that food so we decided to share one meal. I was surprised that Brian was willing to try some Jamaican jerked ribs. They were spicy, but so so good! 

 We did a little shopping and bonded with the local residents:

 After waiting in a huge, long line for our turn to be tendered back to the ship, we got dinner

and did other stuff that we didn't bother to take pictures of, and because of that, I couldn't say for sure what we did. We probably read some more in our room. Maybe some napping, because I was constantly sleepy, thanks to my seasick medicine. I was okay with it though. I needed some relaxing after Octnovdecember.