BUCKET LIST: Take a Catamaran to Sting Ray City; swim, take pictures, and kiss stingrays; snorkel in some of the bluest water with the most amazing fish- CHECK!
As we 1st pulled into Grand Cayman, they told us that the Georgetown Port had been closed due to high swells and choppy waves. So, instead we pulled into a port on the other side of the island. Many of the excursions were cancelled. Thank goodness we booked with locals so ours was still on!
We took the tender in. We even saw a pirate ship on the way.
Look at the color of this water! Its to DIE for!
Then we took a bus to the west bay. From there we took a catamaran to West Bay.
When we arrived at Sting Ray City and I was so dang excited!!!! They come to this sand bar for food and have gotten used to people. Here are the pictures from the boat before we got into the water.
When we got in, the waves were pretty crazy. Usually the water is about waist deep, but due to the high swells, the water kept going up to our necks and sometimes over our heads. The sting rays were everywhere! They slide right by you, rub up against you. Its just nuts!
I was one of the people who got to feed them!!! You hold a squid like an ice cream cone and they come up and suck it right out of your hand like a heavy-duty vacuum cleaner. It was incredible! Then, they let us hold them. They are velvety on top and like rubbery on the bottom. If you and your spouse kissed a ray at the same time, you will be together forever. So, naturally, we did it!
I was the last one getting into the boat because I was loving it so much so the guys let me hold them more and feed them the rest of the squid. Im telling you, it was absolute heaven!
Then they took us out to 2 different beautiful spots for snorkeling. It was pretty deep water (compared to the sand bar), but man, was it spectacular! The water was crystal clear and there were fish everywhere by the corals. The water was perfect, the view was perfect. What an absolutely amazing day!!!
Right when we got back to the tender, this storm front came by and started to pour!! If it had come a few hours earlier, this whole experience would have been cancelled!!!
We went to an amazing illusionist show after dinner. It was so entertaining and baffling!
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