The Bluest Waters in Grand Cayman!

As we left Tampa Bay, the water is this ugly color of brown, blue, and green and smells awful. I didn't really notice the color of the water until a day later and it was all blue. Then, you approach Grand Cayman and it turns that beautiful color of turquoise that you see in postcards. Amazing. What do they do different than Tampa Bay?

We had met a couple from Orlando that morning for breakfast and we decided to explore the island together. We were not doing an excursion, but had heard of a place called Hell and were curious. We rode the public bus system (Toyota minivans manned by crazy drivers) for $2.50 each way.

There were things with Tortuga all around and Matt thought this was cool. I only remembered Tortuga from Pirates of the Caribbean movie.




A plumeria in full bloom that smelled wonderful.

So, we made it to Hell and it isn't really anything to see. The three pictures are literally all there is to it. Supposedly, all of the rock is leftover lava or something and I do admit, it looks dark and bleak. They had a little Satan figure (I don't know what the other person is) and I found it somewhat amusing.


They have a post office where you can send postcards from Hell. It is actually postmarked with Hell. We didn't do this, but Matt thought it would be funny to send a postcard to the pastor. Maybe next time.

I don't know why these are blurry, but Matt took them. There were four other cruise ships there at the same time.

This is taken from the deck just above all of the activities. We typically stayed away from the pool because it was always crowded and full of kids. We liked the top two decks for tanning (not burning).