Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Grand Cayman - Saturday

Grand Cayman - Saturday 1
Looks like a foggy day on the beach, but in reality it was just that the lens kept fogging up when we walk outside in the mornings.

Saturday was kind of low key in the morning. Sean and Claire hosted a breakfast at their hotel, and we all amazingly crawled out of bed and met over bacon and eggs. It was nice to

Grand Cayman - Saturday 2
A "foggy" photo of Josh and Virginia on the beach.

Grand Cayman - Saturday 4
An old ship docked by Georgetown.

After Breakfast Felipe and I went to visit the Georgetown area with Josh and Virginia. We took a bus there and then walked around. I will be straight up honest when I say that Georgetown was a bit of a disappointment. I mostly expected to find something similar to Paraty - with older colonial buildings and little shops and restaurants. Unfortunately it was some restaurants, not many worth note - including a Hard Rock Cafe and a Margaritaville. Alongside those were several luxury jewelry shops and perfume stores - mostly good for their air conditioning.

We were able to find a restaurant on the beach, and stopped to get something cold to drink - most everyone ordered shakes and I had a strawberry smoothie. we spent a bit more time bumming around Georgetown kind of passing time until we were to meet up with a bunch of others for lunch.

Lunch was a decidedly more enjoyable experience than Georgetown. We walked for what seemed like a while (probably wasn't, but the heat was pretty tiring) and ended up at Seymour's Jerk Centre (love it!).

Here's a nice little video about Seymour's - apparently a very famous jerk joint!


Grand Cayman - Saturday 5
Felipe looking very ready to eat some super yummy food.

Grand Cayman - Saturday 6
I got the Jerk Chicken, while Felipe had the Jerk Pork. They had this amazingly delicious jerk sauce to put on the food...so good I actually used the two pieces of white bread that came with the chicken to sop it up. Super delicious!

Grand Cayman - Saturday 7
Here's the group of us, sitting at one of the two picnic tables next to the jerk shack.

Grand Cayman - Saturday 8
Walking away full!

Grand Cayman - Saturday 9

Grand Cayman - Saturday 10
Could there be a more beautiful day to go to the beach?

Grand Cayman - Saturday 11
I mean, come on! Look at this view!

After we had had a serious fill of delicious jerk food we all headed back to our respective hotels to get ready for some beach time! Everyone reconvened at the Beach Suites beach and spent some very enjoyable time floating in the water where we were joined by some of Sean and Claire's family as well. The natural progression went to another game of Ultimate Frisbee

Grand Cayman - Saturday 12

Grand Cayman - Saturday 13
Kevin takes another hard dive into the sand, but catches the disc and gains a goal!

Grand Cayman - Saturday 14

Grand Cayman - Saturday 15
The cheering squad - Justin, Claire, Jackie and I all cheering from the side.

Grand Cayman - Saturday 16
Half time cool off in the water. Idyllic.

We walked back to the hotel to get ready for dinner, and were graced with a beautiful sunset.
Grand Cayman - Saturday 17

Grand Cayman - Saturday 18
Picture taken with a timer, not the best shot, but still a beautiful background.

Grand Cayman - Saturday 20

Grand Cayman - Saturday 19

Grand Cayman - Saturday 21
I'd like to thank this anonymous swimmer for completing the shot.

Grand Cayman - Saturday 22
I had never seen so many beautiful colors over the water. Was just the perfect way to spend our last night on the island.

2 comments:

Gina said...

Beautiful photos! It looks like you had a great time! :)

Laura said...

I ADORE the sunset pictures!