Grand Cayman - Wednesday Night and Thursday

Group photo at Cimboco - dinner on the first night.

We had such a great time in Grand Cayman for Sean and Claire's wedding, what a terrific idea of having the wedding there! Not only was it a beautiful place, but we had a really great group of people to hang out with, as many of us have been friends for some time and we have a large group (at any given time there was 10-15 of us). Above is the only photo that I got from the first afternoon/evening that we were on the island. We had dinner at a little restaurant called Cimboco that was surprisingly able to accommodate our 8 people in record time. From left to right you have Mike, Felipe, Justin, Virginia, Josh, Jackie and Kevin.

The next day we all slept in a bit, had breakfast together at the hotel and spent some time at the beach in the morning. It was overcast, but the weather was nice and it was even good to not be in the blazing sun.

Thursday afternoon was wonderful as well because Sean and Claire had invited us and several others (wedding party and family) to go on a boat ride out to Stingray City for snorkeling and stingrays.

from google maps. Essentially it is a sandbar out in the middle of the sea between the two ends of the island.


Mike's photo of us on the boat (thanks Mike for letting me "borrow" it!)


Another of Mike's photos, taken by the boat's photographer - us with one of the GIANT sting rays.


On the boat, look at that water!!!


Some of the boats that anchor out there with groups of people. The sting rays are so placid (as long as you don't antagonize them!) because they are so used to having people around them.


Josh and Virginia with Claire, the beaming bride.


Josh and Virginia on the boat on the way back.


Sarah (Claire's best friend and Maid of Honor) and Claire on the boat on the way back.

We had such a great time on the boat trip, and really enjoyed the sting rays (I touched one, but did not hold it), and the snorkeling was amazing - so many fish and corals!

The rest of the day we went back to the hotel and cleaned up, met for dinner at a really terrific restaurant called Deckers and then met everyone at Sean and Claire's hotel for welcome cocktails. It was a truly enjoyable day!