Nikki and Jared: Day 3

GRAND CAYMAN

SO THE SHIP WAS TO DOCK AT 7:00 AM, AND WE HAD TO MEET OUR TOUR AT 8:00. SO WE HURRIED THRU BREAKFAST, AND GOT TO WHERE THE BOAT WAS LOADING TO TENDER TO GRAND CAYMAN SO WE WOULDNT BE LATE. GOT ON SHORE SHORTLY BEFORE. GOT OFF LAND, AND TRIED TO FIND THE PERSON HOLDING UP OUR SIGN. DIDNT SEE HIM ANYWHERE, SO WE ASKED SOME ONE, AND THEY SAID THAT THEY ARE NOT HERE YET. SO WE WAITED FOR ANOTHER HALF HOUR, SINCE WE WERE A LITTLE EARLY AND WENT TO A COUPLE SHOPS.
WELL AFTER STRESSING ABOUT Y OUR GUIDE WASNT THERE FOR A WHILE, I GOT THINKING THAT MAYBE THE TIME ZONES WERE DIFFERANT. SO WE ASKED SOMEBODY THE TIME, AND THEY WERE 2 HOURS BEHIND MY PHONE.....OOPS

our tour for today was stingray city and snorkeling. we got on our bus that took us to our boat. the trip to stingray city from the boat took about 30-45 mins. so on the trip, our instrustor(think of stereotype Jamaican, thats him) told us about the stingrays and how to handle them and feed them. he was very amusing.

we got to stingray city, and he told everyone to jump in. in past experience with beaches and pools, its always cold, so i was embracing for the worse. the water felt WONDERFUL!!!!! wasnt hot or cold, just refreshing. Jared and i grabbed a squid from the instrustor and went amongst the rays. they were huge!!!! i dont remember them being this big at seaworld. but i was holding my squid, and a stingreay came up to me and practically jumped on my leg to get to the food and i flipped and dropped my squid. oops. Jared asked if i did it right, and when i told him i dropped mine, he insisted on me feeding his, since he has done it before, and i am the animal freak. so i tried it again, and the stingray sucked it up out of my hand, it was so cool!!!!!! after that, we got some snorkel gear so we can look underwater at these amazing creatures. and just before we left, another instructor got one for me to hold. i couldnt believe how comfortable the ray was with letting me hold it. it didnt even fidget when i handed him over to jared to hold. it was way cool!!!

after that, the instructor took us a few hundred yards away to the reef. unfortunately, with Hurricane Ivan coming thru a couple years ago, the reef was in rebuild mode. there were the dead corel formations, but no plants and hardly any fish. but just trying the experience of snorkeling was enough to get me hooked and wanting to go again. This snorkeling, when i first got off the boat, and realized i cant stand here, really spazed me, so i had to get my life vest on. it was really cool once i was relaxed

PICTURES!!!!! once again, alot of pics were with under water camera, so sorry

Us waiting for our tour to show up