Hello everyone and welcome back to my adventures on the Celebrity Equinox. Now we are heading into Grand Cayman our last stop on this cruise. I promise I did take a few pictures this day, along with my sister, as we separated and did our own things. Now on to the day.
So my wife, mother, grandmother, and I decided that today we would just explore the port and relax. Jeniffer, Sabrina, and Jordan had an excursion planned and such had to take the tender around 10-10:30 if I remember correctly. I will start with their day as ours was a little quite.
So off they went on the tender to get to shore. They were doing the turtle farm and string ray encounter excursion. I had done this one before with Jeniffer on our previous cruise so chose not to do it again.
Here they are taking their selfie on the tender. Don’t they look all happy. I think Jordan was still half a sleep.
Here is a picture of the ships in port that day. I believe it was six or seven, I don’t remember exactly. I did get pictures also which I will show later.
Once they got to shore they made their way to the meeting place and hopped on the bus to take them on the tour. There first stop was Hell. A little nook in the wall where you have a little gift shop and post office. They did send a postcard to our younger brother James from there.
Here is Jordan and Sabrina in Hell. Kind of want to say they should have stayed there but that would be mean.
Just for reference here is a picture of Jeniffer and I when we went to Hell. Again I know I should have at least stayed there.
After this they headed out to the turtle farm. I remember from our tour they said that it was a delicacy on the island and is eaten on special occasions. They are also one of the largest preservation for turtles.
Here are the turtles in the water.
Sabrina holding one of the turtles. Like the other animals on this trip she didn’t want to let it go.
Jordan holding the turtle. He doesn’t look to enthusiastic about it. That or he is still half asleep.
After visiting the turtle farm off they went to the boat to take them out to the sandbar.
My sister did take a picture of the pilot of the ship. I think she said he was pretty hot also.
Once they got out to the sandbar they hopped in the water. Jeniffer did say that since it was later in the day when they arrived there were not a lot of stingrays compared to when we did it. Also the waves were very large and it was hard to keep yourself steady.
Here are some of the stingrays in the water.
Here is the crowd our on the sandbar. Because it is later in the day the early groups feed them and so in the afternoon not a lot of the stingrays come by since they are not hungry.
Here you can see Jordan in the water with the waves almost going over his head and Sabrina wandering away from the ship searching for stingrays.
The picture above is from when Jeniffer and I did it two years ago. As you can see not a lot of people and more stingrays swimming around.
Once they got out of the water they took another selfie. Don’t they all look happy, even Jordan.
And off they went to get back to shore. They hopped back on the bus once at shore and headed back to the port. They got on the tender at 4pm one of the last tenders.
So that was there fun and exciting day, now on to mine. We decided since we were not planning anything to wait until the tenders opened up for everyone. We went and had breakfast and relaxed in the room. As we waited I went to the top deck and took some pictures.
So as you can see there were a few boats in port that day. Also I love how it is raining on one side of the ship and other is blue sky. Anyways we waited for call for the tenders which came around noon. So my wife and I collected my mother and grandmother and we headed on to the tender.
The line to the tender was very quite and we were right on before we knew it.
We got a quick selfie on the tender as this was my wifes first tender and she is not a fan of small boats. As you can see my grandmother was right in the spirit of things while my mother on the other hand was not. She does not like her picture taken at all.
Once we got to shore we started looking around the port area. My grandmother went into a shop to look for sunglasses even though she had scored the pair of Michael Kors from the lost and found. I took some pictures while in port.
More views of the ships in port.
My grandmother did end up buying some perfume from the port area and after that we headed out onto the streets.
We came across this area while walking down the street. The fort consisted of a canon and some wood planks. Not much to see there.
We ended up in a store which I don’t know the name of and looked around. I ended up buying a hat because my grandmother and wife both said it looked great on me. We left the store and continue to walk down the street. We came across some small places selling beer, which my grandmother really wanted to try. We walked past it and came back and on the way back she decided she didn’t want it for some reason.
We then walked the other way down the street and headed down one of the side streets. We then went into a jewelry store.
My wife looked for a ring to match my wedding ban. I have black diamonds in mine and she wants something to match that. The store did have something she really liked but it was around $700 US. A little expensive for our taste though cheaper than here are home. It old her our next cruise there we can see.
I took some photos of the buildings down this street.
We then ended up in a dollar store type shop. I ended up buying some key chains for the guys at work who all loved them. I was also “allowed” to buy a shirt. It was one of those Hawaiian type shirt in purple. I am told I am allowed to wear it in the summer.
After this we headed back to the main street.
As we were walking I saw this guy hanging out on the grass.
Once we got to the street we continued our way down. It was getting busy and hot as we walked and to our surprise we found…….
A DAIRY QUEEN.
Took the picture because there were different flavours then what we get here at home. I ended up with a milkshake, Jacqueline had sunday, my grandmother had a cone in waffle cone, and my mother wanted a water or pop and both were warm so she passed.
After this we headed to back to the port and went to the duty-free to get some alcohol. We ended up buying bottles of rum in vanilla, coconut, and pineapple. Havent tried them yet but I am sure they are delicious.
After this we waited around the port while my grandmother and mother shopped.
I took these pictures of gnomie since I hadn’t taken any pictures with him in a while. He likes his cigars and pirates.
We then made our way back to the tender.
I took this picture of the sign. This was the line for the RCCL ship. It was funny because people in the line up were commenting on how in our line we got cool towels, and different flavoured water to enjoy before getting on the tender. I guess it’s that little perk you get from celebrity.
After we got back on the ship, we grabbed a quick afternoon snack, and my wife and I hit the solarium again. I think this is one of the few times we have gone to the solarium that may times. I am not much of a pool person but I do enjoy this area of the ship.
After we met up with Jeniffer and the kids to hear about their adventures. I did do a time-lapse of us leaving grand Cayman as we relaxed in the room. The video is on my Facebook page if you want to see just follow think link below. We then relaxed and waited to get ready for dinner. Tonight was our last specialty dinner which was at Tuscan Grill.
First up the menus.
Our waitress this night was fantastic. We all pretty much ordered our appetizers and main and she brought out an assortment of sides for all of us to choose from. There was also an incident in the dining room where one of guests was sick near our table. We did not witness it happen and the maitre’d asked if we wanted to move even though we had no idea anything happened. We did end up moving because the cleaners came in and they needed the room. Now to the food.
The crab cake that everyone liked.
The calamari which was delicious. I gave everyone a surprise at the table when I ate it as no one, not even my wife thought I liked it.
Homemade Braised Beef ravioli. My wife said it was great.
Steak Tartar. I had this and it was fantastic. It was funny to see my wife watch me eat this as it grosses her out. Jeniffer tried it and agreed it was very good. I believe my wife stole some of my cheese to.
French Onion soup as usual. It was very good as usual.
Minestrone soup. I was told it was very delicious.
Sabrina’s Caesar salad as usual.
I believe this was the Ravioli Ai Funghi Selvatici.
Pappardelle Alfredo con Aragosta or lobster alfredo.
Lasagna Con Carnae di Manzo e Vitello. Beef and veal lasagna. Jacqueline said it was really good.
Truffled Parmesan Steak Fries. These were fantastic.
Baked Pecorino Mac and Cheese. We ate three or four of these dishes it was so good. On our last cruise we got a celebrity cook book which had this recipe in it. My wife has made a bunch of these for our work lunches, the are so good.
Garlic Mashed Potatoes. These were also very good.
Roasted Herb Potatoes. These are also very good but would choose the mashed over them.
I believe this is the Filet Mignon. I didn’t seem to take any other entrée pictures. I know everyone dug in pretty quick. I remember someone having the rib eye steak, and maybe someone having NY steak. Seems it was a steak night.
So no dessert menu for some reason again but did get the pictures of dessert.
Tiramisu in a martini glass. My wife said it was very good.
The Fondu plate. Jeniffer ordered this and had to get additional fruit and candy to go with it as Jordan ate most of it.
The crème Brule. Sabrina had this and didn’t like it. I don’t think it was what she was expecting. I believe she ordered the fondu instead.
And lastly I had the assorted gelato. Very good flavour and a nice way to cleanse the pallet after that large meal.
Now there was one issue at the end of dinner that I should mention. At some point our waitress disappeared. We waited to receive our bill so we could leave a tip, even though we had a dinner package. I finally went to the maitre’d to get one from him. He told me he would bring it right over. He did come over after a few minutes and said there was no bill because we had the dinner package. We said we wanted to leave a tip for our waitress and he informed us that she was the only one who could print the check so we could and he had no idea where she went. So in the end we left without leaving a tip even though I swear we wanted to.
After dinner we went back to the room and I got changed into something more casual. I believe my wife hit the hay while I ran down to the casino and met up with my mother and Jeniffer for a little bit.
We gambled for a while and then I headed upstairs to the buffet to get my nightly drink. I also grabbed a Jell-O while I was there. I then headed down to the room, watched tv for a little bit and then went to bed.
Next up is our last sea day. Again not a lot of pictures but we will see what we can do.
I also want to mention to everyone following along that I have mentioned before that my wife, my mother, and I are diabetic. It’s this time of year that I do fundraising for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Below I have included a link if anyone would be interested in helping me reach my fundraising goal. Thanks to anyone who donates ahead of time, and thanks to everyone for reading. Again if you have any questions please feel free to ask.
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