No Dinky Toy for us!

I'm not fond of tunnels, mines or anything underground or waater.

When I signed us up for a submarine ride to see the reef in Grand Cayman today I thought it was a toy submarine.

It was a real little tourist sub that went down over 100 feet (30+metres). It was too late to bail out once they closed the hatch so we stayed on and enjoyed the ride.

Not quite 20,000 leagues

6:00 am was a very early start for cruisers who are supposed to be relaxing. This morning found us up at dawn with around a dozen other souls to commemorate ANZAC Day with a service on board Seven Seas Navigator.Thank you to Regent Cruises and on board lecturer, Terry Bishop, for organising this event.

Terry Bishop

After seeing to our ablutions, breakfasting and waiting for a decent hour to make its appearance we rode the ship's tender into Georgetown, capital of the Cayman Islands.

We passed by two Carnival ships in the harbour - they remained afloat all day

Submarine ahoy - we transferred from our tender to a sub shuttle to this little submarine

I didn't realise we were going down to a depth of over 100 feet in this vessel

We had a porthole from which we could view the reef life

We took tens of images - all beautiful but I'll only bore you with two

A shipwreck

After our adventure we repaired to Margaritaville, a US/Caribbean cultural institution

The local ale was on offer

One appetiser was sufficient to fortify two hungry submariners for their next adventure

Next stop was Stingray City  - an hour's journey from Georgetown

There were rays all around

Our guide giving a lesson on stingray anatomy

The stingray gives Mr Geniaus the eye

I get ready for a cuddle

Welcome back to dry land by a prickly sunbather on the dock

Ten years ago in Grand Cayman

Back Massage - Grand Cayman style - by a stingray.

We have visited this area twice, would see the stingrays again in a heartbeat.