Introduction and Grand Cayman Island Tour

    Photography is a very exciting hobby and profession. So why am I a photographer, especially a travel and nature photographer, and why do I want to blog? Let me share my philosphy as to why I am a travel and nature photographer. In my photography, I want to show the wonders of romance and nostaliga of the world near and far. In shooting my photographs, I believe that people should feel some emotion when viewing them.  I try to do inspire that emotion both in my Travel as well as my Nature photography.  

On our cruise with Carnival, one of our excurisions was a tour of Grand Cayman Island. On this tour, we went to three interesting places. The first was the Tortuga Rum company.  Although their rum is made at a different location, they do make their delicious rum cakes there.  My wife and I visited the gift shop where we tasted wonderful flavored Rum.  Our favorites were the mango and pineapple rums.  They are very smooth and quite enjoyable,  We purchased a bottle of each and they gave us another bottle of rum for free. We also pruchased some souveniers and a rum cake which was very tasty.

   

The next place we went to was a place called Hell.  This part of the island contains an interesting group of black limestone formations that are very jagged.  Hell also has a gift shop and a post office. You can even get your passport stamped to reflect your visit to Hell, Cayman Islands!  Now I guess I can say I have been to hell and back! 

The gift shop had many humorous items including T-shirts.

The last part of the tour was at the Cayman Turtle Center.  This was a must-see on the trip for we were able to learn all about green sea turtles and see them at the various stages of their life cycle.  These amazing animals can grow as large as 500 pounds. The Cayman Turtle Center is also a conservation center where they breed the green turtles and release them into the wild, both in Grand Cayman as well as in Mexico. 

 Before returning to the ship, there was nothing like experiencing Margaritaville in Grand Cayman and enjoying the entertainment, the food, and of course the Margaritas and Pina Coladas!