Cayman pictures, as promised

Rawr!

George Town

Rum Point

Stingray on my back!

Baby sea turtle! I almost stole it...

Why is the rum always gone?!

We have been back in the states for a week now, and let me tell ya; I miss the Caribbean sun like crazy! Wisconsin is the worst state to come back to after a tropical vacation. I will now attempt to recap the last days of our amazing trip.

Wednesday started out with a walk down to Dunkin' Donuts (they're everywhere!) for some morning coffee and donuts. The rest of the day consisted of sitting out in the sun getting tan...or in my case, turning into a lobster. We also did a lot of swimming in the pool there. I probably got another strawberry smoothie. So good!


On Thursday, we got to go to the sea turtle farm. One of the coolest things of the trip. We all got to hold a little baby sea turtle that was 2 1/2 weeks old. I almost died from the cuteness! Then we got to go over to some tanks where they were keeping some of the older turtles. We got to catch some and hold them for a little bit. Sea turtles just so happen to be my favorite animal, so I was lovin' this whole thing. After the turtle farm, we went back into George Town for some final snorkeling and shopping. This was the best snorkeling of the trip...until we swam into the jellyfish field! Ow. Lots of little stings from those little buggers that you couldn't see until they were smack dab in your face. Fortunately no one reacted to the stings.


We spent our last day hangin' out at the hotel packing, swimming, and taking long walks on the beach. No more tanning, for by now Rianne and I were burnt pretty bad. I would rather not get skin cancer, thank you very much. This was a bittersweet day, so we made sure not to waste it. It was a perfect ending to our trip.


As soon as I get all of the pictures, I will put a bunch up. Love you all!


~Katie~


P.S. chocolate rum fudge is delish!


 

We made it!

We made it to the Cayman's and it is beautiful!!! We landed yesterday afternoon and made it to the resort at about 5 last night. Just in time to get in some swimming. Unfortunately it is insanely windy here, so it makes the swimming a little bit chillier. But it felt so good after being up all night and being on airplanes all day! Last night we ate at the restaurant out on the dock. I, of course, got fish and chips. It was mahi mahi! YUM. Everyone was really exhausted last night, so we ended up going to bed at like 9:30.

In the van on the way to Tortuga

Today was super chill. We got up and went into the big pool. This pool has a bar that you can swim up to and sit at while you're drinking. So cool! I got a strawberry smoothie, which was delicious. After that, we went out snorkeling. It was a little rough because of the wind, but we saw some cool stuff, included a small stingray and a flounder! Flounders have really funny lips, just in case you were wondering. After we finished snorkeling, we went back onto the beach and just lay in the sun for a little bit. I have a horrible man-tan from work that I desperately want to get rid of.

The rest of the day we just spent bummin around the pools. Now we're off to have some pizza out in the ocean! Tah tah!

The view from our room!

 

It's time for da Caymans mon!

 In 12 hours we will be on our way to Chicago to get on a plane to go to the CAYMAN ISLANDS! I am all packed up and ready to go...I hope. At 4:00am, my parents will drive the Nelsons, Meghan, Rianne and me to O'Hare. There we board a plane to Miami to get a flight to the Caymans. I am so excited...my hips have clenched! I'll try to keep this updated with some pics while we're there. Catch you cats on the flipflop lata!

snorkel anyone?