The Lighthouse Restaurant where we had lunch the first day and dinner on Tuesday.
Lunch at the Lighthouse Restaurant
Morgan toasting our arrival in Grand Cayman
Centerpiece at The Lighthouse Restaurant
Bar at the Lighthouse Restaurant
Entrance to The Reef Resort
Far right wing at The Reef Resort; our room was on the 2nd floor
Our apartment at The Reef Resort (messy as usual)
Joyce coming in from the balcony of our apartment at The Reef Resort
Pier at The Reef Resort
Beach Bar at The Reef Resort
Dolphin fountain at The Reef Resort
Pool at The Reef
Another pool at The Reef Resort
The dock at Ocean Frontiers
Joyce on the porch at Ocean Frontiers, the dive operation.
Joyce taking her test for Nitrox certification with instructor, TJ.
Our Nitrox instructor, TJ
Morgan studying for his exam.
Our guide and instructor, TJ, drawing a map of the dive site for our Nitrox certification dive.
TJ, our guide, drawing a map of the dive site.
Joyce on the Nitrox certification dive
The boat on the left is Eastern Skies. The middle boat on the right is Nauticat. We dove on both boats. The boat on the outside of Nauticat rescued us when the engine on Eastern Skies failed on our last dive day.
Dead engine. We had to abandon ship (to another boat)
Morgan setting up
Fly bridge on Nauticat
Dive master giving a briefing of the dive site
Dive tanks
TJ, our instructor and guide on the first dive.
Coming through a swim-through (tunnel).
Exit from the swim-through
Another swim-through. Rather tight quarters.
Fish checking out a diver.
Another fish checking out TJ in a swim-through.
Now TJ's got a crowd of fish checking her out.
A fish get-together under a ledge.
Coral fan with fish.
Little blue fish.
Starting through a tunnel (swim-through)
Can you see in the upper right hand corner of the picture part of the shark we saw? It was about 5 ft long.
A “swarm” of little fish
Little silver fish
Sponge
Colorful coral
Brain coral seen through lots of “scatter”
Joyce
Joyce hanging onto the bouy line
Joyce clowning
Morgan
Chaka bra
Fan coral
Morgan entering a tunnel
Joyce's flippers after leaving a tunnel
Very reflective fish
Same fish as before. Different place.
Grouper
Corals
More coral
Trunk fish
Two trunk fish
Tube sponges
Guide Shawn holding a sea slug
Sea slup up close
Angel fish
School of grouper
Spiny lobster
Making a 3-minute safety stop at the moring line while ascending
The Grand Old House Restaurant on South Side.
Entrance to Grand Old House Restaurant
Table certerpiece at the Grand Old House
Chilled mango soup at the Grand Old House
Foie gras, duck prosciutto, and duck breast salad
Morgan's lobster salad
Dessert
View from our table toward the sea at the Grand Old House
A tent for a wedding
Patio at The Grand Old House
One of four walls, both sides, comeorating weddings held at The Grand Old House Restaurant in Grand Cayman
A comerative placque for the Horvath wedding with Joyce's reflection
On our way to our night dive, picture was taken from beach at Ocean Frontiers.
House in upper left was wrecked by hurricane. View from Ocean Frontiers during early evening.
The beach at Kaibo Yacht Club on the North Side
Beach at Kaibo Yacht Club
This colorful building on the East End is typical of buildings at Grand Cayman--and it's for sale.
Why would you want another jerk??
The Marriott at Seven Mile Beach
Lunch at The Marriott on the West Bay
Body dress for the Cayman Carnival Batabano parade.
Batabano is celebrated with colorful costumes, music and dancing.
A detail of one of the Batabano parade costumes.
A pink Batano costume.
Detail of the pink Batabano parade costume.
Iguana in a cage in Georgetown
