| One of the ports visited on our recent
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| | Cayman, $13 in Cozumel and about $19 back
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| Royal Caribbean cruise was Grand Cayman.
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| | in the Miami home port. Everything else
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| This was an eagerly awaited port since
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| | like restaurants and activities were
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| I've been there before but wanted to take
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| | generally more expensive than other
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| my girlfriend scuba diving there. We
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| | islands.According to other passengers who
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| were worried that we might miss this port
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| | ventured to other parts of the island,
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| since the Caymans were hit pretty hard by
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| | the damage from the hurricanes was more
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| the hurricanes and indeed, they had
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| | visible with fallen trees and some
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| closed the islands off to tourist travel
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| | buildings still not repaired yet. A few
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| for part of the summer/fall. Fortunately
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| | of the organized tours by the cruiseship
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| for us, Grand Cayman had reopened just
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| | were also not available. We decided in
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| about two weeks prior to our cruise at
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| | advance to do some scuba diving off the
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| the end of November.Getting to Grand
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| | shore and Eden Rocks Scuba Center was a 5
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| Cayman is by tender since it had a
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| | minute walk from the port. There are two
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| shallow harbour. This can be a potential
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| | decent shore dives right in front of
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| problem in itself because we were told
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| | their dive shop and we spend the morning
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| that if the wind and waves are too rough,
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| | diving the site called Devil's Grotto.
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| the captain would cancel the port and
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| | Instead of paying $85 US for a typical
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| spend the rest of the day at sea.
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| | Cayman boat dive trip, I ended up paying
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| Apparently in the past, one of the tender
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| | just $8 US for a rental for a tank.I
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| boat workers had fallen and got crushed
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| | didn't go to other parts of the island
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| to death between the boat and the dock
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| | during this trip but have been to the
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| during one of the rougher wave days.
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| | turtle farm, Hell village and Stingray
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| This resulted in the cruiseships being
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| | City before. They are all worthwhile
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| much more careful in deciding whether to
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| | sites to visit. I wanted to take my
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| allow tendering or not given the
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| | girlfriend scuba diving at Stingray City
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| conditions. Again, fortunately for us,
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| | in the afternoon but for some reason,
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| the weather was picture perfect during
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| | only the snorkelling sections of Stingray
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| the day we were in Grand Cayman last
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| | City were available that day. So after
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| week.The downtown area pretty well
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| | returning to the cruiseship for lunch, we
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| recovered from the effects of the
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| | went back ashore to do some shopping. We
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| hurricanes and the shopping was business
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| | would like to come back to Grand Cayman
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| as usual. There were four ships at port
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| | again for a longer stay in the future.In
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| during the day we were at port. Grand
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| | summary, most of Grand Cayman appears to
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| Cayman is above average in terms of
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| | be back in business again after the
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| cleaniness and the attitude of the locals
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| | hurricanes. It is one of the nicer but
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| for a Caribbean island. It is also one
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| | pricier ports to visit in the
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| of the pricier island though. Bargains
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| | CaribbeanClint Leung is owner of Free
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| can still be found though, especially in
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| | Spirit Gallery ( an online gallery
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| the liquor where there are examples of
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| | specializing in Inuit and Northwest
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| certain liquors being even less expensive
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| | Native American art including carvings,
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| in Grand Cayman than even Cozumel. For
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| | sculpture and prints.
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| example, Malibu rum was $10 US in Grand
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