Arrived at George Town Cayman islands around 8am. We anchored out in the horseshoe harbour as the water is too shallow for a dock for large ships. Our ship hold 400 passengers and the Disney Ship holding 3800 passengers arrived as well. We were dwarfed. We went ashore via our tenders which is fine but takes longer to to and fro from shore rather that walk down the gangplank onto the wharf.
Only 13 on our day trip which is nice. Smaller coach and not so many bodies to round up at each stop.
Fort port of call was 'Hell' in Hell St. Small gift shop name Hell selling appropriate gifts and t shirts.
Next stop was the turtle farm where they mate, incubate, rear and then release turtles. We were allowed to hold some of the smaller ones. So cute.
Then onto a flat bottom boat for a 1/2 hour trip to see the stingrays. The water is green and beautiful. The crew have squid and as soon as they get Into the water with the bait dozens of stingrays appear. We got into the water with them and it was amazing as the rays swam around you and flapped you with their wings. And nuzzled our legs looking for food. They will take the food from your hand. I was not brave enough to feed them and in actual fact was doing a pretty good job of walking on the water or climbing on anyone's back that was close to me when the rays got close to me.
Eventually I relaxed enough to enjoy it all but Ken said he had never laughed as much as watching me that day. Photos attached. Sorry about the quality but these are photos of the TV screen from a DVD of our day. My face will tell its own story. 
All in all it was a wonderful day and something that we will always remember. We really loved the dolphins but knowing that the rays are in the wild makes this experience so much more awesome.
On our way back towards USA now and after a day at sea we reach Fort Lauderdale.
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