Day 10: Last stop on the Panama cruise.

Grand Cayman is a great finish...to a great cruise. The island is small but so beautiful, clean, neat and seemingly well run. One of the first things you see in town is this well uniformed policeman directing traffic using some very effective ballet moves. Standing on the corner watching his antics, a local turned to me and said, "he does this all day".

Our travel group split up and went on different tours. One group headed for a rum distillery tour. They learned about the distillery process and progressed to the tasting. When the calypso music and dancing were added, the intensity level went up. In the end, they went to "Hell" (see below).

Ann wanted to take it easy today so I went on a guided bike ride throughout a lot of the island. The three hour tour hit some of the highlights of Grand Cayman and its beautiful scenery. We started by riding along quaint country lanes and roads. We stopped to visit a turtle center. We next visited "Hell"...really! At least it was a place called "Hell" where you could buy a postcard and have it stamped from Hell, Grand Cayman or you could have your passport stamped. The place I visited, Hell", is not a pretty place...I have been there...pick the alternative...heaven!

There is a beautiful white-powder shoreline called Seven Mile Beach. As the brochure says, "Grand Cayman packs a lot of paradise in 76 square miles".