June 18, 2012

Grand Cayman Island

Grand Cayman Island

Boat ride from ship to island
Watching the dolphins.  Decided not to swim or kiss them...
Visiting "Hell".  
This used to be under water.  Now it is being eroded by algae which makes it black.  The man in the devil costume is Ivan.  I am not certain if the story behind "Hell" is about Ivan or a different man, but someone shot a bird out of the sky and it landed in the middle of this area.  He couldn't reach his bird and threw up his hands saying "Oh Hell".  The name stuck and it is now on the maps.  So I guess we can say "we've been to Hell and back."  (There is a scary statue that looks like a devil in the middle.) Strange...

I am having trouble posting... sorry for the mess of posts....

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