In Grand Cayman, we avoided the overpriced ship-scheduled shore excursions and chartered a small-group catamaran snorkeling tour with Captain Bryan's:

Our boat and group (only $35 per person):

The typical cruise-ship offering (more than $75 per person):

Kissing a stingray (7 years' good luck!):

More pictures in the extended entry... more...

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Before too much more time passes, I figure I ought to finish the photoblog of my wife's and my Caribbean Cruise. On our fourth day (September 6), our ship docked at Ocho Rios, Jamaica.

We took a bus deep into the jungle at the top of the mountain range:

And put on our safety equipment:

So that we could "zip" three miles down the mountain through the jungle canopy on zip lines, fifty feet or more in the air:

The last traverse was 600 feet long:

After getting a few souvenirs we returned to the ship and enjoyed a gorgeous, lazy sunset as we set sail yet again:

Next stop: Grand Cayman.

Previous entries: Part 1, Part 2.

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