Cruise--Day 5

During the night (or early this morning) our ship made an unscheduled stop to rescue 22 Cuban Refugees (15 adults, 7 children) who had been at sea 8 days in a small fishing boat. Two other ships had refused to stop, but our captain had compassion and took them onboard. They were given food, clean clothes, showers and beds. The captain and crew will take care of them until they can turn them over to the proper authorities.
We arrived at George Town, Grand Cayman around 7:00 a.m. We ate breakfast before tendering to shore around 9:00. Our ship is too big to dock at the pier, but it was a short boat ride to shore. There was time to do a little shopping before our scheduled excursion at 10:15. A bus took us to a dock where we were taken by boat to a sandbar in the Caribbean about 30 minutes out. There we swam with and fed stingrays. They would swim up against us and slurp the squid right out of our hands. It was an awesome experience.
After returning to the town we continued to shop until reboarding the ship.
Tonight was our second formal night, so we dressed early enough for pictures before dinner. After dinner we visited some shops and walked around the ship, ending up at the pizzeria for a late night snack before bed.