I never realized that the Grand Cayman was a dependency of the United Kingdom until I saw gold-framed portraits of the king and queen front and center at the customs for the airport. I became baffled and thankful I didn’t have to drive as the change from how I would normally drive back in Dallas was drastic. They drive on the left side of the road and replaced stoplights with roundabouts. Once we go to Cobalt Coast, the dive resort, I finally got to see the blue water and then snorkel later under the sunset. On the snorkel, I saw many different types of fish. I was able to spot a couple of Sargent Majors locked in a tide pool near the dock. Also, I was found a rather large rock in the sand where both initial and terminal blue headed wrasse were using as shelter. The rest of the snorkel was uneventful so I practiced my diving until I spotted a large barracuda hovering inches off the hull of the boat. The darkness allowed for me to see only the outlines figure but it’s large front teeth were displayed inside of its long open mouth. Looking forward to exploring deeper sections of water on the dives in the morning as the fish spotted during snorkeling weren’t that large.
Pictured above was the view from the start of the dock
