This fathers day, I had the immense pleasure of having my dad in Grand Cayman ; how cool is that?

So, your 72 year old dad is in town for a few days ; what to do?  All the great tourist things of course!  Here are some of the things we did and places we saw.

Thursday night is Pasta Night at the Grand Old House.  For 10CI, a massive plate of pasta with all the veggies and toppings you wish, cooked right in front of you.  Lots of fun.   Don’t forget to keep a few pieces of pasta to toss to the hungry tarpon fish!

Stingray City … duh!  How could a trip to Grand Cayman not include a visit to this place?  For those who have guests who have never (or not in a long time …) snorkeled, I recommend a trial run in a pool or shallow spot before the real thing on the snorkel stops of the tour.  At 72, don’t you think my old man looks in pretty good shape?  Over the week-end we not only snorkeled on the Stingray City tour but also at Rum Point and Eden Rock.

On the boat to Stingray City, note the sophisticated “Cruise control” on the boat! 🙂

Drive around the east end.  I always enjoy going east.  So pretty and peaceful.   Here we made a quick stop at the blowholes before making our way to Tukka for an excellent Sunday brunch.

Of course, no east end run is complete without continuing on to Rum Point.   Remember to look out of the MASSIVE barracuda under the pier.   This fellow has been around for as long as I remember.  He hangs out under the pier, +-1/2 out.  He is very large and scary looking (I estimate this fish to be around 3 1/2 – 4ft long) but I have never heard of any incidents.  This week-end I saw one snorkeler get within 3ft of this beast.  I must be chicken since I stayed at least 10ft away.

We also hit up the Turtle farm where we were lucky to see a turtle in training with two instructors.

All-in-all … great stuff to do with ones dad on Fathers day (long) week-end in Grand Cayman.