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Carnival Glory Caribbean Cruise (II) 加勒比海巡航游(二)

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作者:赵金芍 女士 文/图
On Dec 31, the cruise docked at Fort George in Grand Cayman Country.
2018年12月31号,我们来到了Grand Cayman 岛国。



Grand Cayman is the largest of the three Cayman Islands. It encompasses 76% of the territory's entire land mass. The island is approximately 35 km long with its widest point being 13 km wide. Area196 km², Population52,601 (2010). We booked an excursion-- “Allura Catamaran Sail To Stingray City Sandbar”. First we took a tour bus to Yacht Club. On the bus, the tour guide told us Grand Cayman had a tropical wet and dry climate, with a wet season from May to October, and a dry season that ran from November to April. Seasonally, there was little temperature change (between 22 to 30 degree).  So all year round the weather is like that day- Clear blue sky, nice warm weather with pleasant ocean breeze. A major natural hazard is the tropical cyclones that form during the Atlantic hurricane season from June to November.
In September 2004, Hurricane Ivan struck Grand Cayman. The storm caused great damage to the infrastructure. 
Grand Cayman was an autonomous British overseas Territory.  England took formal control of the Cayman Islands, along with Jamaica, as a result of the Treaty of Madrid of 1670.  The islands continued to be governed as part of the Colony of Jamaica until 1962, when they became a separate Crown colony while Jamaica became an independent Commonwealth realm.  The Cayman Islands historically has been a tax-exempt destination. The government of the Cayman Islands has always relied on indirect and not direct taxes. The territory has never levied income taxcapital gains tax, or any wealth tax, The government's primary source of income is indirect taxation: there is no income taxcapital gains tax, or corporation tax making them a popular tax haven (A tax haven is generally defined as a country or place with very low "effective" rates of taxation for foreigners.) So there are about 600 banks and trust companies in the Grand Cayman, including 43 of the 50 largest banks in the world. Some big industries or companies moved here. Because of this large financial and industry presence on the island, banking, investments, and insurance drive the economy in Grand Cayman.
Because of that tax free system, the Cayman Islands have more registered businesses than people. So there are more than 100 nationalities. 
The tour guide pointed at the building and told us the American software president Bill Gates had an apartment there. Bill’s wife donates 1 billion a year. Can you imagine how much they save on the tax if they put their money into the bank here?
Grand Cayman is a beautiful country with many attractions. Such as, 7 miles beach, dolphin encounter, the world famous turtle centre, Stingray city sandbar… More and more people from all over the world come here for vacation or holiday.
Grand Cayman 岛国是一个美丽的热带雨林国家。它的最大看点就是免税国。所以世界上有600个银行开行。世界上很多富人都在此投资或储蓄。美国软件公司董事长比尔盖茨就此购房定居。
 
We chose “Allura Catamaran Sail to Stingray City Sandbar”. The tour guide drove us to the hub of Rum Point.  We got on the Allura Boat.
我们在此选择了“与魔鬼鱼互动”活动。 这种魔鬼鱼叫“南魔鬼鱼”。 非常友好。但您千万别碰它的尾巴。不然,它们也会伤人或射死人。
 


The boat was sailing about 40mintues to the water area near Stingray City. When we arrived there, I saw tour and excursion boats, along with private watercraft gathered there in large numbers.  The visitors were swimming or snorkeling.   

The tour guide on the boat told us southern stingrays would be found in abundance there and we could pet and interact with the animals.  Yes. It was true. I was not good swimming. I was standing on the boat seeing lots big stingrays swimming by our boat. The water was so sallow that I got into the chest-high water to swim around to find stingrays. I was so surprised to see the stingrays passing by me.  I tried to catch one. But I failed many times. My husband worked so hard to try to catch one. He got none, either. Yet, the stingrays were literally eating out of my hands.
 

The captain of the boat caught one. He was so nice to ask us to pet and hold the stingrays. He also reminded us not to touch the tails of the stingrays. It was dangerous. We petted the stingrays softly and were holding stingrays very gently.  In Grand Cayman, there is a saying:“If you get kisses from the stingrays, you will get 6 year luck.”  So everyone who came here wished to get a kiss for the good lucks.
在这个国家当地有一句流传话: “魔鬼鱼若亲吻您,您会有6年的好运”。 所以,游客都希望得到魔鬼鱼的亲吻。

The captain passed a stingray to me. I was so gently and nicely holding it.  I closed my face slowly with bending down my knees to the stingray’s mouth. I got a few kisses from the stingrays. My husband got a couple of kisses, too. We had such luck moments.
我和我的先生也如愿以偿的得到了魔鬼鱼的亲吻。希望好运连连。
 

On the way back, I stood on the sailing boat and took a look at the coastline around North Sound. It was such a beautiful paradise. I couldn’t stop snapping some pictures. 
下面的景色是我们在返回的途中,我拍的港口周围景色。我们被迷恋于风景之中。

 

We came back from the excursion. It was New Year Eve, Carnival Glory had lots of  special events in the evening. After supper, the captain team wanted to meet the passengers in the lobby. My husband told me, “Let’s meet the captain team and wish them happy New Year and wish our cruise could navigate smoothly. I replied, “Sure!” We came to the lobby areas, the captain team were waiting for the visitors. When they saw us, they shook hands with us with saying “Happy New Year”. We replied to them, “Happy New Year”.  At last, we all took a picture together.  We felt so pleased and honored to meet the captain team.
回来后,我们和船长团见了面合了影, 共祝新年快乐。并感谢船长的安全驾驶使我们能放心的享受快乐时光。



From 8:00pm to 10:00pm, there was s special music show called “Motown music”. Motown music origins in 1960s by a young African-American songwriter named Berry Gordy who founded his company with a loan of $800 from his family, marking the birth of the “Motown Records Corporation.” Because Detroit had long been known as the “Motor City,” Gordy, in tribute to what he felt was the down-home quality of the warm, soulful people he grew up around, used “town” in place of “city,” which gave him the contraction “Motor Town” and the perfect name for his company and new label—Motown.
回来后,我们观看了“摩城音乐“。 它是兴于二十世纪60年代美国汽车城底特律的音乐。 直至现在经久不衰。 我的先生是”摩城音乐”的爱好者。迈克尔5姊妹就是摩城音乐的著名歌手和表演者。

In the 1960s, Motown and its subsidiary labels (including Tamla Motown, the brand used outside the US) were the most successful proponents of what came to be known as the Motown Sound, a style of soul music with a distinct pop influence.
Tamla's "Please Mr. Postman," by the Marvelettes, topped the Hot 100 on Dec. 11, 1961. By the early 1960s, the company had three major labels with Tamla Records, Motown Records and Gordy Records.  Motown broke down racial prejudice by becoming the most successful independent record company in history and the most successful African-American-owned business in America.
Today, Motown is not only the greatest pop music hit factory ever heard, but an institution, a state of mind, a way of life, a style, the “Sound of Young America.” The distinctive, upbeat and uplifting music brought together pop and soul, white and black, old and young, like never before and continues to this day. Regardless of race or social background, teenage girls admired Diana Ross and teenage boys pretended to be Smokey Robinson. Motown became the heartbeat of American pop music with multi-platinum artists ranging from the Miracles, Temptations, Four Tops and Supremes to Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and Jackson 5.  The following songs:  “Dance In The Street  “” “What’s Going On”; “Reach Out”; “I’ll Be There”; “Papa Was A Rolling Stone”; “Superstition”; “Money (That’s What I Want)”; “The Tracks of My Tears” ; “I Heard It Through The Grapevine”; “What Becomes Of Brokenhearted”; “Stop! In The Name Of The Love” … are ones of the 100 Greatest Motown Songs.
Gordy forged new grounds for minorities and made the “Motown Sound” a worldwide phenomenon beloved by millions to this day. My husband is a big fan of the Motown music, too.
 
At 11:15pm there was a joyful new year celebration in the lobby called,“ New Year Balloon Drops.”  After the show, when we arrived there, We saw so many people gathering in the lobby already. They were singing and dancing along the music. I stood on the third floor and was waiting for the exciting moment. At 11:30pm, tons of balloons were dropping from the 9th floor down to the lobby. The crowds were catching the balloons and making lots of loud sounds. I quickly snapped my camera and took some pictures and videos.
新年除夕,轮渡的大厅举行了“气球飘落迎新年”活动。我们目睹和享受了这一欢乐时刻, 终生难忘。

This was such a blessing moment that you would never forget.
At 11:30 pm, in the pool area, there was another celebration. Thousands of people gathered around the swimming pool, or enjoying their favorite drinks, or laying in the hot tubs, or gazing at the big screen to wait for the new year coming.
轮渡游泳区域更是热闹非凡。人们载歌载舞喜迎新年。

Wow!  What a phenomenal day we had on that day! 
在这里度过的新年的除夕将是我们一生的美好回忆!



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