Luxury lives here. About iguanas in boring town

 

Dear loyal reader,allow me to introduce you to the most excitingly boring town on the planet: Georgetown, Cayman Islands.

Now, let me be clear - there’s absolutely nothing wrong with Georgetown. It’s clean, safe, sunny, and I think, pleasant. But the real question is… what exactly are you supposed to do there?

 
First things first: Georgetown is a tender port. This means the cruise ship doesn’t actually dock. Instead, the ship chills out at sea while humans are ferried to land in little boats, like well-dressed cargo.
On this particular morning, we learned that for some mysterious, never-fully-explained reason, the island nation had decided we were not allowed to land in the city harbor at all. Not even by boat. So we were redirected to a tiny harbor about five miles away.
To be fair, Virgin handled the whole thing brilliantly. From cabin to city center in about 25 minutes, which is impressive considering we technically weren’t supposed to be there in the first place.
On the way, we were treated to a truly unforgettable piece of local history:
Apparently, the Cayman Islands once had a serious iguana problem. Iguanas everywhere. Iguanas climbing trees. Iguanas climbing electric poles. Iguanas clearly aiming for world domination.
The solution?
They installed wires between the poles so iguanas couldn’t climb higher. Then they announced an iguana hunt, paying $5 per iguana. The result? Approximately two million iguanas were removed from the population.
Nature documentaries are still recovering from this.

Anyway—back to the city.
We arrived in Georgetown, which turned out to be immaculately clean, perfectly organized, and made up almost entirely of jewelry stores, watch shops, and more jewelry stores. If you’ve ever dreamed of buying a diamond, a Rolex, and another diamond within a 200-meter radius - this is your place.

We strolled along the waterfront for a bit and then made a very important decision: lunch. And not just any lunch. We discovered a fantastic restaurant whose menu appeared to be based on a single philosophy: lobster, but make it everything. So naturally, we ordered conch fries, lobster lollipops and grilled lobster tails 🦞
Absolutely phenomenal. No further notes. Zero regrets. See pics.

After another short walk (past - you guessed it - more jewelry stores), we headed back to the ship.

Dinner that evening was at the steak restaurant onboard, which was also excellent.