2011-11-11 Halfmoon Cay:

We spent the 7th day at HAL's private island, Halfmoon Cay.   It's a beautiful island with lots of white sandy beach and turquoise water.  We did a little snorkeling right by the main beach and were surprised to find a huge barracuda out there.  Actually I was surprised to find as many fish as we did.  Last year there were hardly any.  It was a gorgeous day and ended too soon.

Angie making a partial rainbow

Angie with a big smile

 Barry, the barracuda

Holland America served a very nice free bar b q buffet lunch on the island.

 I think I ate too much!

After lunch, we walked around the island a bit.  There's a lagoon on the island where they have a stingray encounter---for a fee.  It didn't look nearly as impressive as the one Angie and I did on Grand Cayman.

All too soon it was time to catch the tender back to the ship.  Was a perfect day until the evening when Angie spent a couple hours throwing up.  We had planned to take her to the Pinnacle Restaurant for a special dinner ($25/person extra), but we ended up staying with her and having room service in the room again.  Fortunately she was feeling better in a few hours.