Every year in November the Cayman Islands holds "Pirates Week". It is a way to kick off the tourist season and celebrate Heritage Week in each of the Districts. Last Friday, Katie, Stephanie and Arianna went to the opening festivities and Arianna had a great time watching the fireworks go "boom". Yesterday was the closing evening and so we headed into the heart of George Town on the water front to watch the last days events.
It started with a card board boat race out of Hog Sty Bay.
After watching the race we walked around town and had dinner at the food stands. Arianna wanted to play at the fountains and we ended up at Heroes Square where she could play by one.
Then she heard music and wanted to go dance. We headed over to a Reggae stage and she danced until dark.
Finally as night fell we met up with some pirates from Seattle who gave Arianna some stickers that she happily played with while we waited for the evening events to kick in.
The week traditionally ends with the capture of the pirates that had stormed George Town the week before and the sentencing of the pirate leaders which leads into the fireworks show to end the night. We were right by the plank and got a great view of the "punishment" as three pirates walked the plank into the Harbour bay. Then fireworks closed out the festivities.
This was a first for all of us as we had never before done the Pirates Week events like this and it was great to have a chance to do it before we leave.
