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Article: Strange Stingray City: swimming with odd sea creatures on Grand Cayman. (Port Attraction).(Grand Cayman Island, Caribbean)(Brief Article)
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- July 1, 2002
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It's an amazing sight as your boat glides into what's popularly known as "Stingray City" in North Sound on the Western Caribbean island of Grand Cayman.
There are probably several other tour boats already moored on the sand bar in the middle of the sound's broad entrance, which stretches from West Bay to Rum Point. When the 30-odd passengers in your boat get in the water, there are about a hundred people wading in waist-deep, crystal-clear water while feeding, petting, and touching 25 to 30 Atlantic southern stingrays, not exactly your typical saltwater playmates.
As you stand motionless in the soft sand--necessary to avoid kicking up sand and reducing ...