Cayman Islands Travel Blogs

Magic & Mystery in the Cayman Islands
Oct 11, 2008 (34 photos)

... in the Caribbean the islands are surrounded by multiple shades of clear blue, warm ocean and have a steamy tropical climate. The Cayman Islands are also well known for their international banks and as a tax haven. Several years ago my very good friends ...

One-legged burn :(
Mar 30, 2007 (2 photos)

... the sun! The back of my left leg is absolutely red....it's painful! WTF?!?! I put sunscreen on repeatedly.  Damn Cayman Islands. However, my favorite part of the day was the boat ride back from the island.  I wisely decided to head back from ...

The paparazzi are KILLING me.
Mar 31, 2007 (3 photos)

There is a weird thing on this boat.  Well, okay, more than just one weird thing.  Many weird things.  But the weirdest to me is the paparazzi.  Their only job is to take photos of the passengers.  They are around ALL the time ...

Ladies and gentlemen: the Grand Cayman
Jun 17, 2007 (3 photos)

... up, present our ticket and get waved away again. Dr T does not give up. Till ... the luggage boy (!) remembers we go to Gran Cayman and tells the woman it is OK. We arrive at the plane: this is not the right airline!!! We decide to keep quiet and HOPE it ...

Overnight in Gran Canary
Jun 28, 2007

Change plane + Overnight

Hubby's birthday!!!
Jun 25, 2007 (4 photos)

... monster: After the dives, lunch is being prepared for the birthday boy. This is how he looks like, having lunch in the Cayman Islands: (look at that smile, Mic!) We play some cards at the swimming pool, hang IN the swimming pool and I go ...

Steak and horror movie day
Jun 26, 2007

Morning routine and when we step out: only 1 bike left: I take it and hold the boat. Annabelle asks: where is Tony? We go on our own again. Even I get some feeling for direction. We get a manicure from a cleaning shrimp. We already got on from a ...

Where Marina asks a security guard if he wants
Jun 21, 2007 (9 photos)

... wait. And wait. We sit in front of our gate. There is NO departure time on the gate. A worry. We hear an announcement: Little Cayman  murmur, flight, murmur, gate something, you know how clear those things are. Dr T asks: 'when do we leave?' I say we ...

Little Cayman: my best dive ever
Jun 23, 2007 (9 photos)

Day 1: We get up at 7 (seven!), take our bikes:  isn't my hubby handsome? And go to the diving site. It is all a bit messy. Where are the weight belts? Our stuff is not on board! Oh, we are on the wrong boat. But they said: ... . Yes, but they ...

3 days diving in Grand Cayman
Jun 19, 2007 (7 photos)

The following 3 days we go diving, diving and diving. We do amongst others: * The Small Tunnel dive: this is a dive between the corals in very narrow places and deep: 32m. * Two wreck dives: one wreck is called the O.V.: the Orde Verde: the ...

Hubby, you have huge stingrays on your head
Jun 18, 2007 (5 photos)

... and I heard they do not like Australians. Morning, I get up at 8h30 and hubby murmurs: 'are we going diving?' I tell him it is too late. The diving itself normally starts at 9, pick-up at 8h30. I give him his energy drink, prepare coffee and ...

Rest in Grand Cayman?
Jun 20, 2007 (2 photos)

... we do, we fly OVER Jamaica to come back afterwards. After hours surfing AND calling, it is decided: we are going to Little Cayman. We rented a condo for a week and will be diving twice a day, every day! http://www.conchclub.com/ We also book our ...

Our last diving day in the Caymans
Jun 27, 2007

... and an early night. We are going to pack tomorrow morning and leave the room at 9h, to catch a plane at 10h30 to Grand Cayman. I hope to have internet before our Jamaica resort, so I can say hi to you. Because in the resort, we will disappear for 2 ...

Last Day on the Sea
Jul 25, 2007 (12 photos)

It's our last day at sea and the wind is blowing pretty well. The Caribbean itself is fairly calm, but the boat is moving more today.   We're all kind of on our own today since we weren't going anywhere in particular. Those of us staying up late ...

7 Mile Beach
May 11, 2005 (5 photos)

... second best beach in the world - and you better believe it! We sunbathed and swam ----so relaxing. Did you know that the Cayman Islands drive on the left hand side of the road as in England...and you say you never learn anything new reading these ...

Off shore banking island
Feb 6, 2009

Still the gale force winds blow but we manage to drop anchor in the bay at Grand Cayman. Not that it was really worth visiting. The island has the highest cost of living in the Caribbean - higher than UK. The capital town was full of banks and ...

First stop Cayman Islands
Apr 28, 2009 (40 photos)

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Day 5 - Grand Cayman Capers
Apr 3, 2007 (5 photos)

... them some proper British tea bags from home which they were really thrilled about. A good cup of tea is a rarity in Grand Cayman, but I guess thats the pay off for endless sunshine, gorgeous beaches and tropical seas! All too quickly it was time for us to ...

Grand Cayman Island
Jan 6, 2009 (94 photos)

4 Cayman Isl

Yar, Matey! Off the plank with ye!
Nov 5, 2009 (14 photos)

Juice's Corner: FUN-NESS! Today we went to George Town in the Grand Caymans… It was really fun!! We went to the Pirate Encounter. The pirates were really funny. But they made me SWAB THE DECK! But then we attacked two of the cruise ships… IT ...

Pirates???????
Jul 24, 2007 (20 photos)

... breakfast. It was our first time to eat there in the morning. Then it was off to get ready for George Town, Grand Cayman.   Things started a bit differently because GC is so small there is no dock for the cruise ships. We anchored about a mile off ...

Cayman Islands
Dec 18, 2004

Cruise

Grand Cayman
Nov 19, 2005

This Island is off the hook. So many Canadians end up living and working here

Grand Cayman
Mar 8, 2008 (19 photos)

... showering stalls. These are little snippets we are gathering from people we meet. We obviously don't really know how this islands works. One of our other splurges (after the bicycles) was a car rental for the day. We really felt we needed ...

Getting Started
Jan 6, 2008 (12 photos)

The Beginning (January 3) To start our Grand World Voyage we traveled 2400 miles east from San Francisco to Washington and then, south to Ft. Lauderdale. Here's Mom, bright and chipper, at 6 am on Thursday, January 3rd. ...

George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Jan 16, 2009 (6 photos)

... We also went to Diamonds International where Harriet got another charm bracelet and a special charm for the Grand Caymans Islands. She has been collecting charms throughout the Caribbean, Mexico, and Alaska. She also got a special Tahitian Princess charm ...

If I could find the captain, I would hug him!
Oct 29, 2005 (7 photos)

Oh YEAH! I am so happy and we are one of the first in line to get off the ship. We've got our vouchers for the kayaking tour and we're ready to go. The weather doesn't look all that good, but we will be in the water anyway, so who cares. We're on the ...

Not getting into Grand Caymen
Oct 28, 2005

Ok, I am getting just a little anxious. The meetings and events are keeping me from thinking about no terra firma under my feet - but only until my mind "slips" back to the dirt mode. There is a rumor going around that Grand Caymen is going to be open for ...

The beginning of the end....
Mar 22, 2008 (16 photos)

... go home with her fiver and a pair of my flipflops on!!! :o) Thursdays always have a mind of their own down here in Cayman!! *grin* Friday: Today had a lot different pace....started with a sore head....and a huge list of chores to do to get my butt ...

Home sweet home..need I say more
Jul 8, 2008 (4 photos)

... .....Emily is flying in to join Frey and I and well as luck would have it Texas, Rich and Mikey are also on our flight from Cayman....I see more fun times in our future.........Guatemala here we come via the Miami stopover to see Heath Ledger in Batman...