Cayman Islands
Travel Blogs from Cayman Islands
Magic & Mystery in the Cayman Islands
... 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 ...
One-legged burn :(
... facing 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 ...
The paparazzi are KILLING me.
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
... get 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 ...
Hubby's birthday!!!
... 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
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
... 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
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
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: ...
Hubby, you have huge stingrays on your head
... 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?
... 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
... chats 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 ...
Last Day on the Sea
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
... 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
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 ...
Grand Cayman
... On he beach I also sampled a Cayman beer. In the afternoon we headed back to the port. Before boarding, we sampled more Cayman beers. Another great meal in the evening. Tonight I tried shark and my main course had a variety ...
Cruisin': Days 8-9
After a relaxing (although rainy) day at sea, we arrived at the Cayman Islands. It was a gorgeous sunny day, so we took full advantage. We took a public bus to 7-Mile Beach (which is actually only 5 and a half miles long) and spent the day lounging on the ...
Day 5 - Grand Cayman Capers
... 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 ...
Yar, Matey! Off the plank with ye!
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???????
... for 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 ...
Getting Started
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 ...
If I could find the captain, I would hug him!
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 ...
jumping over the beach
POLSKI: Anna to super dziewczyna, rodem z Filipin. Dzieki m.in. niej latwiej mi bylo przystosowac sie do zycia na nowym statku. Jest przesympatyczna, naprawde kochana istotka. Nigdy jednak nie wychodzila na lad gdy bylismy w porcie, zamiast tego szla ...
Not getting into Grand Caymen
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 ...
Grand Caymen
Friday 16th January - Day 3 - Grand Cayman We had had a fairly rough journey south towards the Cayman Islands once we left the shelter of Cuba the previous evening and there was some doubt as to whether or not we were going to be able to go ashore today ...
Love-at last!
What an exciting day! The Cayman Islands are located directly south of Cuba & approx. 180 miles west-northwest of Jamaica. The island of Grand Cayman is 22 miles long & 8 miles wide, clean, modern & friendly. Along with 6 other adventuresome souls, I took ...

