2007 January Grand Cayman Island Photo Gallery by Rachel at pbase.com

2007 January Grand Cayman Island

Grand Cayman Island

this trip started out as, where are we going (it was going to be some place warm)
so, Ashley had always wanted to go to the Cayman Island, I didn't care as long as I was going some place.
we got online and booked the airfare, which was a little tricky since she lives in Wisconsin and I live in Tennessee, we had to coordinate our flights and we met in Atlanta and flew there together.

after checking out room prices, they were a little more than we wanted to pay, so we found a lovely Bed and Breakfast called Annie's Place
she only had a room available for the last 4 nights of our stay, so what were we going to do the first 2 days, checked out the website www.couchsurfing.com and found Kathryn, she was great.
Picked us up at the airport, took us to her place changed and into Georgetown to look around till she got off from work. Then out to eat at a beach side cafe with some co-workers (it was great and day one of being on the island). The next day we got a cab from Kathryn's place into town and went to seven mile beach to get some sun and sand between our toes. After lunch we walked to the Ritz Carlton and went into Tiffany's, we each bought a bracelet, I bought the traditional one with the round charm that says return to Tiffany's and Ashley got the charm with a lock clasp on it to put more charms on it. At the end of the day returned to Georgetown to get a ride with Kathryn back to her place to get our luggage and then off to Annie's B&B. Saturday we got a bus ride to the Turtle farm then walked to Hell from there. Then a bus to the East end of the island just rode around on the bus to sight see and get off where ever we thought something was to be seen.
Sunday we went on a Moby Dick Tour to Stingray City and it was the greatest thing I think we did on the island.

www.mobydicktours.com Stingray City Tours
www.turtle.ky Boatswain's Turtle Farm

map of Grand Cayman Island	Ashley on the flight over		looking down from the plane
land below

bank of Canada on Grand Cayman Island	cruise ships in port
	chickens every wheres
menu at Breezes	http://www.breezesbythebay.com/ The perfect “Island Restaurant” experience, right on the water, in downtown George Town, Grand Cayman
sitting upstairs at Breezes eating, looking down the street		jerk chicken sandwich	bought myself a fossil watch
http://www.margaritaville.com/cayman.php	Jimmy Buffet Margaritaville on Grand Cayman Island		guy making homemade cigars

http://www.tortugarums.com/	free samples of the rum	Tortuga Rum Cakes
1 free sample too many
			welcome to the Cayman Islands
	looking back at Breezes	Hog Sty Bay	out to eat and it was just lots of appetizers, my first time to try Calamari
which way do I go	home made patties (chicken inside)		seven mile beach Grand Cayman Island


Ritz Carlton	bracelet that I bought at Tiffanys in the Ritz Carlton	bathroom at the Ritz Carlton in the Cayman Islands
outside the KFC (we didn't eat here but just walked by and had to get a pic)		out to eat at a Chinese Restaurant (this is where we ate)
		Boatswain's Turtle Farm, Grand Cayman Island

Turtle farm arm band to get in
picking up a turtle			it was a very heavy turtle
		up close and personal	taken with waterproof underwater camera
another under the water	and another

Hell Road	Hell Postoffice		Hell

		the next few pics may be a little blurry, they were taking while riding in the public bus (van) to the East End


some people that was picked up on the bus	all of these guys were from Jamaica (just finshed working, construction)	the driver dropped us off at this place to eat called Mac Donald's Jerk Chicken
	have been told this is the best jerk chicken on the island	well, look who the new cook is.......me	now I can say I jerked chicken
		local cemetery
		I thought this was the Wreck of the Cali, but I have found out that it is NOT but one close to the Cali Also offshore in George Town harbour is the Wreck of the Cali	an old sailing ship that was used as a freighter which now rests in about 20 feet of water.
The story goes that the ship was carrying a load of dry grain and rice whenit began taking on water, causing the grains to swell and sink the vessel.	It's now in pieces on the sea floor but many of the parts are still identifiable, such as the anchor winch and diesel engines.	It sttracts a great variety of beautiful sponges along with an abundance of tropical fish.	Lobster has also been spotted at the site. The Wreck of the Cali is about 50 yards out, and is accessible from both Rackam's or Hammerhead Pub on the waterfront.

one of the small colorful houses alone the beach, this one is a Hertz car rental office	walking down the road taking pictures of flowers

7 mile beach

	rainbow	sunset on seven mile beach
			on the Moby Dick Boat tour out to see the Stingrays
	Moby Dick Tours, Stingray City, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands	a house alone the water front
www.mobydicktours.com
	stingray

			guy on the right is William (Guillermo from Italy)
			Mark from England


		Zac from Canada, boat captain	late lunch at Treasure Island pool area
	car tag in the Cayman Island	mini (I think these cars are soooo cute)	sunset
sitting on the beach enjoying the sunset	Coconut Joe's	mudslide	the mucho nacho plate
	coconut joe's lemonade		Chicken Chicken (we never ate here but I liked the sign, Chicken Chicken Open Open)
National Heroes Day 2007	Grand Cayman Island




		walking around Georgetown
		cruise ships at port
		Island Glassblowing Studio LTD, Maestro Stephen Zawistowski www.islandglassblowing.com	bowl that I bought at the glass blowing shop
this is the bottom of the bowl		inside the shop
things for sale	this is a father and son team from the UK
			just a car in the parking lot
	takeout bra	Hyatt	Hyatt pool area



	my feet again in the water (one last step into the ocean before we left)	Annie's place	Annie's Place, 282 Andrew Drive, Grand Cayman Island
Annies Bed & Breakfast		my room at Annie's Place	Breakfast at Annie's Bed and Breakfast
breakfast each morning was bacon, eggs, toast, tea, coffee, juice, fruit

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Guest		19-Jun-2007 22:24
enjoyed your photo's !!. we are stopping at GrandCay in Aug and you completley gave the big picture on what is was like. Jerk Chicken looked really good!. thanks for your photo's and the time you spent publishing them. - total stranger

tom		19-Jan-2007 19:08
Yay!!! new photos! I hope You and Ashley had a good time!!

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