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02 Sep 2013

Turtle Farm Grand Cayman

Farming turtles is a topic that gets a lot of press and opinions that broadly can be guessed at. In Cayman news today is not surprisingly that the water at the turtle farm contains pathogens that equally guessable can cause infections to visitors if hands do not get washed. Having been to the turtle farm now for two successive years I can only add my very small opinion. There are plenty of sanitising posts at which one can clean hands and visitors are always encouraged to do so, both by staff and by signs.

Turtle farms will always engender opinions. Our visits however have been nothing other than pleasurable, if a little expensive. Who knows whats best?

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20 Aug 2012

Grand Cayman. Heaven on Earth

Never having been here before my expectations were high but I have been astounded by the beauty of this island. If one thinks of an Island paradise this is exactly what you will find here. The downsides? No football. No sign of Cayman United. And the price of food is amazingly high. Not far off double UK pieces. That aside it is beautiful. The beaches are pristine white, the sea is clean and clear. The people friendly. Many maybe even most people here either dive or have some dive related job. The recent debate has been whether to introduce tax to salaries. There was some proposal to tax salaries 30%, this was then ground down to 10% and then abolished! So no tax. Temperature. Easy 31 deg daytime and 27 deg at night. Bit of rain some maybe even most days.

The best part for me though is swimming to a sort of huge rig about 50 yards off shore and sitting effectively in the middle of the Caribbean sea. Fish swim everywhere. On morning walks along the beach ( that we voluntarily get up for around 6.45am) there are Needlefish swimming about 3-4 metres out to sea, they catch tiny little fish in one sweeping movement. Large shoals of Bermuda Chubb swim around and hope for feeding. There is one huge Mutton Snapper ( called Toby or Bob. Depending upon who you talk to) with a mouth wider than most fish. No jellyfish, as yet. This is a lovely place.

Eating at night is a joy with so many places to choose from. Rackhams by the waterfront in George Town has to be the best! Sunset at Royal Palms comes in second. Third place is a tie at the moment. Best beers? Close thing. Caybrew is great as is Coors light but maybe Whitetip is winning just now. Rackhams however wins for the best burger on earth!