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I'm a traveler, but not a diver.
My wife and I are going to Grand Cayman Island this weekend. We are
not divers, allthough we do enjoy snorkelling. Can anyone give us some suggestions for things to do out of the water? We usually rent a car and like to see everything. We are what you would call "active travellers". We don't want to spend all day sitting on the beach. What can we do? |
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I'm a traveler, but not a diver.
On Jul 16, 7:44 pm, wrote:
My wife and I are going to Grand Cayman Island this weekend. We are not divers, allthough we do enjoy snorkelling. Can anyone give us some suggestions for things to do out of the water? We usually rent a car and like to see everything. We are what you would call "active travellers". We don't want to spend all day sitting on the beach. What can we do? If you have a car, then definitely take the drive out (out and up) to Rum Point. It's a beautiful beach, no cost to get on. Lots of chairs available. Great little snack shack right there, with maybe the very best strawberry daiquiris and conch fritters I've ever had. Lee |
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I'm a traveler, but not a diver.
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My wife and I are going to Grand Cayman Island this weekend. We are not divers, allthough we do enjoy snorkelling. Can anyone give us some suggestions for things to do out of the water? We usually rent a car and like to see everything. We are what you would call "active travellers". We don't want to spend all day sitting on the beach. What can we do? You sound very much like my wife and I.. "Active Travelers". I'd suggest you take a look at my trip report from a couple of years ago when we visited Grand Cayman. I think you will find some suggestions on what to do there... Go to: www.hammocktree.us/ms/trips.html and scroll down a ways to the Grand Cayman trip. Have Fun!! -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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I'm a traveler, but not a diver.
Brian K wrote:
My wife and I are going to Grand Cayman Island this weekend. We are not divers,...We are what you would call "active travellers". You can goto Hell. Hell is located in West Bay, which is a north of 7 mile beach. There's a (free) boardwalk behind the post office to see the stone formation; figure 15 minutes unless you spend a lot of time browsing the gift shops. Do plan to mail your postcards from here (there is a post office)...and consider taking along the address for your local priest/pastor of your local church to send him a postcard from Hell. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell,_Grand_Cayman From there you can visit the sea turtle center. The Turtle Farm is also up north in West Bay, proverbially "around the corner" from Hell, but essentially along the coast. There is an admission charge here (it has gotten relatively expensive), and you can plan to spend an hour here fairly easily. It has moved since I was there last (pre-IVAN); it is supposedly now at Boatswain's Beach. Do be aware that the Farm is ... a farm. Its not a purely altruistic turtle breeding program to have them all released back into the wild. http://www.turtle.ky/main.cfm There's a war memorial that looks like a white church in town. It commemorates the island's war with King George of England. Tanzanite jewelry used to be really reasonable. Not now, but if you have a dinner reservation in Georgetown it can't hurt to go window shopping. Who knows, if you look enough you might find a reasonably priced piece. Also in downtown Georgetown is the National Museum. Pretty decent. http://www.museum.ky/ Not far out of Grand Cayman along the South coast road is the Pedro Saint James, a historic "Castle". Sorry, haven't toured it to say what its like. http://www.pedrostjames.ky/ IIRC, there's a small structure with a couple of ancient cannon on it in this area. Not sure if this is "Gun Square" and/or "Slave Wall / Drummond's Wall", plus I also understand that there's a cave in this area too (probably has an admission fee). Continuing east, there's also "blowholes" along the South coast road (free). Watch for the staircase on the oceanside and a very small parking area on the left. Not sure if this is at Breakers, at Gun Bay...or possibly both? There's also a similar formation on Cayman Brac, on the beach walk to First Cay. There's a cross-island road at Frank Sound that goes to the north side of the island (which is also the route to Rum Point). Around halfway across on the right (east) side is the side road that leads down to the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park (admission). The trees will block the wind, so expect it to be hot & humid, plus a chance for mosquitos. Take hats, sunscreen & bug repellant. http://www.botanic-park.ky/ Finally, since you only have a weekend, there's also a restored Mastic Trail on Grand Cayman. Information and a guide (fee) can be found he http://www.earthfoot.org/places/ky001.htm -hh |
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I'm a traveler, but not a diver.
Not much. You can swim with the stingrays, shop, spend a lot of money.
GNW wrote in message oups.com... My wife and I are going to Grand Cayman Island this weekend. We are not divers, allthough we do enjoy snorkelling. Can anyone give us some suggestions for things to do out of the water? We usually rent a car and like to see everything. We are what you would call "active travellers". We don't want to spend all day sitting on the beach. What can we do? |
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