Monday, May 12, 2008

Little Cayman Trip this weekend

This coming weekend is Discovery Day weekend here in the Cayman Islands. It celebrates the discovery of the Islands by Christopher Columbus in 1503. He sailed along the coasts of Cayman Brac and Little Cayman claiming the Islands for Spain. Monday is a national holiday so we are taking advantage of the three day weekend and heading over to Little Cayman to spend three nights at the Beach resort on the Island. The smallest of the Cayman Islands, Little Cayman is just less than 8 miles long and has a population of about 150 people. It is about 80 miles north and east of Grand Cayman and about 5 miles west of Cayman Brac. From the western most point on the Brac you can see Little Cayman across the channel. This is our anniversary present to each other and should be a relaxing and very quiet couple of days. We will get our real taste of flying in the Caribbean as the airstrip is a dirt runway. We are also looking forward to the snorkeling at what are widely rated as some of the best dive/snorkeling sites in the world just off the coast of Little Cayman.