Saturday, August 9, 2008

East End and Northside

We woke up early this morning and headed over to the Market at the Grounds at the Agricultural grounds in Savannah. We bought some june plumbs, guava and other fruit and after walking around for a while headed east to see the sights and do some snorkeling. We stopped at the Blow Hole in East End and got some photographs. We also stopped at the Lighthouse Park and at the Wreck of the Ten Sail Monument thus hitting three of the big East End sights. We then headed around the Island in a big semi circle ending at Rum Point on the north eastern point of the North Sound. After getting in some swimming at Rum Point we headed over to the Cayman Kai public beach and swam out to the reef for some fantastic snorkeling. We saw a Caribbean Lobster, another spotted porcupine fish, a great barracuda and even a ray that swam past us.

After running over to Rum Point for some drinks to rehydrate, we headed to the Over the Edge cafe in Northside for lunch which was a new place we hadnt been to before. Finally we drove over to the Queen Elizabeth II monument just east of Old Man Bay to snorkel the reef there. We had never done that location before and were amazed at the extraordinary corals. We saw another turtle, and many familiar species of fish but the phenomenal corals were the big hit. This evening we went to the Grand Old House for a great dinner out on the deck getting to see the sunset and have dinner with the waves crashing against the shore below us.