Cayman Islands

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On-Site Grand Cayman: Falling in (puppy) Love Along 7 Mile Beach

Is this love that I'm feelin'?/SBPR

Are you still married?

It’s a question those of us in the Caribbean travel & tourism industry get all the time. The busy travel schedule definitely puts a strain on my home life, but at least I can make it up to my wife and kids with (what else?) more travel. The trips I made to Nevis (with my wife) and to Tobago (whole family) last year were for just that very reason, a beach lime at Pigeon Point and some Killer Bee’s at Sunshine’s buying me enough forgiveness to last another year.
For my dog, Hershey, though, there’s just no forgiving travel transgressions.

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On-Site Grand Cayman: Eating Turtle is Good… For The Turtles?

Turtle Stew with rice & beans/SBPR

I didn’t need much prodding to try a plate of Turtle Stew during my first trip to Grand Cayman this past weekend. I’d known for some time that the cute, majestic and perpetually endangered creatures were a delicacy here, so in keeping with our uncommon travel tendencies, I was anxious to get a taste. I’d read before I arrived that all turtle meat served legally on the island emanated from the Cayman Turtle Farm, so I figured I’d start my culinary quest there. You know, where the meat is the freshest.
Now, bear in mind, the Cayman Turtle Farm is not your typical uncommon attraction.

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Wish You Were Here

bettyx1138 via flickr

Hangin’ in a hammock on Little Cayman, the least developed of the Cayman Islands – 10 miles long, one mile wide and less than 200 full-time residents.

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Saturday Video: Channel Your Inner Tony Hawk at Black Pearl Skatepark, Grand Cayman

BlackPearl

A few weeks ago, I screwed up and misidentified the location of a sublime surfing video as Rincón, Puerto Rico. The footage was actually captured at a different Rincón… in California. (Oops!) You might think by the headline and video above that I must be mistaken yet again. I mean, what little skateboarding that exists in the Caribbean must surely be confined to getting from point A to point B, no? Could there actually be a place for Tony Hawk devotees to get crazy air and perfect truckstands?
Actually, yes!
The video depicts the action at the Black Pearl Skatepark on Grand Cayman, which at 62,000 square feet is actually the largest outdoor concrete skatepark in the world.

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Cotton Tree, Grand Cayman Offers Guests Art & Advice Before Bed

Courtesy Cotton Tree, Grand Cayman

Remember the first time you heard of the chocolate chip cookies featured in the turndown service at DoubleTree Hotels? I do. Truth is I have kind of a lust issue with these chewy, gooey treats. I’ve actually gone out of my way on business trips to stay at a DoubleTree to get my late-night fix. Yeah, I have a problem.
I was reminded of my favorite bedtime hotel vice when I heard of a cool new turndown amenity offered by Cotton Tree, a small luxury property that bills itself as the first (and only?) boutique cottage hotel on Grand Cayman. The owner, a local Caymanian named Heather Lockington, designed the property as a hideaway where guests can fully embrace the island’s local culture and heritage.

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Taste of the Caribbean: Tortuga Rum Coconut Rice

Cocunut Rice

If you’re like us and you overdid it on the snacks while watching the endless hours of Winter Olympics coverage over the weekend, then this light and healthy recipe from our friends at the Tortuga Rum Company should be on your menu for dinner tonight. Based in the Cayman Islands, Tortuga is best-known for their Rum Cakes, the Caymans’ #1 export and as sinful a sweet treat as you’ll find anywhere in the Caribbean. As penitence, perhaps, they also publish the Tortuga Rum Fever and Caribbean Party Cookbook, which is filled with wonderful, light, quick and easy recipes like this to help us keep our bodies beach-ready no matter the weather outside, or what happens to be on TV.

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