April 25 – May 5, 2018

This year, as St. John is still recovering from two devastating hurricanes in September 2017, we instead went to the Cayman Islands, a British Overseas Territory in the western Caribbean.  The Caymans are due south of Miami and Cuba:

The Caymans consist of three islands: Grand Cayman, the largest and most populated, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman:

We spent the first week on Grand Cayman which has a population of about 52,000:

Here:

O = The location of the Turtle Nest Inn where we stayed

G = Georgetown, the capital of the Caymans

T = The Cayman Turtle Center

M = Mastic Trail and the high point of Grand Cayman

Snorkeling places:

B = Bodentown

CB = Cemetery Beach

E = East End

RP = Rum Point

SH = Sunset House

SP = Starfish Point

SRC = StingRay City

Links to some picture pages:

The Turtle Nest Inn

 

For our last five days we flew to Cayman Brac which has a population of only 2,000:

Here we stayed at the Cayman Brac Reef Resort = CBR

Other snorkeling places were:

CBB = Bucaneer

CBD = with a dive boat at the Pillar Coral site

CBH = Hangcuff Reef

CBRR = Radar Reef