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Cayman Islands - Trip Reports

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[new] Trip Report by Tim - July 2002
Visiting the island to fix-up their property, but also to do some diving. Ate out at the Lazy Lizard, the Reef Grill, Kaibo Yacht Club and the Outback Steakhouse. Went diving with Ebanks Diving, Cayman Diving Lodge and Divetech for his Advanced Open Water and Rescue Diver certificates. Locations dived included Eden Rock, Oro Verde, Cobalt Coast, Sunset House, Seaview and Stingray City. Also went riding with Pampered Ponies.
[hit] Trip Report by Laura S. - May 2002
Stayed at the Coralstone Club and hired a van from Dollar. Ate out at the Outback Steakhouse, the Crow's Nest, Rum Point, Rackham's Grill & Bar, Lobster Pot and Cracked Conch. Visited the Turtle Farm, Hell, Blowholes and Stingray City etc with Captain Marvin.
[hit] Trip Report by TracyV - May 2002
Stayed at Cassa Caribe condos. Rented a convertible from Marshall's. Went snorkeling with Captain Dexter's twice and snorkeled at Eden Rock, Sunset House, and Paradise reef. Played golf at the Sunrise Family Golf Centre in Newlands and went on the sunset sail with Red Sail Sports. Ate out at the Calypso Grill, Crows Nest, Reef Grill, Bed, Cimboco, Bamboo, Naked Fish, Almond Tree, and Casanova's.
[hit] Trip Report by Pam Hassell - May 2002
Stayed at the Turtle Nest Inn (TNI), and then at the Westin. Rented a car from Budget. Ate out at The Edge, Vesuvio, TNI for their weekly Indian dinner, Miss Vivine's, Eats Café, Decker's and Smuggler's Cove. Went to Healing Hands for a massage, and Café Sol to check her e-mails. Snorkeled at Cemetery Reef, Public Beach, Sunrise Reef, Sunset Reef, Stingray Sandbar (with Soto's) and Governor's Reef.
[hit] Trip Report by Aaron - April 2002
Another long trip report. On the island for a friend's wedding. Stayed at the Westin. Following Scott's recommendations, ate out at Calypso Grill, Eats Café, Reef Grill, Pizza & Ribs and Smuggler's Cove, Visited Stingray City Sandbar.
[hit] Trip Report by Scott - March 2002
Very long and comprehensive trip report! Stayed at Turtle Beach Villas. Snorkeled at Treasure Island Reef, Cemetery Reef, Stingray City and Reef (with Captain Dexter) and Eden Rock. Ate out at Calypso Grill, Reef Grill, Lazy Lizard, Deckers, Billy Bones, Naked Fish, Ristorante Pappagallo, Crow's Nest, The Wharf, Smuggler's Cove, Rum Point, Chicken Chicken!, drinks at the Royal Palms, East Café and The Peninsular. Rented a car from Andy's, and went out on waverunners from Red Sail Sports, on a fishing charter with Captain Asley, diving with Divers Down, and parasailing with Cloud Dancer Tours.
[hit] Trip Report by Wendy - February 2002
Stayed at Sunshine Suites. Visited the islands on a tight budget, so tended to do their own catering. However, ate out at Comfort Inn, and The Peninsula at the Marriott, Ferdinand's and Cassanova's. Visited Stingray City with Captain Dexter. Rented bikes from Coconut's to visit Hell and the Turtle Farm.
[hit] Trip Report by Nate - January 2002
Stayed at the Villas of The Galleon condos. Rented a car from Andy's. Got married (arranged through Cayman Weddings) on the beach in West Bay. Ate out at Eats, The Wharf, and the Canton Restaurant. Trips included parasailing, and riding with Pampered Ponies. Sunday snorkeling trip to Stingray City etc with Cayman Delight (included lunch).
[hit] Trip Report by Lisa - January 2002
Stayed at Treasure Island. Rented a cary from Andy's. Visited the Botanic Garden, Hell, the Turtle Farm and Rum Point. Snorkeled at Treasure Island, the Wreck of the Gamma and Smith's Cove. Ate out at Big Daddy's, Chicken Chicken! and the Cracked Conch.
[hit] Trip Report by Cyd - December 2001
Brief trip report. They went snorkeling at Cemetery Reef, Eden Rock and Devil’s Grotto. Visited Stingray City with Captain Marvin’s, hiked the Mastic Trail and visited Rum Point. Includes a selection of almost 40 photos.
[hit] Trip Report - November 2001
Stayed at the Westin and Villas of the Galleon. Rented a car from Avis/Cico. Ate out ate Ristorante Ragazzi, Lobster Pot, Deckers, Lone Star Bar and Grill, Café Mediterraneo, Athena's Vesuvios, Chicken Chicken! and Cimboco and Eats. Went shopping at Fosters. Visited the Blow Holes, San Pedro's Castle, Stingray City (with Captain Dexter) and Hell. Went windsurfing at Morritt's Tortuga and snorkeling at Governors Reef, Eden Rock and Cemetery Reef
[hit] Trip Report by Isobel - November 2001
Originally booked in at the Marriott, but was disappointed with the state of the hotel and beach and managed to get a transfer to the Westin. Ate out at Deckers, Reef Grill, The Wharf (didn't like it), Bamboo (at the Hyatt), The Brasserie, Chicken Chicken!, Lazy Lizard, Britania Golf Club, Smugglers Cove, Ferdinands at the Westin, and Sunday Brunch at the Westin. Went snorkeling with Captain Marvin's and Captain Dexter's to Stingray City. Visisted Rum Point (thought it was overcrowded).
[hit] Trip Report by Tim - November 2001
Stayed at his old Caymanian home in West Bay that he is renovating, and at London House. Went horse riding with Pampered Ponies, and ate out at The Wharf and the Reef Grill at the Royal Palms. Report includes links to lots of photos, including some from Tim's snorkeling and dives (including Stingray City).
[hit] Trip Report by Jolie - November 2001
Stayed at the Westin. Ate out at Calypso Grill at Morgans Cove, The Wharf, Eats, Paradise Cafe. Suggests the Royal Palms for night life.
[hit] Trip Report by Lisa - October 2001
Stayed at the Westin. Ate out at Reef Grill, Smugler's Cove, The Wharf, Lone Star Bar & Grill, Chicken! Chicken!, and Eats. Hired a car from Budget. Went on the Atlantis submarine, and snorkeling with Captain Marvin's to Stingray City, and for music to Legendz and the Royal Palms.
[hit] Trip Report by BM & WM - October 2001
Stayed at Turtle Nest Inn. Ate out at Driftwood's BBQ, Wood's Jerk stand, Durty Reids. Went snorkeling with Captain Dexter's and to Cemetery Reef and Smith's Cove.
[hit] Suggestions for snorkeling from Snorkel Guy - September 2001
[hit] Photos of Cayman Caravan by Robert Warfield - June 2001
Includes photos of some of the planes, beach scenes and his diving trips
[hit] Snorkeling in Cayman by the Wideman family - February 2001
Mainly photos of their trip to Stingray City
[hit] Grand Cayman Trip Report by Daniel & Faith Senie and Tom Sefranek - January 2001
Stayed at Georgetown Villas at the south end of Seven Mile Beach. Diving with Fisheye at Eye of the Needle, Paradise Reef West, Trinity Caves, Governor’s Reef, Eagle’s Nest, Mesa and Stingray City. With Treasure Island Divers went to Aquarium, Oro Verde the wreck of the Balboa as a night dive. Ate out at the Thai Orchid and Cimboco
[hit] Totem Travel - Grand Cayman Trip Photos - January 2001
Includes photos of the Westin, Hyatt, Seven Mile Beach, tarpon feeding at the Almond Tree, scuba diving, Seven Mile Beach and Stingray City
[hit] Little Cayman Trip Reports by Dick Ross - Christmas 2000 and Christmas 1999
Photos and dive-logs from their stays at the Little Cayman Beach Resort
[hit] Grand Cayman Trip Report by Steve Silverberg - November 2000
Rented a car from Coconut Car Rentals via the internet. Stayed at Tarquynn Manor. Had meals at Lobster Pot, Cracked Conch, Chicken Chicken and the Almond Tree. Went diving with Fisheye and Ocean Frontiers. Report includes some good underwater photos
[hit] Grand Cayman Trip - November 2000 by Tim Dyes
Stayed at Tarquynn Manor. Went riding with Pampered Ponies. Not much info about Cayman, but a great range of underwater photos from his various dives
[hit] Pics from our fall Grand Cayman Trip - Pirates Week 2000
Collection of photos, including many underwater
[hit] Crystalline waters, stingrays welcome you to Grand Cayman - October 2000
By Tom Uhlenbrock of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
[hit] Jim Hinsch't Trip Report - July 2000
Stayed at the Westin, and agrees that it is the best of the beach-front hotels, but didn't consider it fancy, and wasn't that impressed with the concierge service at the hotel, or the Cayman taxis. Tried water skiing, but not up to his needs as a proficient slalom water-skiier. Snorkeled at Governors Reef, Eden Rock, Stingray City. Did a resort diving course. Eat out at Eats, hotel meals, Casa Havana, Smuggler's Cove, The Brasserie, Reef Grill, Bamboo and Pappagallo's. Lots of photos - including their meals!
[hit] Diving at Little Cayman - June 2000
Stayed at the Little Cayman Beach Resort and went diving with Reef Divers
[hit] Scuba Diving in the Cayman Islands - June 2000
Some great underwater photos by John Vaughn and Brenda Bailey
[hit] Trip report by Ray Blackman - June 2000
Stayed at a condo at the Anchorage. Snorkeled at Eden Rock, the reef off Paradise Grill, the reef off Seaview hotel, and Stingray Sandbar with Captain Marvin Ebanks. Ate out at Eats, Chicken Chicken! and Bella Capri.
[hit] Spring Break 2000
Photo album by Dennis Cheung and friends. Over 200 photos plus over 60 underwater shots
[hit] Janis's Trip Report - June 2000
Staying at the Marriott, details of where they went snokelling
[hit] Janis's Trip Report (continued)
Details of the restaurants she visited
[hit] Scott's Trip Report
Stayed at Treasure Island Resort. Includes some snokeling suggestions
[hit] Diving the East End, Grand Cayman by Ken LaMontagne
Brief details of diving with Cayman Diving Lodge, with some photos above and below the water!
[hit] Jeepster’s Grand Cayman Trip Report - 10/30/99 to 11/04/99
Mainly details of their dives, including some underwater photos. Stayed at Treasure Island Resort. Dives at Neptune’s Wall, Governor’s Reef, Orange Canyon, Oro Verde, Big Sister Wall, Eagle Ray Rock, Stingray City, Exotica Reef and Twisted Sister!
[hit] Norton's Scuba Photo album - October 1999 (Part 1)
See also Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7 and Part 8!
[hit] Dan, Debbi & Danielle's Trip Report - July 1999 and Pirate's Week 1997
Based at the Morritt's Tortuga. Ate out at Captain Bryan's, The Edge, Miss Vivine's, Calico Jack's and at Morritt's
[hit] John Petrak's trip report - June 1999
Brief details of his trip, staying at Indies Suites and diving with Divers Down, including some photos
[hit] Scuba Dive Trip by David Cappello, May 6-9 1999
Stayed at Seaview Hotel. Includes two pages of photos
[hit] Grand Cayman & Little Cayman April 1999
Photos of their trip
[hit] Grand Cayman January 1999
Dive journal from Michele Schilawski who stayed at the Spanish Bay Reef
[hit] Swim among the fish in Cayman
From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 1999
[hit] Look out below: Diving opens underwater vistas waiting to be explored
From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 1998
[hit] Grand Cayman, September 1998
Trip report from some divers that also visited the tourist attractions, with some underwater photos
[hit] John Petrak's trip report - July 1998
Brief details of his trip, including some photos
[hit] My trip to the Cayman Islands by Nick, June 1998
Brief report, with some good photos
[hit] Photos of Grand Cayman April 1998
Hell and the Turtle Farm
[hit] Cayman here we come
A Cayman Getaway - March 5th thru 9th, 1998 by Vicki and Tom Gimpel. Stayed at the Westin. Ate out at Eats, Restaurant Pappagallo, Ferdinand’s (the restaurant at the Westin) and the Lone Star. Went to see Barefoot Man at the Holiday Inn. Visited San Pedro's Castle, the Blowholes and Rum Point. Snorkeled at Coral Gardens, Stingray City, Governor's Reef and Smith's Cove. Includes some good photos. They even found these pages useful!
[hit] Cayman Brac Dive Trip Report, July 1997
Stayed at Divi Tiara Beach resort. Details of their dives, including under-water photos
[hit] Bob & Cindy Schuam's report - June 1997
Includes a page of great underwater photos
[hit] Cayman Islands Spring Break by Peter Westra (1996)
Not much details, but some good photos!
[hit] Cayman Islands 1996 as seen by Frogfish Productions
Great photo album of a few of the best shots from an adventure on the Cayman Aggressor II from August of 1996
[hit] Cayman Islands Spring Break 1996
Some good photos by Westra
[hit] Which is nicer, Boston at -20C (-5F) or Grand Cayman at 26C (82F)? (1994)
Philip Greenspun's journal with some good photos

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Other collections of Trip Reports/Photos

[hit] Beach scenes from Grand Cayman by forestforest
He has more photos at Caribbean Sunsets, Grand Cayman Turtles, Sunsets in the Western Caribbean from Grand Cayman, Caribbean skies, Tropical shoreline: Grand Cayman's Ironshore coast, Caribbean "stuff", Flowers, Warm, tropical waters and Beaches
[hit] Cayman Island Travel Photos
A collection of over 100 photos around Cayman from travelnow.org
[hit] Concierge.com - See where others have been
Very brief trip comments under titles 'The story begins', 'Best day', 'Best night' and 'Other favorite memories'
[hit] Epinions.com - Cayman Islands
Moderated and rated collection of trip reports and reviews of visitors to Cayman
[hit] Online Photo Gallery by Steve Eppinger - May 2001
A collection of 77 photos (in various resolutions). His trip report is at [hit] http://128.242.213.88/cayman2001/tripreport.html. He stayed at the Marriott. Ate out at the Lone Star, Chicken, Chicken!, Wendy's(!), Ristorante Ragazzi, Bed and ordered from Domino's Pizza. Took the Sunset cocktail cruise with Red Sail Sports. Hired a Jeep for a day from Sotto's 4x4.
[hit] Trip Reports from Turquoise Net
[hit] Travel Reports - Cayman Islands
From caribtravelnews.com. Reports go back to 1994
[hit] Search Google for images of Cayman
[hit] VirtualCayman.com
Searchable collection of over 450 photographs from around the island

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