Did you hear about Cayman Islands? This member of British Comonwealth has a territory of 3 islands in the Carribean Sea, around 90 thousand inhabitants and they drive left side of the road… Practically only Grand Cayman is visited by cruise ships. Since they do not have a port tourists are taken from the anchoring ship to the Georgetown – their capital aboard the tenders – small motor boats.
But today the sea was rough near the Georgetown. Tenders cannot operate here today. They decided to land on the concrete jetty at Spott – 6 kms away, around the corner, but in the middle of nowhere. When I landed they told me that they do not provide the shuttle to “downtown”. If you want to go there you can share taxi paying 6 dollars each way. Shame!
In the heavy morning traffic it took me an hour to reach the capital. No changes there (I have been here already twice) except new shopping mall selling diamonds, luxury watches etc.
I took a 2,5 kms walk to the end of famous 7 Mile Beach. Fish market on the roadside… New hotels and villas block the access to the sand… Microbuses marked “Public bus” operate around charging 2,50 USD or 2 local dollars per ride. Cayman dollar is stronger than US dollar! One more little known place on Earth!
