Blogs from Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Central America Caribbean - page 14

Dec. 21, Sunday - Moving on down 7 Mile Beach - This is the Life! We went to Eats Café for breakfast, using the Cayman activity guide coupon - had two books, so got two CI$3.99 one egg bkfsts, and one blueberry fluffycake bkfst to share with DGS and among us. No coffee or juice so came out at about CI$16-17.00 with tip. (That’s really inexpensive here, but we just had water to drink, and ordered carefully to see if we could get by doing that). Pretty good, with good service. It’s straight across the street from the Westin and traffic wasn’t too bad on Sunday morning to run across (no crosswalk). Were able to spend about an hour on the beach before we had to pack up to move. The water seemed a little cooler ... read more

I am laying on a beach in Montego Bay, Jamaica. To my left, a heavyset man on his fluffy white bath towel sips gingerly from his pina colada as his pasty white man-boobs develop tell-tale red splotches. Past him on his horizon of a belly, countless other American folk bake in the sun, either sporting extremely large straw hats or torsos idiotically slathered in tanning oils, but all similarly sprawled out on bath towels that are blinding white, riddled with offensive quotations, or a neon color bright enough to assault the eyes. Conversation in English surrounds me, the American accent tinkles over every crashed wave, and the Bob Marley wafting through the air is becoming increasily untolerable. "Is everybody having fun today?" "Hey there sport, pass me the beer, will ya?" "Well I´ll be! He looks ... read more

Wahoo, a summer cruise thru the Western Caribbean! There's only one catch... it's Hurricane season! (BUt that's when you get the cheap deals...) Michelle, Nicole, & I were in for an adventure. MIAMI - Day 1: Arrived late afternoon on Saturday the 30th. Surprise, surprise... Hurricane Gustov had brought with it lots of rain & overcast skies. After checking into the Airport Hilton (wish we would have been able to stay at the Marriot), took a cab to an established Cuban restaurant within a 15 minute ride. The place was jammed packed. We tried a couple local dishes (plantains & pork dishes) -- fairly tasty! Back at the hotel, we hit the hot-tub & ran into a handful of gals who had just left Jamaica. They had spent 3 days of their trip actually experiencing Hurricane ... read more

From Katie- WOW!!!When they say GSE is a once in a lifetime experience they are not kidding! there is no way i could tell you all evertyting I have had the opportunity to do (i would be writing for hours....days??) So just want to list some of the things we have been doing- went to turtle farms, dancing, swimming in the sea (out to the breakers), dancing, eatting local foods (cassava cake, turtle stew, conch fritters, meat pies), dancing, shopping and oh yeah- did i mention dancing! we have wonderful hosts that are taking good care of us and making sure we are getting a taste of the local culture. As far as vocational days go since i last wrote- i have been to mental health services and was lucky enough to be able to attend ... read more