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Cayman Islands

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The Cayman Islands consists of three islands, Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman. Cayman Brac is about 14 miles long and 2 miles wide and has the most striking scenery of the three. Little Cayman is only 10 miles long and a mile wide and it only reaches a maximum elevation of 55.75 ft. Its famous Bloody Bay wall Marine Park has been called one of the world's best dive sites. Inland, the 203 - acre Booby Pond Nature Reserve is a nesting ground for the Caribbean's largest population of Red Footed Boobies. With British and American influences life in the Cayman Islands is a mixture of the old and the new, traditional and modern.

The Cayman Islands are a British Overseas Territory. The islands are self-governed but are under the direct protection of the United Kingdom; and the Queen of England is depicted on Cayman Islands currency and postal stamps. Christopher Columbus first came to Cayman Brac and Little Cayman on May 1503 while in his fourth trip to the New World. Grand Cayman became an important trading port for seafarers to restock on fresh meat, water and the silver thatch palm used for rope making. One of the favorite meat sources of those early visitors was the caiman, a small crocodilian creature that inhabited the mangroves and from which Cayman was renamed. The demand for this crocodiles was so great that they where hunted until their extinction in the islands.

CLIMATE: During the daytime in the coolest months temperature average in the high upper 70's to low 80's and nighttime the mid 60's to low 70's. Summer temperatures average in the upper 80's to low 90's and nighttime in the low 80's. High humidity in the summer months can often make the days and nights feel hotter.

LANGUAGE: English.

Dining: Anguilla’s extraordinary dining scene offers discerning travelers a robust variety of gastronomic diversions with more than 70 dining experiences ranging from elegant, intimate gourmet seaside restaurants to casually chic beachfront bistros and festive, affordable roadside grills. Tipping at restaurants is discretionary at 10 or 15% as a 15% service charge is added to each bill.

NIGHTLIFE: Dance the night away in a nightclub. Listen to jazz, folk, rock & roll, reggae and calypso music. Sip a cocktail at a sophisticated wine or martini bar.

SIGHTSEEING: Boatswain's Beach, contains fresh and salt water swimming lagoons, predator tanks, aviaries, a nature trail, fresh-water pond and traditional Cayman-style architecture; Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park, escape through the sprawling canopies, spectacular orchids, wetlands and a lake, a heritage garden, woodland trail, floral color garden, iguanas, aquatic birds and more.

Pedro St James, known locally as Pedro's Castle; The 19th Century Old Courts building at Hog Sty Bay; Cayman Islands National Museum; The Mastic Trail, a three-hour walk along a traditional pathway through virgin woodland which is more than two miles long and connects the Black Mangrove wetland to the sunny meadows of North Side; West Bay, as well as visiting Cayman Turtle Farm; Conch Shell House which is built from more than 4,000 conch shells; Fort George; Blowholes where seawater is forced through holes in the iron shore to create natural geyser-like fountains; Wreck of the Ten Sails Park in East End; Rum Point; “Hell”, jagged iron shore near the village of Hell.