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The four and a half months since I left Cayman have flown by so quickly and so jam packed I barely had a chance to get itchy feet. But when I kissed our island life goodbye and returned to the big city, Mark just moved to another job and another country: the Bahamas. He’s been working…

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When my plane takes off Thursday morning I will have spent three months of my life on this island. Three months of working, learning, playing, and loving. I don’t know how long you have to spend in a place to have “lived” there, but I do feel like I’m leaving a life and a home, albeit…

Cayman Tourist: The Queen Elizabeth II Botanical Park thumbnail

The Botanical Park was one of the few things left on my list of “must do’s before departure.” It was Mark’s day off and he and Kirsten and Adrian were very kind to humor me with a visit there en route to our old favorite, Rum Point.  Of course the day we decided to take our…

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The Cayman turtle farm, Boatswain’s Beach, is something I’ve been dying to do since I first came to Cayman for spring break. Mark was never interested since he said he got to “swim with wild turtles all the time.” But like a grubby handed child, I wanted to touch them. So when Kirsten came to town and I…

The Last Stingray: My Cousin’s Week in Cayman thumbnail

In just a few months, I had a lot of family in town. My mom came for a week. My dad and sister came for a weekend. And finally, my dear cousin Kirsten and her husband came down for a final summer fling. One of my cousin Kirsten and her husband Adrian’s reasons for coming to…

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What I Did: 2 nights in La Ceiba, 5 nights in Roatan, 7 nights in Utila Photo by Melanie Overall: Why Honduras? Cayman Airways flew to three international destinations (outside the US): Jamaica, Cuba, and Honduras. We weren’t all that interested in Jamaica so it was really down to two. We were really leaning towards Cuba but in…

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