Grand Cayman – Alex In Wanderland https://www.alexinwanderland.com Fri, 03 May 2024 21:56:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 A Grand Return to Grand Cayman https://www.alexinwanderland.com/grand-return-grand-cayman/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=grand-return-grand-cayman https://www.alexinwanderland.com/grand-return-grand-cayman/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=77482 Cayman Blog Post
Where we’re at: I’m recapping my two-country, three-island trip to the Caribbean in December 2023. It kicked off here, in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands! As I wandered wide-eyed through Newark Airport, it hit me — I hadn’t been on a plane since returning back from Burning Man in early September, and hadn’t left the country since […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/grand-return-grand-cayman/feed/ 3 Alex In Wanderland Leaving Cayman https://www.alexinwanderland.com/leaving-cayman/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=leaving-cayman https://www.alexinwanderland.com/leaving-cayman/#comments Sat, 08 Jan 2011 01:59:42 +0000 https://thetravelingturtle.wordpress.com/?p=1051 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 […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/leaving-cayman/feed/ 5 Cayman Tourist: The Queen Elizabeth II Botanical Park https://www.alexinwanderland.com/cayman-tourist-the-queen-elizabeth-ii-botanical-park/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cayman-tourist-the-queen-elizabeth-ii-botanical-park https://www.alexinwanderland.com/cayman-tourist-the-queen-elizabeth-ii-botanical-park/#comments Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:42:33 +0000 https://thetravelingturtle.wordpress.com/?p=1406 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 […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/cayman-tourist-the-queen-elizabeth-ii-botanical-park/feed/ 3 Cayman Tourist: The Turtle Farm Boatswain’s Beach https://www.alexinwanderland.com/cayman-tourist-the-turtle-farm-boatswains-beach/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cayman-tourist-the-turtle-farm-boatswains-beach https://www.alexinwanderland.com/cayman-tourist-the-turtle-farm-boatswains-beach/#comments Sun, 02 Jan 2011 21:26:11 +0000 https://thetravelingturtle.wordpress.com/?p=1353 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 […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/cayman-tourist-the-turtle-farm-boatswains-beach/feed/ 3 The Last Stingray: My Cousin’s Week in Cayman https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-last-stingray/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-last-stingray https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-last-stingray/#comments Sun, 02 Jan 2011 04:20:49 +0000 https://thetravelingturtle.wordpress.com/?p=1444 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 […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-last-stingray/feed/ 3 Cayman Tourist: Hell https://www.alexinwanderland.com/cayman-tourist%c2%a0hell/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cayman-tourist%25c2%25a0hell https://www.alexinwanderland.com/cayman-tourist%c2%a0hell/#comments Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:08:47 +0000 https://thetravelingturtle.wordpress.com/?p=984 My dad has sent me a postcard once a month or so for as long as I can remember, from Arizona to Chile. I have every one saved in a gray box in my room at my home and I’m sure they are the route of my postcard sending habit. For this reason I knew my […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/cayman-tourist%c2%a0hell/feed/ 2 Cayman Tourist: Vivendi Cabaret https://www.alexinwanderland.com/cayman-tourist-vivendi%c2%a0cabaret/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cayman-tourist-vivendi%25c2%25a0cabaret https://www.alexinwanderland.com/cayman-tourist-vivendi%c2%a0cabaret/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:04:42 +0000 https://thetravelingturtle.wordpress.com/?p=1029 When I heard about the Vivendi Cabaret in Cayman, I knew I had to save it for when my dad and sister were here. My sister is a musical theatre major and they both are theatre geeks so I knew it would be interesting. I also knew it would be awesomely good or awesomely bad, and […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/cayman-tourist-vivendi%c2%a0cabaret/feed/ 1 Cayman Tourist: Stingray City https://www.alexinwanderland.com/cayman-tourist-stingray%c2%a0city/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cayman-tourist-stingray%25c2%25a0city https://www.alexinwanderland.com/cayman-tourist-stingray%c2%a0city/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:41:04 +0000 https://thetravelingturtle.wordpress.com/?p=999 I’ve been to Stingray City dozens of times now but none of them as a tourist. The company I go out and do video with only goes once a week, on Thursdays, and since my dad arrived on a Thursday we couldn’t make the trip. So instead we went with the overwhelming recommendation for Captain Marvin’s. […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/cayman-tourist-stingray%c2%a0city/feed/ 5 Cayman By Convertible: My Dad and Sister’s Weekend in Paradise https://www.alexinwanderland.com/cayman-by-convertible/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cayman-by-convertible https://www.alexinwanderland.com/cayman-by-convertible/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:21:38 +0000 https://thetravelingturtle.wordpress.com/?p=963 Not too long ago both my Dad and sister descended upon Cayman for a long weekend of fun in the sun with their own built in destination expert (that would be me). We crammed a lot into one weekend — and there was still time for lounging by the pool and the sea. While the weather […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/cayman-by-convertible/feed/ 5 Cayman Tourist: Pedro St. James https://www.alexinwanderland.com/cayman-tourist-pedro%c2%a0st-%c2%a0james/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cayman-tourist-pedro%25c2%25a0st-%25c2%25a0james https://www.alexinwanderland.com/cayman-tourist-pedro%c2%a0st-%c2%a0james/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:31:52 +0000 https://thetravelingturtle.wordpress.com/?p=949 So in trying to plan such a short weekend I wanted to find activities that would show off Cayman and appeal to everyone’s interests. But you can’t win them all. I knew my Dad, being a history buff, would like Pedro St. James, a historic home and the birthplace of democracy in the Cayman Islands. What […]
 
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