Little Cayman adventure...

Backtracking a few weeks, I wanted to share the "vacation from our vacation" that Rian and I took for our 7th anniversary weekend. On Easter Sunday, we decided it was time to book a trip to Little Cayman to check out the diving at the world famous Bloody Bay Wall. 5 days later, we were off.

We boarded a 15 passenger plane (which felt more like a small bus) and took off on the 35 min journey. Thankfully, the weather was beautiful so we had a smooth flight. We landed on a small airstrip (that used to be grass) and exited the plane. We just kind of stood around at the airport/post office/fire station and waited for them to pull our bags off the plane...no worries about "lost" luggage here!

It was about a 2 min drive to the Little Cayman Beach Resort. Along the way, we passed the one church on the island as well as the one little grocery store and one rental office for cars/mopeds. We got settled into our beautiful oceanfront room and took in the view. Right outside our door was a hammock, that Rian found his way into more than once!

We decided to rent mopeds and tour the 10 mile island (the road was 23 miles around). What a fun trip! The mopeds were a great time and driving on the left hand side was getting to be pretty normal for us after a month on Grand Cayman. It took us 4 hours total (we stopped a lot to take pictures and a swim to cool off). After getting back, we got cleaned up and went to dinner. The resort was all-inclusive with meals and diving. Breakfast, lunch and dinner was served buffet style and the table had several delicious "island specialty" dishes. We were not disappointed in the food!

On Sat morning, we headed out on the dive boat. 2 dives in the morning and 1 after lunch. We met a group of people who get together each year to dive in Little Cayman. They were all underwater photographers and we were lucky enough to get our picture taken off the wall. And, they also shared some beautiful photos they took during the dives.

We dove again on Sunday twice in the morning. We saw a 8-10 ft reef shark on one dive and I felt like I sucked down about 1/2 of my tank while watching him casually swim by. Very cool! I have to admit, Little Cayman diving is even better than Grand Cayman. The visibility was spectacular and the sheer wall (starts at 20 ft and goes down to 6000 ft) was absolutely amazing.

We spent Sunday afternoon out in the sun and took a short kayak trip across to Owen Island. On Monday morning, we decided to take a bike ride down to Mahogany Estates to feed the iguana. They were all over the side of the road when we went by on our mopeds but we didn't have any treats for them. This time, we brought bananas. They really enjoyed this and one even took a piece out of my hand!

All in all, it was by far one of my most favorite trips. We would never give up our beautiful Seven Mile Beach view in Grand Cayman but I hope we are able to return to visit Little Cayman each year so we can continue to enjoy the quaint and quiet life that exists on this "island that time has forgotten"...And, to explore the underwater paradise that awaits us there.

Home Sweet Home

Well, we are settled back into reality after a wonderful 5 weeks in paradise. We got into Newark last Fri to find out our flight to Buffalo was cancelled due to weather. So, we got a nice little romantic night at the Newark Courtyard Marriott! ha ha

Thankfully, we were able to get out the next morning and after 40 minutes in a holding pattern waiting for the fog to lift, we landed safely. We had a full day of running errands before we headed up to the Seneca/Niagara Casino for the Make-a-Wish gala. Rian and I have gotten involved with this wonderful foundation and this was the main fundraising event of the year. At the end of the night, they had raised $570,000!!! Wow! A very successful event and we had a really nice time.

After almost a week back in the states, I'm having to work hard to keep our Cayman trip in the front of my mind. It's slowly fading away...boo hoo.