The Daily Biff - 2007 04 03

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Tue, 03 Apr 2007

Cayman Islands: Little Cayman, Day 2
Today was a nice relaxing day... no bags to worry about... actually, no worries whatsoever. I started out the day by having a swim parallel to the beach for about 800 yards toward the west against the wind. The wind made the water pretty choppy; it was a bit like swimming in a bathtub. It probably took me about 15 minutes to swim against the current and the wind, but only about 5 minutes to swim back.

We spent the morning just lounging about and exploring our own resort.

	Here is the ocean view from our master bedroom, looking out onto the veranda. The units at the Conch Club Condominiums are each individually owned, so I would imagine that the decor and the state of repair varies from unit to unit. Our particular unit (#9) is not in great shape. For $400/night, I expect much much better. I guess the location is supposed to make up for the sub-par condition of the condo.
	This is the view of the pool looking down from the master veranda. Our unit is in a good location, right next to the pool. This shot was taken during low tide. Because the water is so shallow on the inside of the barrier reef, the low tide water level is about 40 feet away from the shore. This exposes the underwater grasses that are all along the shore here. The beach is not very pretty during low tide.
	This is the Conch Club dock. There are a couple of hammocks out there. However, there is no ladder to use to climb down into the water. So I used the dock to the west (a floating dock instead of a dock on piers) to do my open water swim this morning.
	This is one of the two docks located just east of us that belongs to the Southern Cross Club. You can see the second dock just through the palm tree frond. The SCC pool is up by that second dock, as well as the SCC dining area. We either walk there or kayak.

We went up to Sammy's pool at SCC yesterday, so Sammy came down to visit us today. Here are a couple of shots of the kids playing in the pool.

There was another little girl, about age 9, that was also playing in the pool with the kids. Her name was Ella. She showed the kids how to crack open a coconut. The kids stood there and watched her for about 15 minutes until she finally got the husk off. Then she drained the milk and let each of them have a taste. As rowdy as they had been all morning, I could scarcely believe that they were capable of standing there, almost motionless, for so long.

After the coconut entertainment, the kids returned to their play. Berkeley at the pool and Eliana and Olivia on the beach hammocks. You can see from Berkeley's red cheeks that he has already (on Day 2) had his fair share of sunshine.

We spent the afternoon inside out of the sun napping. Here is Olivia after she woke up.

Then we biked with the Sharps down to an ice cream parlor for some hand cranked ice cream. The kids enjoyed the bike ride more than the ice cream. The parlor is located on the west side of this wetland reserve, a red-footed booby pond... it smells really bad. Phew!

After the bike ride it was time for dinner. We ate and then retired early.

:: Posted by rus on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 8:33 pm
:: Filed under /daily_journal/2007, /vacations/2007/cayman_islands

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