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Spirit is doing it again!!! They are offering that wonderful US$8 airfare from Fort Lauderdale to Grand Cayman. Fare is based on a roundtrip purchase and certain taxes and restrictions do apply. The fare is valid on the following dates from Fort Lauderdale 02/10/07, 02/17/07, 02/18/07, 02/24/07. There is one main catch of course, tickets must be purchased by 11:59pm tonight (Jan. 31, 2007). So if the winter weather is getting to you, take a look at http://www.spiritair.com/ to book your seats, pack your bathing suits and come on down. We look forward to seeing you soon!!

Palapa photos

Hi folks, thanks to ajtux for the reminder to post photos of our new palapas. Apologies for the delays, been in Aruba at the annual Caribbean tourism marketplace.... East End can be a little windy at times in winter, but boy, Aruba is like a wind tunnel ! :)

Wikitravel - edit the East End Grand Cayman page

In playing with Google Earth (see last post), I noticed that the Wikipedia entries for Grand Cayman are a little sparse, and there was no page at all for East End (ouch!)

So, I started one off, but it is a little sparse. How about some blog readers and East End / Grand Cayman afficianados and experts updating the East End page now I've got it started ?

Oops... edited... a moderator wiped out my page in under 15 minutes... apparently it didn't read like an encyclopedia and could have been edited in a less than neutral fashion (imagine, it might have been edited by folk who actually like Cayman and want to encourage others to visit ! :) )

Anyway, haven't started one yet, but how about someone gets started with editing the WikiTravel page for Grand Cayman, and again, maybe adding one under that for East End ? I'm guessing WikiTravel is slightly less concerned about seeming neutral, and actually wouldn't mind if someone describes the area of East End as "tranquil and unspoiled" (for example).

Ah, the wonders of the internet !

The Reef on Google Earth

The latest update of Google Earth imagery now finally has hi resolution images of Cayman. Once you find the place you are looking for, you can them pan, zoom etc to get the view you are looking for.

I just did a snapshot of The Reef, and the resolution is amazing (although the colour is a little off, our roof is blue, not lilac!). You can even clearly see the two main areas where swimmers and snorkelers enter from the beach (to the right of the dock, and in front of the pool towards the top of the picture).

My office is to the left and down a bit from that push pin, on the second floor by the road... as George Orwell famously wrote... "Big Brother is watching you" :)

Oh, you can download Google Earth at http://earth.google.com