Cayman Brac Rocks!
I went to the Cayman Islands for a holiday with a couple of friends from the university in the summer. Consisting of three islands, Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, the Cayman Islands are a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. The islands are known for world class diving sites around them as well as rock-climbing on Cayman Brac. Grand Cayman’s Seven Mile Beach is one of the world’s most beautiful beaches with excellent scuba diving and snorkeling spots close to the beach. After a couple of days of scuba diving and snorkeling, which included a visit to Stingray City, we went for a hike in the National Trust’s Mastic trail .After a visit to the Boatswain’s Beach to see the turtles, we strolled through the QEII Botanic Park’s walking trail but what captivated us was the riot of color in the Floral Color Garden by the lake.
The next day, we took a boat to visit Little Cayman. While some guys in our group stayed by the sea to try their hand at fishing, a few of us visited the Booby Pond Nature Reserve to see the island’s avian inhabitants. The beaches on the island were very inviting with hardly a soul to be seen. We could swim and laze around sunbathing as long as we wished after a couple of spectacular dives to see the wonders of the rich coral reefs.
Rock-climbing in Cayman Brac was next on our agenda. We knew that there were seven areas on the bluff with 70 routes bolted for rock-climbing. Climbers on the jagged cliffs are rewarded with spectacular views on the eastern side. After to talking to experts on rock-climbing living in the area, and after seeing the Wave Wall and Dixon’s Wall, a couple of guys in our group realized that they did not have the experience required to scale these walls and opted to explore the caves on the Bluff.
