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D2D New Years 2008: Cayman IslandsDecember 29, 2007 through January 5, 2008
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Where are the Caymans?The Cayman Islands are in the western Caribbean, south of Cuba. The direct flight I got from Tampa to Grand Cayman through Cayman Airways was less than two hours long.There are three islands: Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman. When the weather is good, the Cayman Aggressor IV can make the crossing from Grand Cayman to Little Cayman in around nine hours. It takes a little more than an hour, though, to go from Little Cayman to Cayman Brac. There are some significant wreck dives (indeed, the only dive on Cayman Brac that we did was a wreck dive). The ability to make the Grand Cayman/Little Cayman crossing is very weather dependent ... About the Cayman Aggressor IVI may have been on better boats, but I've never had an experience with a better crew. Service was excellent - almost to the point it was scary. Everyone commented that, once a pairing was out of their cabin, it was a fair bet that the crew had made it in to make the beds and replace the towels. And if one of you used the towel during the day, it was more than likely that the towel would again be replaced by the next time you made it back to your cabin. Food was excellent, and the service during meal times was above and beyond.The only bad parts of the trip (as far as the boat was concerned):
Getting ThereI managed to get a fairly good fare on Cayman Airways, and a direct flight from Tampa to Georgetown on Grand Cayman, where the boat docks. A blissfully short flight, all things considered.Other NotesThe crew was anxious to get underway to ensure that we had significant time to make it to Little Cayman and Cayman Brac, as weather forecasts indicated the potential for rough weather midway through the week. We made it ...We were scheduled to do 27 dives originally, and I was hoping to fit at least 26 in so I could hit my 400th dive. However, crossings and some less than healthy sinuses knocked my number of dives down to 20. Pasquale, my buddy who usually arranges these trips, was sadly absent, having given up his spot to another. My friends I met in Palau, Bill and Pam, didn't make it, as Bill has passed. Another person had surgery before the trip and couldn't make it either, so we were three short on the boat. On To The Dives
Pictures!All taken with the Canon 30D. Always a bit paranoid about opening the housing (particularly since it's like a big 3D jigsaw puzzle) I kept it all assembled as much as possible, so I don't have many surface shots during the actual trip; only when we were really done diving did I start snapping shots around the boat.
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