Botanical Gardens of Cayman Islands...

So once again the ladies took to the road in the open jeep, sunnies and peaks adorned to journey to the east side of the island for some exploration. We started at the Botanical garden for the Orchid show which was pretty sweet, but small and definitely better than we had anticipated... so all was good. The orchid display was almost the size of my mothers green house in the back garden, although the blooms were somewhat more exotic... we even had a few seashells thrown in for good measure. Its the Caribbean... of course there will be seashells in any display. We had a walk in the forest- it made for a wonderful change from the flat and rather barren lowlands of the rest of the island. We saw rare blue iguanas and the nests of the Grand Cayman Parrot. No parrots unfortunately. We also saw some other birdlife, which again is definitely worth mentioning as very few birds inhabit this island. In fact few creatures inhabit this island as the locals eat anything. (hence the rare and almost extinct blue iguana!) We ambled along until we found a small lake, pretty to say the least, which led to the colourful garden.... which was superb and reminded me of home a little. Except that all the beautifully lush and overgrown foliage was in bloom with rather exotic flowers. It was a real change from George Town and well worth the trip.

And the beers and lunch at the resort on the beach en route home was also well worth the trip. Overall a great day out.