Passenger Picks "Best of Cayman"

Top Cayman Holiday Desserts  Enjoy Winter with Four Delicious Apple Desserts at Grand Cayman Ahhh, yes. Winter has arrived along with all of the clichés about crisp air, beautiful starry nights, snow in the mountains, winter festivals, and your own special favorite memory of the winter season! One of the best things about winter is that desserts are warm and delight our senses not only of taste but also of smell! Imagine walking into your favorite baker’s kitchen. Breathe in. Are you smelling apple baking? Vanilla? Cinnamon? I certainly am! Apples are often part of winter desserts. They might be baked with a few seasonings to bring out their flavor or chopped and wrapped in layers of pastry. Winter, indeed, has arrived, and your trip to Grand Cayman will only further your culinary appreciation of this simple yet delicious fruit. Enjoy day-dreaming about these four fantastic dessert options waiting for you at some of the top restaurants at Grand Cayman! Upon a...

Long ago Fidel Murphy’s established itself as one of Cayman’s best restaurants, becoming a second home for many who moved to the Cayman Islands from across the pond. It’s a friendly atmosphere, reassuring Guinness on tap, and familiar comfort food has always made it a popular choice of visitors and residents. As this month’s Passenger Pick of the Month, we wanted to learn more about the story behind Fidel Murphy’s Public House, and more recently it’s extension restaurant The Kitchen, so we caught up with owner John Dunne. PP: Chef John, this place has a really warm, comfortable vibe. Just recently we had lunch here. As we sipped on a Guinness and ate some amazing fish and chips, we observed a stream of locals catching up with friends. JD: Cheers for that! I think that warm vibe you speak of is what makes Irish Pubs so popular world wide, a sort of “Come as you are” feel to the place. You really seek that out when you are new to a country and that welcoming atmosphere is so...

1. Stingray City Stingray City remains the number one activity on the island. Most folks’ first experience with the rays is an excursion from a cruise ship. That one experience draws guests back to the island to re-live that experience. The magic of these gentle giants exceeds even the most vivid imaginations. The Rays are protected and well feed. Good Stingray operators never lift them out of the water. The females are larger than males. Legend has it if you kiss a stingray 7 years good luck. 2. Bio Bay Next is “Bio Bay”, a favorite of many for it is like viewing glowing magic in the ocean. Bioluminescence is created by microscopic plants that, when disturbed, glow in the dark. One passenger shared that he jumped in the water and created a glow angel, like making a snow angel in the ocean. One of the operators, Cayman Kayak, had a special electric boat designed to make sure he did not disturb the ecosystem. 3. Crystal Caves The newest top attraction is Crystal...

DIVETECH BREAKS WORLD RECORD FOR LONGEST FEMALE SCUBA CHAIN To celebrate PADI women’s dive day 2019 Divetech have once again brought together women hand in hand, breaking their own World Record! In July 2018, 86 women created a human chain along a 300ft line at Divetech’s shore diving location, this year the ladies smashed their own record with 107 female divers! Although the event was organized by Divetech support was received from many of the other dive centres in Grand Cayman who donated, staff, tanks and equipment to ensure the record could be broken. On the day itself the community came together with businesses donating hundreds of dollars worth of prizes for a raffle. Representatives from the Cayman Department of Environment, the Central Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI) and Lionfish Cull experts were on hand to educate the attendee’s as well as the local marine police helping with safety & surface watch. All proceeds from the charitable event were donated to the Cayma...

To celebrate Women’s Dive Day 2019 Divetech will bring together women hand in hand in an attempt to break their own World Record! In July 2018, 86 women at Divetech in Grand Cayman created a human chain along a 300ft line suspended at 15ft, thus ensuring the ladies were neutrally buoyant protecting the coral on the sea floor. Last year the charitable event raised over $3,000 US for the Cayman Islands Breast Cancer Foundation as well as raising awareness for women in diving globally across all disciplines including recreational, technical and Freediving. This year they are aiming for 100 women and for the event to be bigger and better! They are hoping for a number of the Cayman dive shops to join (bringing our dive community together), a raffle with lots of prizes (to help raise more money for the Breast Cancer Foundation), as well as local conservation organisations joining the event to raises awareness of island ocean issues, such as Lionfish as an invasive species. ...

Cayman Foodie Steals & Deals Family-Friendly Pricing  My Passengers including myself want to save and spend more days on the island by cutting costs. We choose Cimcoco for family savings. You can not beat their 5 for 5 breakfast deal mid-week!  Your receive with this breakfast Two eggs any style, meat, their homemade hashbrowns, and their home-baked wheat bread. Portions are large and you will not have to eat lunch. They also have great prices on brunch and dinner. You will not find a better breakfast deal on the island. Soon to be open in Savanah!  Cimboco Caribbean Cafe Cimboco Honors a 10% Passenger Picks discount on all non-special deal meals off regular menu items just show the fun fact sheet. Another great favorite  Chicken Chicken their " Caribbean Wood Roasted" rotisserie chicken is famous for tourists and locals alike. A  leg and thigh for $5 is hard to beat. The herb mixture and way these chickens are cooked is pure perfe...

February is the month to start seeing the amazing orchids at Queen Elisabeth ii Botanical Park a number of spectacular native flowers, including 26 different varieties of orchids. Probably the best known and certainly one of the most unique and easily identifiable is the National Flower of the Cayman Islands, the Wild Banana Orchid(Myrmecophila thomsoniana ). The Orchid Show is March 30th and 31st When Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II opened Grand Cayman’s Botanic Park in 1994, only the Woodland Trail was complete.In the ensuing years, the grounds have grown and developed into the full-fledged world-class facility that is operating today. The Annual Orchid show is the Botanic Park's major fundraising and it is eagerly anticipated by floral enthusiasts throughout the country . Many Locals grow their own gardens and enjoy the tropical plantings for a long season. You can see the variety of color and the different species. Orchids are not that hard to gro...