Burgess Meredith and Christopher Columbus on Little Cayman

On the remote North Coast of Little Cayman, two unlikely historical figures have ties to the island. Take a look...

Going up the North Coast Road, the blacktop ends at Olivine Kirk Road which straddles Little Cayman. About 3 miles up the gravel portion of North Coast, there is a tiny cottage with a warning sign out front: NO TRESPASSING. BURGESS MEREDITH. Sometime around 1960, the actor built his little house in this particularly beautiful part of the North Coast. Mr. Meredith could be seen on Little Cayman when he was "getting away", right up until his death in the mid-1990's.
Five hundred years ago, another historical giant found his way to Little Cayman. In 1503, on his last trip to the New World, Christopher Columbus made landfall at beautiful Snipe Point at the end of the North Coast Road about 4 miles from Mr. Meredith's home. Until his death, Columbus thought he had sailed to India and that the islands where he landed were located in Asia rather than in what we now call the "West Indies" in the beautiful Caribbean Sea.
It is said on Little Cayman that both of these gentlemen made landfall here to "dry out", each in their own way.

The Iguanas of Candle Road - Little Cayman

In this video, we see the Little Cayman Blue Footed Iguana in its native habitat. Take a look...

These magnificent creatures can be found throughout the little island and particularly at a dense forest on Candle Road, near Preston Bay. For more information about the iguanas of Candle Road, visit our website at: www.littlecaymancondo.com

A Bird's Tale

It is a 5 minute bicycle ride from Condo del Sole to Joseph's Village Liquor Store on the North Coast of Little Cayman. Riding up there for a six pack of Carib to while away the late afternoon on the cool front balcony. About halfway there, alone on the road on my bike and, BAM!, something whacks me hard on the back of my head. Quickly turning around, I see a Caribbean mockingbird flying away about 8 inches from my head. Words cannot describe the crazy sound that emanated from my mouth after that bird literally slapped the back of my head. In some crazy way, experiences like this are why I love Little Cayman. Here is a short video and a small sampling of the 300 species of birds that are either native to or are regular visitors of Little Cayman. Take a look...

Government Response to Hurricane Dean on Little Cayman

In the August 28 edition of the cayCompass, Gladys Howard, world class chef, Proprietor of Pirates Point Resort, and prominent resident of Little Cayman has written a powerful letter calling the Cayman Islands Government to task for their response to Hurricane Dean on the island of Little Cayman. In the letter, Gladys asks why the one hurricane shelter on Little Cayman was locked, why there were not enough flights out to get all residents and visitors off the island despite the fact that there was a mandatory evacuation, and why electricity and telecommunications was cut off from the island for such an inordinately long time. Click here for Gladys' full letter, a must read for anyone interested in news about Little Cayman.