Caribbean vacation-goers have been drawn to the beauty of the Cayman Islands for years and scuba divers have experienced some of the most spectacular underwater marine life and coral formations in the world - taking advantage of the many charted dive sites and dive-site moorings around the islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman.

But Grand Cayman offers much more than sun, sand and sea. Some of its unique attractions include the Cayman Turtle Farm, the world's only commercial Green Sea Turtle farm; Boatswains Beach, an all-day entertainment and learning center; Pedro St. James Historic Site with a restored 19th century plantation great house, the National Museum in George Town, the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park and Gardens, the Butterfly Farm.

After dark you may enjoy cultural events and comedy clubs, jazz sessions, steel band concerts and local theatre or sample culinary delights at the many restaurants and pubs around the island.

Entry Requirements:

Although entry to the Cayman Islands is easy for US, British and Canadian citizens and citizens of the British Dependent Territories do not require passports but must present proof of citizenship, the U.S. State Department and the Department Homeland Security recently announced the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, which will require all U.S. citizens and foreign nationals, to carry a passport or other accepted secure documents to enter or re-enter the U.S. from both vacations or business travel anywhere in the Caribbean, Bermuda and Central and South America, effective Dec. 31, 2005. This requirement is applied to all travel by both air and sea.

To apply for your passport, please visit:

http://www.travel.state.gov/passport/get/first/first_832.html

and complete the forms on-line. You should receive your new passport in plenty of time to come visit!

               Photo by Morten A. Bilet