Cayman Islands - A Young Pirate on the Beach

Cayman Islands
Tropical Paradise

Beauty, warmth and fun for all the Cayman Islands.

There is a recipe on the back for Green Turtle Stew...

Green Turtle Stew

2 pounds turtle meat
4 onions, chopped
6 ripe tomatoes, chopped
1 can (16 ounces) peeled tomatoes
4 sprigs chives, minced
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 cup red wine
1/2 hot pepper, seeded and chopped
1 1/2 cups water
1 1/2 teaspoon browning
dash freshly ground petter
dash salt
vegetable oil
4 medium limes, juiced

Wash turtle meat with lime juice and water.  Season with onion, tomato, chives, garlic and wine.  Marinate overnight in refrigerator.  In a large pot, add a little oil.  Remove chives, garlic and onions and fry them in a pot.  Add the turtle meat and fry for about 15 minutes.  Add browning and hot pepper.  Simmer for about 2 hours.  Add pepper and salt to taste.  Serve hot over white rice.

This postcard is from 2004. 

Cayman Islands - Grand Cayman, Gun Bay

Gun Bay, Grand Cayman
Located south of Cuba and northwest of Jamaica, the Cayman Islands capture a blend of simplicity and sophistication.  In the capital of George Town are impressive financial buildings (the world's fifth-largest bank center) and exquisite jewelry stores, coexisting with hundred-year old frame structures and traditional Caymanian houses.  Stroll the beaches and swim in the pristine aquamarine Carebbean Sea.

Papaya Soup
1 fully ripe medium papaya - 1 tbsp. sugar - 1 lime juiced - - Peel and cut up papaya.  Save seeds in a container and refrigerate.  In a blender, mix the papaya, lime juice, and sugar to a fine liquid.  Mix in a little water is soup is too thick.  Serve chilled.  Garnish with a cluster of seeds.  Serves 4

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From a set of 12 postcards called:
Cruising the Caribbean (each card also has a recipe on the back)

inside the folder holding the card it reads:

Pristine beaches, tranquil shady palm trees, tropical warm breezes and a laid-back lifestyle make the islands of the Caribbean relaxing, enchanting, enticing, entertaining, and inviting.  Thousands of visitors arrive to one or more of the many Caribbean islands each year to find their perfect sun-kissed vacation destination is the one they will never forget.
The Caribbean has it all!!

Photos 2005: Werner J. Bertsch

Cayman Islands - Grand Cayman, Stingray City

Stingray City
Grand Cayman
2013

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Stingray City is a series of shallow sandbars found in the North Sound of Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.

It may be that stingrays began gathering in the area decades ago when fisherman returning from an excursion, navigated behind a reef into the sound, and cleaned their fish in the calm water of the shallows and sandbar area. The fish guts and squid were thrown overboard and the stingrays eventually gathered to eat the discarded guts. Soon the stingrays associated the sound of a boat engine with food. As this practice turned into a tradition, divers realized that the stingrays could be fed by hand.

Today, tour and excursion boats, along with private watercraft, gather at Stingray City in large numbers. Passengers enter the chest-high water to interact with the stingrays. The boat owners bring along with them pails of chunked-up squid meat, which they dispense by hand to the animals, thus attracting dozens of the creatures to the feeding spot.

Cayman Islands - Grand Cayman, Aerial View

Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands
2013

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Grand Cayman is the largest of the three Cayman Islands and the location of the nation's capital, George Town. It is approximately 22 miles (35 km) long with its widest point being 8 miles (13 km) wide.