Pop.: 32,000
Language: English
Climate: Ave. 75-85 degrees
Currency: Cayman Islands Dollar
Size: 100 Sq. Miles

A mecca for diving
(and offshore banking).

To the uninitiated, the words "Cayman Islands" have a strong tendency to evoke John Grishamesque images of high finance, secret deals, well-heeled businessmen in sunglasses with combination-lock briefcases conducting their affairs behind the closed doors of the island's 550-plus famously private banks. But unless you happen to be one of the businessmen in question, it's far more likely that you'll come away with another image entirely upon visiting these shores - of blazing white-powder sand beaches stretching mile after mile along the coastline, and of the brilliant multicolored coral reefs lying just underneath the waterline.

 
CRUISEMON RECOMMENDS: Onshore: Seven Mile Beach, a snappier title than what it really is, Five-And-A-Half Mile Beach. Offshore: The Cayman Wall, and its crystal-clear 100-foot-plus waters, considered one of the world's premier dive sites. And for the adventure travelers among us, there's Stingray City, where you can dive or snorkel amidst a school of unusually tame stingrays.  


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