Batabano is a Cayman carnival which is fairly similar to that of the Rio Carnival in Brazil. Colourful, big costumes, and dodgy dancing, but in Cayman, you have to keep all your clothes on. AAAAWWW. Sorry guys.
Ang got attacked by some of the participants. Hehe. (For full disclosure refer to the online photo album link).
Hurricane Season is around the corner - it officially begins on June 1st. We still need to get all sorts of things like food supplies, a waterproof container for clothes and documents yada yada yada in case we get hit. Plus I need to find out what the deal is with boarding up the windows. Need to contact the Landlord. Not too concerned, because Landlord lived through Hurricane Ivan (the craziest hurricane to ever hit the Cayman Islands - although more people died in the 1932 hurricane, this one did so much more damage to the infrastructure).
The aftermath may be the problem - didn't think about crazy heat after (no electricity for aircon) as well as the Mosquito buildup after a hurricane hits.
I'm attaching the 2004 and 2005 hurricane season charts to let you guys know how screwed we are if a hurricane comes in low off the north costs of South America.
Also, check out www.weather.com link alongside for a cool Caribbean weather website. www.CNN.com had a good specials section on the Hurrricane Season last year - its not up yet though for 2006, but watch this space.
Keep Safe.
We had the awesome experience of swimming with a turtle (I think it was a green turtle - they're the most common) along the reef at Cemetary Beach about a week ago. It was just awesome. This picture is not me - I don't scuba yet, just snorkeling at the moment. Plus this is a leatherback turtle (I think). I highly recommend this to anyone.
Both of these beautiful specimens were found in the Queen Elizabeth Botanical Gardens here on Grand Cayman. Very intersting creatures, but to be perfectly honest, not really able to cut it on a survival of the fittest contest. There were a whole bunch of them that were trying to cross West Bay road (the most traffic laden road in the entire Cayman Islands). I counted 3 corpses. Now one could speculate that they were trying to get to the sea etc etc. I just think its wierd that it all happened on the the same day (they were all in different locations). Iguana Lemmings. With nowhere to jump into the sea (Grand Cayman is flatter than a blueberry pancake)...
