N.E.R.+ N.E.R.: April 2010

Secret cave

"Long Beach" and the bluffs

"Long Beach" blow hole

Friday morning we flew to Cayman Brac which is one of the smaller islands. We had and amazing time. We took the smallest plane we'd ever been on which was thrilling, and we flew right over Little Cayman immediately before landing on the Brac. The topography is very different from Grand, there are 120' high bluffs and numerous caves and hiking trails. We hardly saw a soul while we were there and those we did see waived, there wasn't anyone at the caves we went to or the trails we hiked or on the beach - it was nice for a change. We did one dive, it was the Tibbets, a sunken destroyer ship. It's been down since the 90's and already has beautiful sea life growing from it and countless fish that use it as shelter. It was an awesome experience. Nate turned 27 on the 3rd, there was quite a bonfire on his cake! We were told that 20 minutes would be plenty of time to arrive to the airport when leaving....we let time get away from us and ended up arriving no more than 15 minutes before our plane left the runway and even checked 3 bags and went through security - awesome!

Little plane we took

Cayman Brac as we landed

Inside "Peter's Cave" looking out

the "steps" up to the cave

Really long tree roots growing down the bluff

Nate inside the cave behind them

"Long Beach"

Lighthouse on top of the bluffs

The protected boobie birds nest on the edge of the bluffs, they are incredibly calm, the moms are the darker ones and will not leave their babies for anything

mom and chick

Inside a newly discovered cave, few people know where to find it so it was pretty much untouched. There were thousands of stalactites of all different sizes and shapes