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# The Cayman Islands: Seven days in heaven
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## What's a gang of girls to do on a tropical island in the Caribbean?
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Sunbathing, snorkelling and of course cocktails are just for starters, as they
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reveal in their diary of a week's indulgence in the Cayman Islands.
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![Get away from it all in the Cayman Islands. ][1]
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Get away from it all in the Cayman Islands.
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![The girls hit the beach in the Cayman Islands...][2]
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The girls hit the beach in the Cayman Islands...
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![... and hang out with some of the friendly locals. ][3]
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... and hang out with some of the friendly locals.
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![Treat yourself to a pampering session in the Cayman Islands' world-famous
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'Silver Rain' La Prairie spa.][4]
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Treat yourself to a pampering session in the Cayman Islands' world-famous
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'Silver Rain' La Prairie spa.
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3:54PM GMT 10 Mar 2011
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**Friday **
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Step out of plane to be met by blanket of warm, sultry air. Bliss! In a flash,
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we're at the resort: the five-star Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman, right on famous
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Seven Mile Beach.
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Swap jeans for bikinis in our huge ocean**-**front rooms, then head straight
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for the sugary, soft white sand.
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Watch the sun sink behind the shimmering sea, cocktails in hand. We have
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arrived!
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**Saturday **
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Take early morning dip (jetlag) before breakfast - opt for sumptuous fruit
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instead of scrummy-looking, carb-loaded fry-up.
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Consult gorgeous concierge Leroy, who recommends we spend the day at Rum
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Point. Best beach on the island, he tells us, in his seductive lilt.
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After quick detour via Sand Angels beachwear shop near the hotel and a few Liz
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Hurley and Heidi Klein purchases, we're there. It's to die for.
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Give up trying to drape ourselves stylishly in hammocks under palm trees and
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collapse on beach chairs instead, to sun ourselves and gaze out across the
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turquoise lagoon. Pure Castaway!
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Try national drink, the mudslide (kahlua, vodka, Baileys), and watch stingrays
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from jetty. The mudslides go down rather too well… so call Leroy and ask him
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to drive us to a restaurant for dinner.
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**Sunday **
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Slightly slower start today after great night at Reef Grill, dancing with the
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locals.
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Indulge in hours of hedonistic pampering in resort's world-famous "Silver
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Rain" La Prairie spa, rounded off with glasses of champagne.
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In mood for some retail therapy so head to the capital, George Town. Trust
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Leroy's tip and have street food for lunch.
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Head to Smith's Cove, another gorgeous beach, to top up tans as we snooze.
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**Monday**
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Leroy books us on tiny Cayman Airways Express plane to nearby island Little
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Cayman (pop. 150).
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Met by lovely smiley man who takes us, and our bags, to the Little Cayman
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Beach Resort. This is the place to admire dive dudes, he says. And iguanas.
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Hotel makes us delicious picnic. Grab pushbikes (no taxis!) and set off for
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Point of Sand beach, the "best-kept secret in the Caribbean".
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Wobble along dusty road (flat, fortunately) for over an hour. Iguanas have
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right of way, the sign tells us. About to give up when spot wooden sign for
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beach. It's perfect - a deserted picnic paradise.
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**Tuesday**
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Spend day at resort admiring dive dudes. Drawn into flirtatious banter over
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lunch, they persuade us to go snorkelling.
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Kitted out with snorkels, masks and fins (don't call them flippers), we splash
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about in a metre of water.
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Get shock of life when huge stingray floats up from sand. Very friendly, our
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new buddies tell us. Still feel the need, though, for a rum punch or three at
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bar.
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**Wednesday **
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Really don't want to leave. Cling to off-duty fireman in bid to stay (one-room
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airport serves as post office and fire station too) but eventually the lure of
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Seven Mile Beach, cocktail bars and shopping proves too strong.
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On landing, head straight for Tiki Beach - the place to be seen. Order
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martinis and decide to move here.
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**Thursday **
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Last full day so decide to do more exploring. Head somewhat nervously to the
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East End area. Not a pie shop in sight, thank goodness, just quaint villages
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with pretty cottages and coastline dotted with amazing reefs.
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Come across The Reef resort with some relief **-** we were gasping. Order
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lunch and sigh with happiness at having the sweeping white beach all to
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ourselves.
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Discover it's entertainment night (Cayman's legendary Barefoot Man performs
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live) so stay for delish dinner.
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**Friday**
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Last day; want to leave on a high. Leroy takes us literally and books tour
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with Cayman Islands Helicopters.
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First, lunch at Grand Cayman Beach Suites, where you can swim right up to the
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poolside bar. Steel ourselves for take-off with several delicious mango
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mojitos.
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Pilot Jerome turns out to be dashing Frenchman who's been the stunt pilot on
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27 films, including Speed. Melt.
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"Welcome to my office," he cries, as we swoop over the reefs, spotting
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turtles, stingrays and giant starfish.
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As we land spot BA plane waiting to take us back to London. Just time to down
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one last rum punch at the airport bar and make a promise to return very soon.
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### CAYMAN ISLANDS SPECIAL OFFER
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**Destinology (0800 634 2856)** offers 7 nights at the Grand Cayman Beach
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Suites, Aug 15-Oct 28, 2011, in an Ocean View Beach Suite for £1,219pp; and 7
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nights at the Ritz Carlton, Aug 21- Nov 19, 2011, in a Garden View Guestroom,
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room-only, for £1,569pp. Both inc. BA flights and transfers. Book by March 31.
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### [A family holiday in paradise][17]
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