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Cayman gets a taste of CARIFESTA
The Harquail Theatre came alive over the weekend with colour, movement and music as visitors and performers gathered for a sneak peek at Cayman’s Carifesta home show, celebrating culture and community across the Cayman Islands
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Compass tries out … blackwater diving
The tiny, alien-like creature drifts into the stream of light from my flashlight, pulsating and shining. I follow it around for several minutes, before another equally bizarre object floats into view and takes my attention.
To set the scene, I’m 60 feet underwater, about half a mile out to sea, off the southwest coast of Grand Cayman, in the middle of the night.
No, it’s not a scene from James Cameron’s ‘The Abyss’, though every now and again, it sort of feels like that, as some of the incredible critters that make an appearance look like there’s no way they’re from this planet. I’m on a ‘blackwater dive’ with Don Foster’s Dive.
I, and a handful of divers, including Cayman Islands Governor Jane Owen, had headed out into the dark, after a thorough briefing on what to expect from dive instructor Nick Curtis.
