Lobster Season In Cayman

Dinner at Banana's

It’s lobster season in Cayman! And as I have recently discovered, the start of the season is actually a very much anticipated date here. Having lived here for the past 4 years, I actually did not know that there is a lobster season. Oh yeah, I do love lobster (even though when I lived in South Africa, I ate langoustine ever so often and only really came across lobster when I was on holiday, infrequently, in Mozambique).  Apparently, though, the lobster season in Cayman runs from 1 December to 28 February (or 29 February if it is a leap year).

Lobster fishing is  closely monitored here in Cayman, and the maximum fine for taking lobster out of any defined marine area within the Cayman Islands is $500,000 – not “chump” change by the stretch of the imagination.

This newly acquired knowledge actually got me kind of thinking that, although there are fishing laws back home in Zimbabwe aimed at preserving our famed bream and kapenta fish, the fines are not prohibitive and those that are in the industry merely consider the fines as a cost of doing business – if they are caught that is. Here, there really is a conscious effort to police the 9 months “off season” and the fishing industry, to a large extent follow the rules, there are always exceptions of course.

All that being said, I had a lovely lobster dinner today (please note – on the 4^th of December) at a Banana’s restaurant, which is not your typical main stream restaurant but the chef there is really fantastic and the food is to-die-for. So for the next 3 months I will be a happy man!

View from 7 mile beach

View of rain approaching Seven Mile Beach. Absolutely wonderful that you can see the rain approaching! More photos to follow…

Seven Mile Beach Storm

Visiting Cuba – First Impressions

Central Havana

Having grown up in Africa hearing about Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and the Cuban revolution, several of us decided to visit Cuba and experience the Cuban way of life first hand. Cayman Airways flies on a regular basis to Havana, and because there is a fairly large Cuban contingency living and working in the Cayman Islands the flights are nearly always full. The flight time is just 1 hour.

Japan – World Champions!

Singular Focus - Kumagai

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African Dinner in Cayman Islands

African Dinner in Cayman Islands

Originally uploaded by My Island Beauty

The African Expat Network in Cayman Islands held its first formal dinner event in Grand Cayman on 30 October 2010. Although the number of Africans on island are very limited compared to say, North Americans, Asians, Europeans or South Americans the turnout was pretty good and we had Africans from Kenya, Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Ghana attending the event. Some couples even brought their newly born kids to grace the event.