Day 198 - Sunday, July 17th, 2011

I arose early to watch the entire final round of the British (Golf) Open, early as Cayman is 6 hours behind Royal Sandwich in Kent where it took place. After a good start and then a considerable surge from Phil Mickleson, Ulsterman Darren Clarke triumphed joyously to become the 3rd Northern Irishman in the space of just over a year to win a Major - huzzah!

There was still plenty of time to do some island exploring and that I jolly well did, with a meandering hour long drive across the south coast and then up north and west again, to Rum Point, lauded by many as one of the island's highlights, but one which didn't really impress me. A lot of bamboo parasols, fully occupied by people drinking overpriced cocktails at CI$10 (€8.50) a pop, with little or no beach area. I hopped back in the car more or less straight away, and made a beeline back to tried and trusted Seven Mile Beach for more ray-catching. Aaaaaaahhhhhh, that's more like it!

Having gorged myself stupid of late, today's cuisine was a modest Wendy's half-pounder and chips for lunch-cum-dinner, and naturally it was fairly foul.


Rum Point looks nice here, but everywhere around it was too packed

Heritage Beach, off the beaten track

Contentment : 16 / 25

Excitement :    3.5 / 10

Memorability : 3 / 15

Overall Score : 45% (52nd out of 198)