Little Cayman, March, 2008
Geoff Schultz
was very happy with the accommodations, food, staff and diving operations
at the SCC. It was all top notch and would recommend it to anyone.
I did 9 days of diving and got in 21 dives. Other than the first day, we
were able to dive on the north side. In general we had between 4 and 12
divers, with an average of around 8. Once the staff observed that we were
well qualified divers, they had no problems letting us do our own thing.
Since I love to do photography, I was very happy to keep my distance from
the group. I haven't shot a lot of video, but ended up shooting quite a
bit with my Olympus C-8080 digital SLR in video mode. While it doesn't
begin to match the quality of video shot via friends with HD video
equipment, it's a wonderful compromise since I primarily want to shoot
stills.
You can view the results of the trip at:
http://www.geoffschultz.org/Travel/2008/Cayman_Index.shtml
-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org
ben bradlee
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The pictures and video are good. Thank you very much.
Fred
boat with you. Even though i would have gotten sea sick(-:), i enjoyed
seeing "off the beaten path" locales.
Thanks for the ride!
Fred
p.s. didn't realize how often "things break"
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Fred
boat with you. Even though i would have gotten sea sick(-:), i enjoyed
seeing "off the beaten path" locales.
Thanks for the ride!
Fred
p.s. didn't realize how often "things break"
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Daniel Kessler
diving...nothing to do with religion, mind you...it was just that the place
was so spare, or perhaps "basic" would be a better word...
has the place changed any over the years?
"Fred
Geoff Schultz
I would say that anyone who describes the SCC that way hasn't been there in
a very long time. From what I can tell, it's the most luxurious resort on
the island. See http://southerncrossclub.com/
-- Geoff
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-- Geoff
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-hh
Geoff Schultz <geoff"at"@geoffschultz.org> wrote:
> Daniel Kessler <dkess...@pop.cybernex.net> wrote
> >
> > some one once described "the Southern Cross Club" as a Baptist camp
> > for diving...nothing to do with religion, mind you...it was just that
> > the place was so spare, or perhaps "basic" would be a better word...
> >
> > has the place changed any over the years?
>
> I would say that anyone who describes the SCC that way hasn't been there
> in a very long time.
Its not really all that of a long time, as SCC had four of their
eleven buildings taken out by Ivan in 2004, so owner Peter Hillenbrand
decided to upgrade them to be 'eco-friendly' during their
rebuilding.
This is the result of that rebuild. In looking at the new images, it
appears that Peter has done a very nice job with their appearance.
> From what I can tell, it's the most luxurious resort on
> the island. See http://southerncrossclub.com/
Fresh paint and linens frequently go a long ways in terms of making a
place look great. The real question is always how "liveable" the
floorplan design is, particularly if one wants to forgo air-
conditioning to enjoy sleeping under a tropical breeze at night.
IIRC, the old design was single level, so this upstairs/downstairs
design to the bungaloes is new.
-hh
Geoff Schultz
737e69...@13g2000hsb.googlegroups.com:
There are 3 dual-level units and the rest of them are bungalos. There are
only a total of 11 rooms. We stayed in one of the dual level units and
found it very accomidating with over 500 sq-ft of space, large patio,
indoor/outdoor showers, lots of windows, and AC if you wanted it.
-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org