Living in Grand Cayman

Today, ash wednesday, was a public holiday here in the Cayman Islands.  There is an annual agriculture fair held every year at the same date.  So we decided to go & check it out.  Its basically a place where you can see cows, sheep, local farmers with their produce, etc.  There were also “fruit contests” (see pic below) and load of plants and local stuff to buy.  Nothing hugely exciting, but nice to see nevertheless.

 Once home, I was doing some random chores outside at the back of the house and Aipa was staring into the tree.  It turns out there was a couple of (very rare) Cayman Parrots.  They stayed there for quite some time and we got some great pictures of them. Thanks Aipa 🙂  Most of the Cayman Parrots died during hurricane Ivan in 2004, that is what made them so rare.

 Here at the fair, the Leader of Government Business (AKA : Prime Minister) of the Cayman Islands  Kurt Tibbets is taking in the sights.  You would  not see this in North America ; no body guards, etc. It definately feels safe here.

 At the fair, here are some animals we saw.

Also at the fair, here is the “fruit contest”.   There was judging on all types of fruits, vegetables, etc. I guess it was for beauty.  Not exactly sure how all of that worked.

Here are the gorgeous Cayman Parrots.  They actually look a lot like Bijou, just a lot bigger.