{"id":1715,"date":"2011-08-12T22:10:51","date_gmt":"2011-08-13T03:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?p=1715"},"modified":"2011-08-14T12:26:04","modified_gmt":"2011-08-14T17:26:04","slug":"do-not-bring-any-books-on-your-next-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?p=1715","title":{"rendered":"Do NOT bring any books on your next vacation!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Imagine the scene ; you are on Seven Mile beach, you have a tropical drink next to you, there is a slight breeze, the sky is perfectly blue and you have a great book to read!\u00a0 NICE!<\/p>\n

Well, I can make it even better!\u00a0 Imagine if that book you are reading had helped a great cause. Wouldn’t that be great?<\/p>\n

Here is a gem we have in Grand Cayman.\u00a0 I have picked up many, many books in the last few years.\u00a0 Its the Cayman Islands Humane Society (our local equivalent of the SPCA that takes care of and finds homes for stray dogs\/cats)<\/p>\n

They have a “book loft” on the second floor above where the animals are.\u00a0 The place is packed with books and many of them are very recent.\u00a0 I have picked up lots of business books as well as novels for the missus!\u00a0 The collection of donated books (mostly locals who drop off books when they are done with them)\u00a0 is impressive and chances are you will find some books from your favorite author. \u00a0 The best thing however\u00a0 is the cost.\u00a0 Most book are 2, 3 or 4$ each.\u00a0\u00a0 So next time you vacation in Grand Cayman, don’t bring your books and pick some up for this worthy (and very close to my heart) cause.\u00a0 You may even be able to save on baggage fees on the way here without any books in your luggage! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Below is what I picked up for 10$.\u00a0 Impressive don’t you think?<\/p>\n

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This is the place you need to look for.\u00a0 Somewhat tough to miss due to its blue color.<\/p>\n

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Here are some shots of inside.\u00a0 This is just a fraction of what they have.\u00a0 You could easily spend an hour (or even more) here looking at books.\u00a0 Books are sorted by category and then by author for novels, so finding stuff you are interested in is quite easy.<\/p>\n

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Here is the spot on North Sound Road.\u00a0 Its right next to A.L Thompson’s (our local Home Depot) <\/em>and just south of the main roundabout in George Town and facing the Audi\/VW dealer.\u00a0 If you have even been to the East end from Seven Mile beach, there is a good chance you passed right in front of it.<\/p>\n

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Here is the link to their website with operating hours and other information.\u00a0\u00a0 They are open Tuesday-Friday 11-2 and Saturday 9-3.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.caymanhumanesociety.com\/donate_thrift.php<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Imagine the scene ; you are on Seven Mile beach, you have a tropical drink next to you, there is a slight breeze, the sky is perfectly blue and you have a great book to read!\u00a0 NICE! Well, I can make it even better!\u00a0 Imagine if that book you are reading had helped a great […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-living-in-cayman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1715"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1728,"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1715\/revisions\/1728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}