{"id":93,"date":"2007-02-21T17:22:47","date_gmt":"2007-02-21T22:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?p=93"},"modified":"2007-06-05T08:01:58","modified_gmt":"2007-06-05T13:01:58","slug":"the-agriculture-fair-the-cayman-parrot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?p=93","title":{"rendered":"The agriculture fair & the Cayman Parrot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, ash wednesday, was a public holiday here in the Cayman Islands.\u00a0 There is an annual agriculture fair held every year at the same date.\u00a0 So we decided to go & check it out.\u00a0 Its basically a place where you can see cows, sheep, local farmers with their produce, etc.\u00a0 There were also “fruit contests” (see pic below) and load of plants and local stuff to buy.\u00a0 Nothing hugely exciting, but nice to see nevertheless.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Once home, I was doing some random chores outside at the back of the house and Aipa was staring into the tree.\u00a0 It turns out there was a couple of (very rare) Cayman Parrots.\u00a0 They stayed there for quite some time and we got some great pictures of them. Thanks Aipa \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 Most of the Cayman Parrots died during hurricane Ivan in 2004, that is what made them so rare.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Here at the fair, the Leader of Government Business (AKA : Prime Minister) of the Cayman Islands\u00a0 Kurt Tibbets\u00a0is taking in the sights.\u00a0 You would\u00a0 not see this in North America ; no body guards, etc. It definately feels safe here.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0At the fair, here are some animals we saw.<\/p>\n

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Also at the fair, here is the “fruit contest”.\u00a0\u00a0 There was judging on all types of fruits,\u00a0vegetables, etc. I guess it was for beauty.\u00a0 Not exactly sure how all of that worked.<\/p>\n

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Here are\u00a0the gorgeous Cayman Parrots.\u00a0 They actually\u00a0look a lot like Bijou, just a lot bigger.<\/p>\n

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