Caribbean Postcard: The Sand on Cayman’s Seven Mile Beach

By: - January 11th, 2013

It’s Friday – almost time for the weekend. So why not make it a day at the beach? Or, specifically, the world-famous Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman? You can almost feel the powdery sand and what might be the Caribbean’s warmest water. Disclaimer: it’s actually a bit less than six miles long. But when a beach is this good, you can round up. — CJ

 

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