Insider Guides: Katie Adams

TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF…

Happy go lucky island girl slowly seeing the rest of the world. Favorite things are fresh coconut water and exploring with my camera.

WHAT DO YOU LOVE MOST ABOUT THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE?

You can still find your own slice of paradise with no people when you need to get away from it all. 

NOT EVERYTHING IS PERFECT, TELL US SOME OF YOUR ISLAND PET PEEVES?

You have no anonymity or privacy when everybody knows everybody. 

Although it’s much better now, when there are big storms, no ships means empty shelves. 

WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR HOBBIES?

Photography and travel... the weirder and more remote the better!

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NAME YOUR TOP 3 PLACES TO TAKE SOME PHOTOGRAPHS IN CAYMAN?

Point of sand, Little Cayman to sit on the dock and ponder life; Botanic Park/Mastic trail, Grand Cayman for more wildlife than anywhere else on the island, watch out for the indigenous Blue Iguana; South coast reef, Grand Cayman it's shallow enough to get great light on the reef and all its inhabitants.

WHAT ABOUT THE GOOD FOOD, NAME A FEW OF YOUR MUST HAVE PLACES TO EAT!

Far too many good ones but the most constant favourites:

Local must eats are Heritage kitchen in West Bay and Over the edge in Northside.

International must eats are Yoshi Sushi, Ragazzi, and Anchor and Den’s specialty nights all along Seven Mile Beach.

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RECOMMENDED “CAN'T VISIT WITHOUT SEEING” PLACE TO VISIT ON ISLAND?

Stingray City to get your 7 years good luck kiss from a playful ray, Bioluminescent Bay to go swimming while pretending you are in that avatar scene, Seven Mile Beach for one of the world's best beach walk, Smith Cove for a sunset swim.

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BEST PLACE FOR A DIVE AND A SNORKEL?

Kittiwake/Cemetery Reef, North Sound/Stingray City, both on Grand Cayman and Bloody Bay, Little Cayman.