Silver Sands News Summer 2016

Silver Sands News
Summer 2016

In fact, very warm greetings, as August has been hot and steamy! 

Welcome to the Summer edition of our Silver Sands newsletter.  We aim to publish two a year to keep you up to date with what's going on at Silver Sands and on Grand Cayman.  We promise to keep it short and sweet but, if you'd rather be left alone, just remember you can unsubscribe at any time.

News from Grand Cayman: another sensational Batabano festival; the Crystal Caves are this summer's hot new attraction, and Cayman Airways is investing big time for the future. And at Silver Sands, we are promoting Thanksgiving!  Read on for more detail.

See our blog post with lots of amazing photos and costumes here!

See our blog post and more info on the Crystal Caves here!

New website

If you haven't visited our website recently, do check out the new site www.silversandscayman.com and take a close look at the new Accommodations Section.  We will be listing all the new condos as they complete, and will upload new photos of all your old favorites this fall, to reflect the upgrades we have been making over the past 18 months.

With thanks to Heather Holt Photography for the use of her photos.
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Our mailing address is:

Silver Sands

PO Box 752

KY1-1303

Grand Cayman

Cayman Islands, BWI

Turtle Hatchlings!

Tis the season for turtle hatchlings! Every year the Silver Sand's expansive beach is home to several turtle nests through out the nesting season (May-ish till November-ish). The Department of Environment has procedures in place to ensure these little baby turtles have every chance of making it in the big blue sea. Once the eggs in the nest hatch, usually at night, the turtles scurry to the ocean and are taken away with the tide. Some of the babies get confused with which direction to go in and are found the next day on the property, and some never make it out of the nest. The DOE will come and dig up the nest and help the little ones that were a bit slow out of their shells. These little confused turtles will spend the next day in a bucket resting in a quiet dark place, waiting for the next night to be released by a friendly human turtle sitter. These 11 turtles pictured below all safely made it into the water.

Please note, most of the photos are in black and white because the babies are sensitive to the bright white light or flashlights. They are meant to hatch at night under the cover of darkness to avoid being picked off by birds and other predators. When releasing them, a red light is used so they can be monitored as they scurry into the water and don't go wandering off the wrong way. The red light will protect the turtle's night vision and cut down on their confusion ensuring they get to where they are supposed to go.

Good luck baby turtles!

Photos by: Heather Holt Photography