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century. You can stop at Grandma Julia's Beach if you'd like to go for
a swim. The beach is raked by hand every morning.
At the end of Boggy Sand Road, you will connect once more to West Bay Road, which
you can continue to follow by heading west and then north, bypassing such geographic
landmarks as Dolphin Point and North West Point. North West Point Road will lead you
by the:
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Cayman Turtle Farm
This is one of the major sights on G rand Cayman. Established in
1968, it's the world 's only commer cial green-sea-turtle farm, wher e
you can obser ve turtles in all stages of dev elopment. See p. 119 for
more details.
Right next door to the turtle farm is:
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The Tortuga Rum Cake Factory
Many of the r um cakes that visitors pur chase as souvenirs in George
Town stores are made on-site at this large baker y. You can watch the
process of making rum cake through glass windows and sample some
of the various flavors of r um before making your purchase. The fac-
tory charges no admission and receives guests Monday to Friday from
8am to 5pm, and Saturday from 8am to 2:30pm.
If you'd like to stop for lunch nearb y, drop in at
Cracked Conch,
West Bay Road (
&
345/945-5217
), near the turtle farm. For a com-
plete review of the restaurant, see p. 84.
After leaving the Factory or the Cracked Conch, follow North West Point Road to the
junction with Water Course Road, and head south. At the junc tion with Hell Road, con-
tinue east on Hell Road to:
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Hell
Did we already mention that this is the most overrated tourist trap in
the Cayman Islands? Hell is said to be the setting for a fe w scenes in
Defoe's
Robinson Crusoe,
but some biographers dispute this claim. It's
a rugged outcrop of iron shore with a bleak lunar landscape that does
indeed look like the charr ed remains of hellfir e. Granted, the land-
scape is completely unique. G rab some souv enirs if y ou must, and
then press on to the greater charms planned below.
Leave Hell by traveling east along Reverend Blackman Road until you reach the junc-
tion with Birch Tree Hill Road. Take Birch Tree Hill Road north until you reach the north-
ern coastline at Spanish Bay. Continue east along this road (whose name changes from
Birch Tree Hill Rd. to Conch Point Rd.), bypassing Spanish Bay Reef Hotel. At the end of
the road you come to:
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Villas Pappagallo
Here, you'll find a complex of private villas and Ristorante Pappagallo
(p. 92), a good choice for dinner, but closed at lunch. You can get out
of your car and head to ward Barkers, the site of a 5.6-hectar e (14-
acre) bird sanctuar y over which the r estaurant looks out. This tidal
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