Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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INTERNET ACCESS
Most large r esorts and hotels hav e I nternet
access. You can also access the I nternet at
Café del S ol/Team Café,
located on Seven Mile Beach at the Marquee Cinema Shopping Cen-
tre on Lawrence Blvd. (
&
345/946-2233;
www.cafedelsol.ky). Also,
see “Staying Connected,” p. 51.
LANGUAGE
English is the official language of the islands.
LEGAL AID
In such a small island countr y, ther e ar e no local
resources for legal aid. You must hire a loyal lawyer, and be prepared
to post some upfront money.
LOST & FOUND
Be sure to tell all of y our credit card companies
the minute you discover your wallet has been lost or stolen, and file a
report at the near est police pr ecinct. Your cr edit car d company or
insurer may require a police report number or record of the loss. Most
credit card companies hav e an emergency toll-fr ee number to call if
your card is lost or stolen; they may be able to wie you a cash advance
immediately or deliv er an emergency cr edit car d in a day or two
.
Visa
's emergency number is
&
800/847-2911
or 410/581-9994.
American E xpress
car dholders and trav eler's-check holders should
call
&
800/221-7282. MasterCard
holders should call
&
800/307-
7309
or 636/722-7111. F or
other cr edit car ds,
call the toll-fr ee
number directory at
&
800/555-1212.
If y ou need emergency cash o ver the w eekend when all banks
are closed, y ou can hav e money wir ed to y ou via
Western Union
(
&
800/325-6000;
www.westernunion.com).
MAIL
Most mail takes fr om 2 to 7 days, if airmailed, to r each
points between the Cayman Islands and the U.S. mainland. The Cay-
man Islands don't use postal or zip codes. The
main post office
in
George Town lies at E dward Street and Car dinal Avenue (
&
345/
949-2474
), betw een the R oyal B ank of Canada and the B ank of
Nova Scotia. F or information on post offices on Cayman B rac and
Little Cayman, see p. 158 and 174, respectively.
A postcard to the U nited States costs CI20¢. An airmail letter to
the U.S. costs CI75¢ per half-ounce. Rates to E urope are CI80¢ per
half-ounce for an airmail letter . Postcards to Canada, the U.K., A us-
tralia, and New Zealand range in price fr om CI20¢ to CI$1; airmail
letters range from CI75¢ to CI$1 per ounce. I t's recommended that
packages be sent b y F ederal E xpress or another trackable deliv ery
service.
NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES
Published daily, the
C aymanian
Compass
is the most popular ne wspaper on Grand Cayman. The Fri-
day edition is especially helpful because it lists current and upcoming
events. Rival papers include
New Caymanian,
published every Friday,
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