Our trip to Grand Cayman Island, in addition to the "mandatory" shopping and viewing the coral and shipwrecked Balboa, included a short overland excursion a few miles east of downtown Georgetown to see this lighthouse situated on a sandbar. But it was the taxi dispatcher who asked, prior to the trip, "What do you want to see a lighthouse for?" He explained he had been a seaman all his life and had seen so many lighthouses! Later, he admitted he, too, would want to see them again if he were not around them so much.He directed us to the memorial lighthouse pictured below, a short walk, while he arranged for a driver for us.
The island, a part of the United Kingdom, is only 22 miles long. Our delightful taxicab driver pointed out numerous sites around the island during the trip.
In Georgetown, adjacent to the Port Authority, is this small memorial lighthouse overlooking the harbor, a cooperative effort of voluntary organizations on the island. All the names of seafarers from the island who have lost their lives at sea are inscribed on plaques around the base -- a fitting tribute.
