Vici & Paul's Blog

Monday, August 21, 2006

Happy Birthday to meeeeeeee! (cont'd...)

Although it was a gorgeous morning to be out at sea, we weren't very lucky on the fishing side of things, they just weren't biting. Instead, seeing as it was my birthday, I decided to act my age and, while Lisa took a nap, made Brett pose for photos he had absolutely no idea would be so........... suggestive - smile!! Great shot.

Just as we were about to head back to shore we caught our one and only fish, a barracuda - look at those gnashers!!

Happy Birthday to meeeeeeee!

It was my birthday on the 17th and yet again Donna Lorraine was there to help us celebrate. She set sail very early at 6am and it was one of the most beautiful mornings we've ever seen. The sea was like oil it was so flat and calm - what a wonderful, wonderful day to go fishing.... or so we thought!

Captain Jeremy and Captain Steve up at Head O'Bay were busy preparing the lines and setting us in the right direction to catch our dinner.....

... we were all full of beans and raring to go, ready to catch loads of tuna and dolphin for our sushi party that night.

World Crap 2006

We all know the outcome to this year's sad World Cup, so I'll keep the narrative to a minimum. I just wanted to show you the pictures of us (1) anticipating a glorious win for England, (2) preparing for/enjoying the games (while they lasted) and (3) drowning our sorrows after Rooney dashed all our hopes.....

After we lost miserably to Portugal, we decided to continue our drinking session with friends, Heidi & Richard, on their gazebo by the sea.

Paul and Richard showing their brute strength (amazing what a few JD's can do for you!)

Finally, Paul has forgotten about the football.....

Thursday, June 01, 2006

Head o' Bay Rules

We have met some great people here on Little Cayman, but the guys at Head o' Bay really do exceed all expectations. Yet again they took us fishing and we had a really great time. I was extremely disappointed at first that I'd have to get up at 5.00 a.m. to leave the dock at 5.30 a.m., but it wasn't long until I realised just why it was so important to leave so early.......

The sunrise was stunning as you can see, and was made even better by getting the chance to sit back and watch it while the guys got down to the nitty gritty of setting up the rods 'n' bait 'n' all that stuff. It didn't take long before the fish started to bite and I succeeded in reeling in my first tuna!!!

I know I look pretty rattled, but those suckers really do know how to flip out!! We couldn't keep it still for longer than a few seconds and alright, its pretty small, but it had some force on it!! There was no way I wanted to try holding it, Jeremy was doing pretty well on his own so I let him join me in my victory picture instead.

It wasn't long until everyone was at it and we succeeded in catching 4 very tasty tuna.

We were actually out for a special occassion which was Brett's birthday and last day on the island, and what a successful day he had. He managed to pull in a beautiful dolphin and I got the pictures to prove it. Don't freak, I don't mean dolphin as in Flipper, I mean as in....... well, you can see for yourself from the photos.

I know its not the best of pictures, but if I thought the Tuna was fast, this one was amazing!!

So once all the fun was over, it was time to make dinner, and boy was it good!! Jeremy cutting up the fish was a piece of art in itself. If you don't like blood, look away now....

AND THAT'S WHAT I CALL FRESH SUSHI!!!

Wednesday, March 29, 2006

One, two, three, four, five

So they all went off fishing for the afternoon and I had to stay at work :o( Still, it was great to see and hear what a great time they all had. Ben succeeded in catching the first Marlin of the year - 150lbs!!!

After listening to Ben tell stories of how he caught the Marlin (over and over and over and over again - it had grown to a massive 250lbs by the time the night was over), we decided the only chance of shutting him up for longer than 5 mins was to feed him. Paul on the other hand had other ideas, it all got a bit too much for him.....

Sports Day

So there really are other things to do on LC than just drink and dive (not in that order of course!)

The boys are let out to play....

.... but had a fall out (bad losers) and Mark was stood in the corner for bad behaviour.

They soon made up and Paul did a leap of delight at their success!!

The girls didn't miss out on all the fun. We went on a little sailing trip - my very first time at sailing alone (well, without someone who knows what they're doing!). As Jodi put it my sailing is great, but my parking leaves a bit to be desired!!!

After a few beers and plenty of sunshine all afternoon, the journey home was even more dramatic. Not only did we think we had the sun in the palm of our hands.....

... but we also thought we could sail home with no wind whatsoever! "Let's hear it for the boys"! who had to tow us back instead ;o)

Sunday, March 26, 2006

You gotta feel sorry for Little Cayman

So, as most of you will know, 3 of our "well good mates" turned up out of the blue about 3 weeks ago and surprised us here on Little Cayman. Paul and I promptly took the afternoon off work, grabbed a cooler of ice and took them down to Point of Sands for an aftertoon of beer drinking (would of been rude not to).

It didn't take long for them to settle in, and before we knew it, karaoke night was upon us and Simon and Ben became Simon & Garfunkel with their rendition of...... just about anything they could sing, and I...... well, the picture says it all.

. Much to Ben's disappointment, not a single note could be rung out of Paul, however it was a totally different story the following week when he'd a wee bit too much to drink before we even got there and we couldn't shut him up!

Just a couple of gooden's from the same night - I can only wonder at what Simon was doing to Paul!

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Jamaica bums

So, we had our 4 night trip to Jamaica finally planned after hours of trying to arrange accommodation and flights and at last we were on our way..... of course, Air Jamaica had other ideas!! After waiting in Grand Cayman for 4 hours for our connecting flight, the bloody thing was cancelled and we had to stay in Grand for the night. After much arguing with head office (well done Paul for being your sneaky little self and stealing the number off ground staff's mobile!), we managed to get vouchers not only for accommodation but for food and drink as well.

When we did at last arrive in Ocho Rios we were frozen to death (neither of us having much meat on our bones to keep us warm)! After living in the Carribbean for the last 5 months you'd think we would know by now that the weather can be a little unpredictable, and would of brought at least 1 long sleeve top with us but no, we made the typical English mistake of bringing shorts and bikinis only!! The heavens opened and we spent the afternoon drinking free vodka with the free towels wrapped tightly around us whilst sitting by the pool (it was warmer than sitting inside with the air conditioning) getting wet, and you know how much Paul HATES to get wet.

Still, we obviously did something right because the next day after fighting off the women trying to brade my hair in all sorts of wonderful styles and making it to the shops to buy a sweatshirt, the sun finally came out and burnt Paul to a crisp!! ha, ha, ha

We had a brilliant time and din't want to come home. The hotel was enormous and had 5 swimming pools (of course we didn't get in - too cold) and 2 hot tubs (yes, we spent most of our time in there, you know how Paul loves the bath). Food and drink was all inclusive, so we made the most of that every day.

Unfortunately we didn't get to see Dunn's River (thanks Air Jamaica), but we did go horse riding on the beach!! Absolutely wicked. You'll see some of the photos below..... I think I'm a natural. xxx