A postcard from Hell | Cayman Islands

Postcard

Grand Cayman is the largest of the three Cayman Islands. Hell is a group of short, black, limestone formations located in Grand Cayman. The formation looks like volcanic rock but is actually made up of very hard limestone, blackened over time.

 

Stamp

Part of a set of stamps picturing Cayman Islands scenes, issued in 2007. Children enjoy one of Grand Cayman’s natural wonders – the blowholes along the iron-shore coastline in East End.

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Pedro St. James, Cayman Islands

Postcard

The Cayman Islands, with a population of about 55,000, are a British Overseas Territory. The three Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, are located in the western Caribbean near Cuba, Miami Florida, and Jamaica.

At a time in the Cayman Islands when most people lived in tiny houses, a wealthy Englishman, using slave labour from Jamaica, created an astonishing 3-storey building called Pedro St. James “castle”.

Since its construction more than two centuries ago, Pedro St. James has been put to a variety of uses, including a courthouse, jail, and restaurant. In the 1990s, the Government of the Cayman Islands purchased Pedro St. James and restored the Great House to the splendor of its 18th century heritage.

Stamp

A set of stamps picturing Cayman Islands scenes, issued in 2007. Children enjoy one of Grand Cayman’s natural wonders – the blowholes along the iron-shore coastline in East End. 

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