Castaway Cottage & Castaway Lodge
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Finding your way from Owen
Roberts International Airport in
George Town, to Turtle Nest Inn
& Condos in Bodden Town, and on
to Castaway Lodge or Castaway
Cottage is easy! Grand Cayman is
a small island, there's
basically one main road from one
end of the island to the other,
and the Inn is situated right on
the main road going east, about
ten miles from the airport (and
George Town). There's only one
exit road from the airport and
rental car plaza, which ends at
a stop sign, just beside the
main Post Office processing
facility. At the stop sign, turn
left, and continue past Foster's
Food Fair (on your right) until
the first round-about. This
Foster's is one of three major
supermarkets located directly
along your route in from the
airport, and all three are
indicated on our maps by green
dots. At the round-about, make
sure that there are no cars
coming from the right (they have
the right-of-way), and continue
to your left, so no need to
actually "enter" the
round-about.
The
road will continue curving to
the left around the end of the
airport runway and at the
junction a little further,
you'll keep to your left (so no
stop). The airport runway is
still on your left for a few
hundred feet, and you're now on
the main road heading east
towards Bodden Town, East End,
Northside, and Rum Point. Along
the way, the road leads through
several villages including
Spotts, Prospect, Savannah,
Lower Valley, and Pedro. The
latter three are located in the
district of Bodden
Town, so don't confuse any signs
indicating the name of the
district with the town itself,
which is about ten miles further
along the main road. Keep in
mind as well that all speed
limit signs are in
miles-per-hour, even if your
rental car might have a
speedometer in
kilometers-per-hour. |
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You'll soon arrive at the first
of three more round-abouts and,
again, you'll keep left and not
actually "enter" the
round-about. The three round-abouts
are indicated on the map below
by a black circle and a dot in
the centre. The next of these
three round-abouts is barely a
quarter-mile further, and you'll
take the second exit. As
you'll see, the first exit leads
into the Grand Harbour Shopping
Centre, and to the Hurley's
supermarket. After the
round-about -- whether
continuing along your route or
exiting from the shopping centre
parking lot -- you'll keep to
your left, taking the extreme
left lane, and passing
directly by an Esso (on your
left), thereby avoiding an
additional and unnecessary
round-about.
At
the next (and last) round-about,
you'll again take the second
exit, and continue on to
Bodden Town. At all the round-abouts
you'll encounter, you'll in fact
be continuing "straight" along
the main road, if you can
imagine you would have before
the round-abouts were built
(i.e., no turns at all). A few
miles further, you'll pass the
Countryside Shopping Village (on
your left) and a large Rubis
station (on your right), and
continue towards Bodden Town.
Shortly after a sign lowering
the posted speed limit to 25mph,
you'll enter the village of
Bodden Town, and the road curves
sharply to the left. Just after
the curve, there's an Esso
station on your right
(seaside), followed a little
further by a Rubis station, and
then, around 200 feet further,
Turtle Nest Inn & Condos --
three seperate structures. The
first, a two-storey, white,
Spanish-style building with two
illuminated signs at the road,
houses the Inn office. This is
where you can check in before
continuing to Castaway Lodge or
Castaway Cottage, which are only
about 250' further down the
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We
suggest that you print a copy of
these maps to take with you on
your trip. And, just in case,
you can reach us (locally) for
help at 947.8665 between 9:00am
and 5:30pm, seven days a week.
The drive in from the airport
may be a good time to shop for
groceries -- especially if
you're early enough to check in
at the Inn before the office
closes at 5:30pm -- and we'd
probably suggest one of the two
supermarkets located further
along your route, either
Hurley's, in the Grand Harbour
Shopping Centre (a couple of
miles after the airport) or the
Foster's in Countryside Shopping
Village, in Savannah, only about
5 minutes before you arrive at
the Inn.
All
three supermarkets are open six
days a week (closed on Sunday),
between 7:00am and 10:00pm
You'll find a liquor store (for
beer, wine and spirits) located
just a few steps from each of
the three supermarkets, and
they're also open six days a
week, but from 10:00am to
7:00pm. If arriving on a Sunday,
there are convenience stores
open until 10:00pm and located
along your route (usually
in/next to a Rubis or Esso
service station), including one
in Bodden Town itself at the
small Rubis station just two
properties from the Inn --
better to walk to after
you park at the Inn and check
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