So, you want to live on an Island?

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If you’re a SCUBA Instructor or Divemaster on a tropical island, you have the world's most desirable job, right? --- Everyone dreams of living and working on a tropical island. But what about the real story? --- Would you believe a diver who tries to wear his toupee underwater, or the snorkeler who loses his dentures?

Read Gay Morse’s new book about life on Little Cayman, ”So, you want to live on an Island...”, and laugh out loud at the outrageous antics of tourists who go on vacation and leave their brains, common sense and pride at home. Click HERE for Excerpts!

Find out what it’s really like to live on a remote island in the Caribbean with only 125 full time inhabitants. Get a behind-the-scenes look at running a small resort off the beaten path, where even getting this week’s groceries can be an ordeal.

and. . .

• You MIGHT know what a flying fish is, but did you know that fish can
  'fly' onto your BBQ grill on Little Cayman?

• You'll learn how plastic surgery might affect your diving buoyancy. :)

Practical advice for those dreamers ready to take The Plunge:
(Just a tease. Read the complete list, and more, in the book)

4. Learn to expect curveballs—then you can deal with anything.

7. Keep your sense of humor.

8. Accept the fact that everything is done on island time.

12. My only job is to watch the waves come in and out, and make sure they keep coming in and out ... in and out ...

14. Learn to make do with what you have.

27. You have to really want to be here, because it’s not easy in paradise.

29. Be prepared to wait three times as long and pay three times as much.

For some selected true stories out of the book click here! (Book Excerpts)

A percentage of the proceeds benefits the Cayman Islands National Trust.

Click here to learn more about the important work the National Trust is doing and where you can visit their Heritage Properties and Sites when you visit the Cayman Islands.

Don't forget to email Gay if you'd like to share your comments on the website or Gay's book.

Updated: 6/10/06

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