The Cayman Islands (you can say it K-man) are diverse: dotted with deal-cutting characters with briefcases and cellphones, scuba divers in electric wetsuits and English folk checking the cricket scores over a g&t. The Caymans are colorful: coral reefs, bright orange frogfish, sociable stingrays and reggae beats on the street. They're mellow: leafblowers are noisier than the traffic, and most of the smoke comes from cruise-shippers plugging their faces with Cuban cigars. Hell, even Hell's chilled out in the Caymans.

The islands have long been a haven for bankers and divers, but travelers of all stripes are now flocking there in growing numbers. As a result, resorts and condos have sprung up all over, and you can count on air-con, cold beer and ESPN. But if you want to get away from it all (well, except the cold beer), there are lots of places in the Caymans to escape satellite dishes and slickness, not least of them underwater.