Hey guys in the Cayman Islands or wanting to move there,
Fellow expat Stephanie has sent us a piece about how she navigates between her British-ish and her French-ish identity and we thought we would share it with you.
Her opinion piece is featured on our magazine:
Opinion: Does being an expat mean I'll always be the outsider?
We would love to know what you think!
Happy Thursday,
AL
How do you navigate your expat identity in the Cayman Islands?
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I hadn't noticed this thread before, but better late than never, I guess! So here's my take on the topic. I've lived here for 42 years,, and it's a very pleasant and comfortable place to live as an expat. Expats will always be expats, because the term "Caymanian" in general usage implies a bloodline connection with ancestors who were living here at least three generations ago. The term "expat" applies to everybody else.
Expats represent about a hundred nations. The main contributors are Filipinos, Jamaicans, Latinos, Canadians, British, Americans, Indians and Europeans. I won't go into detail, because very few people ever visit expat.com's Cayman forum; but below is a link to a blog-post of mine from nine years ago that gives the flavour of how things were then. The situation has improved since, I have to say, but the bedrock principle holds true.
barlowscayman.blogspot.com/2011/09/fool-me-once.html
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