Welcome to Turks & Caico's Islands to be exact
Providenciales Island the smallest island in the Turks and Caico chain of islands. The last islands in the Bahamas. It is approximately 10 miles long and from three to five miles wide. I knew it like the back of my hand. Talk about a trip of a life time that was dumped into my lap and I was all to happy to accept it. My sister is a surgical nurse and she, her boss and friends designed this diving trip to Turks. At the last moment one of the doctors cancelled. Dr. D. my sister's boss, said dude it's too late NO Refund! He still couldn't go. So, I happened to be in between jobs and my sister called me and said, give me your credit card number...whaaaat! Give me your credit card number I am booking you a flight for a vacation...oooookkkkkkk I guess. Well looky looky what the cost of an airplane ticket for 335.00 round trip bought...all that was left to buy was food and all the fun and souvieniers I could tote back in my suitcase. We had 9 nights on the island, 2 jeeps to use also... I made out like a bandit. The whole trip only cost me less than 800 bucks including airfare..Yea, Babe' enjoy
This whole house was ours there were...8 of us...each had our own bedroom, bathroom and balcony.
The Seagate
Aurthur Dean's place Silver Deep
In the water in less than an hour upon arrival, that's me doing the dance in the center
This is the view of me sitting on the banks after snorkeling by myself because they were all diving.. NO, problem except for that ten foot shark that came up under me and scared the crap out of me. I flew out of the water to view this lovely sailboat... contemplating if I was going to go back in the water. I decide if the shark wanted the redheaded seal bobbing in the water he would have already got me. So, I went back in with the attitude of If I am going to die, least it will be in paradise :-) My sister would have never known what happened to me it he had eaten me...she's thought I had run off with Mr. Arthur Dean...
because I had stated I was going to do that.
Sunday's on the island is a big deal all the local islanders walk to church.
I stapped this of the 3 sisters going to church in their matching dresses all proud.
Dr. D owned a restaurant over there so he had been there several times before. This is back in 1996 before Hollywood found the island. You can't get on there anymore. But back then we reggae danced with Ollie and Noreese who own the conch shack on the beach. We were the first visitor's to their house EVER! Noreese took us in and showed us her house the one room so full of pride with what she had. (WE really are all so blessed compared to how others live) She had a one eye burner, (not stove) running water, limited electricity no a/c. No a/c used at our house either YOU can't afford it. But you do adjust. She had a futon but beamed with pride.
Noreese and Ollie taught us how to play domino's we never came close to beating them - they just laughed.
Me and my beautiful sister
outside the conch shack..conch shells
One of the couple with us few down in their parents plane with them. While they were diving, me and dad when to flying around the island. So the next set of pictures are of us flying above the island.
sorry about the wing..just wanted to prove it :-)
like a painted sky with the clouds
That lil white boat is my sister and friends diving off a several thousand drop off see the darkness
the brown in the water is the coral reefs, just beautiful.
You can see how narrow it gets in parts.
I drove all over this island while the rest were out.
The hardest part was remembering to drive on the wrong side of the road.
Another view of the drop off wall, this is why divers go here for that right there.
This concludes your trip with me to the Turks and Caico's Island, hope you enjoyed it. I know I did. I didn't want to come home. In fact I found 2 jobs over there and wasn't coming back. But, my sister put her foot down and said I was coming back if she had to stuff me in a duffel bag. Because she wasn't going to tell mama her favorite baby girl wouldn't come home from the island. I am still mad to the day I didn't stay!
xoxo
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