2010 08-24 Providenciales - cewing

2010 08-24 Providenciales

With one week of summer left and an impending loss of absolute freedom, I took off to the Caribbean with my beautiful wife to relax and spend some time together in a place we had never been. We are due to have a kid early next year and may not have a chance to do something like this for a long time. Photos are from Grace Bay, Providenciales which is part of the Turks and Caicos Islands in the West Indies.

We stayed at this resort in a condo that is bigger than our house
In the Turks and Caicos Islands they drive small cars on the left side of the road, use American currency, speak a mix of English and Spanish with a Jamaican accent, and have no sense of urgency. Our rental car was a Chevy Spark with a whopping 1.0 liter engine and about 12 horsepower. For some reason it had a left side drive while most of the locals had right-side drive cars. Still I managed to do a decent amount of driving and almost got used to it.
Balcony View

Bridge that goes over the pool

We drove to the North shore of Grace Bay and got some sunset pics on the 2nd night.

Some other resorts near ours

We took a 1/2 day boat tour on Thursday where Captain Sean led us around the island and we got to dive for conchs and snorkel in a barrier reef. Also ate lunch on a small island