Providenciales
Travel Blogs from Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Isl.
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Destination Providenciales
Providenciales is the most visited of the Caicos islands and the main entry for the country. To the increasing number of visitors has to offer miles of beaches, all with the same snow-white sand and incredible turquoise water plus a very good selection ...
Into The Mystic
... ; 26/02/08, Tuesday, 18:00, Turtle Cove Marina, TCI From what I can tell, we're in Provo, on the Providenciales island of the Turks and Caocos. [This is close to being right - Provo is what everyone calls Providenciales. I guess the island ...
Cleaning and stuff
... marina cookout this evening before hopefully getting underway in the morning. The incoming cold front is not sounding as treacherous as originally anticipated, so, weather permitting, we'll head across the Caicos Bank tomorrow for Ambergris Cay. We'll ...
Eleven Days in Providenciales, Turks and Ca
We would recommend a vacation in the Turks and Caicos ...
Anchor Dives and Rafting Parties
... (and fall) in Woods Hole. Had we been going on our own today, we probably would have left around 0700 and made it all the way across the Caicos Bank to Big Ambergris Cay. Leaving a few hours later, we were stranded in the middle of the Caicos Bank for ...
Festival, Delicious
... - where were we going, where were we staying, and he was quite defensive about whether or not we liked and respected Turks & Caicos. It quickly became apparent that Trevor was completely and utterly intoxicated...at 1000. We later found out that he ...
Hangovers and Rain Days
... I believe, this entire trip. Needless to say, it got a bit bumpy and with such overcast skies, eyeball navigating our way across the Caicos Bank today was not a very wise option. So we're having a rain day out at anchor. We slept in, Caleb made some ...
From Turks & Caicos, With Love
... easy to tell immediately that we were no longer in the Bahamas. All of the Bahamian islands are relatively flat, and the island of Providenciales welcomed us with cliffs and more pronounced elevation than we had seen in a long while. The water ...
Sunset on the marina
... . The water is so clear and shallow it was hard to get out! Today we did some more exploring of the Island and all the unaffordable realestate before heading for a swim out at Leeward. Tomorrow we're off on a sunset cruise and some more ...
Eleven Days in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Is
We just returned from the Turks and Caicos Islands. Had a marvelous time there. The hotel was average for the price, but it was the least expensive on the island. We paid just under $100 per night, and that also included a fairly large ...
Half Day Cruise and Snorkel
... treated ourselves to Coco Bistro, one of the best restaurants on the island, and it did not disappoint. Beautiful courtyard setting, corn chowder, fresh ahi, and banana fritters for dessert. Toni made eyes at Fred while dreaming of Dr. Love. ...
Day 4 - Waiting for Earl But Weather Holds Up
Last night, we saw that a Tropical Storm Warning was issued for Turks and Caicos so we expected the weather to turn bad today. When we woke up, it was clearly more windy than normal, but the skies were clear. So, we had breakfast at Barefoot by the ...
The fun begins!
... usual. Anyway, we wake up around noon, and go in search of food. This time we decided to skip on the overpriced hotel food, and purchase some overpriced grocery store food instead – food is very expensive in TCI as it all must be flown in – ...
Providenciales Part I: Something Blue...
... the most well-known, omnipresent sea snail to ever come out of the Caribbean islands. It's become a particular trademark of the Turks and Caicos, with snorkeling boats making a nice sum of money from the "Free Dive for Conch Tour! No really, this is THE ...
Day One
... we do not have plans to go back. Since we are already in Blue Hills, we decide to continue exploring up the coast and head down the Millennium Highway toward NorthWest Point Resort. We are not deterred when the road turns to dirt ( more the consistency ...
Day 5. Lobsterization
... nbsp; "I don’t like living here," says Carty. “I grew up on North Caicos, population 2000, and I’d rather live there. Provo’s too built up.” ...
Diving for Conchs and Sand Dollars
... took us snorkeling. We saw lots of pretty fish in the coral reefs, including a queen triggerfish. Dove for conchs and sand dollars, then had rum punch and pizza. For dinner we ordered pizza from Pizza Pizza again, and sadly packed our ...
Getting there
... luggage and are through immigration and customs within 10 minutes. Our immigration agent was most pleasant, wishing Steve happy birthday and recommending the island beer- TurksHead ( this after finding a Piton beer label in Steve's passport). Maxime from ...
Day 5 - Earl Passes By, Surfing & Lots of Pool Fun
... We played around on the slides and lazy river for a while. It was fun and different at night with the lights in the water. Later, there was a boogie boarding competition, and Austin came in 3rd place out of about 30 people. He did great. ...
Day 1 - Arrival, Water Park, Dinner on the Beach
... has the most beachfront. Despite appearing dated and a little rundown, the Caribbean section has a fun, colorful vibe, and certainly feels more "Caribbean". The pools in the Caribbean Village have fake waterfalls and grottos, which look very ...
Day 3
Taylor Bay Beach Chalk Sound Turtle Cove Snorkeling in front of Atlantic Beach Houses-rough Mango Reef for ...
Count Down
Hi All. We are eagerly anticipating leaving to a warm and sunny location. in only 10 days, we will be on the plane heading south. We are all counting down the days daily........................... We'll keep you ...
Part one (cont'd)
... it is 80 in the room, it was a hot day and we are a little burned. 5/6- We had planned to go to North and Middle Caicos today, had reserved a car and would grab the 10 am ferry. But all the things we wanted to do were in the sun, of course, ...
Day 7 - Snorkeling & Beach Party
... simply brushed against a rope that was in the water and it had frightened him. However, soon it was clear the pain was real and was beginning to intensify. We got out of the water and rinsed off. I could see that there was an area ...
Lounge Lizards
... hurricane Irene. The guide there pointed out various things about iguanas, and told us that there are about 50000 iguanas in Turks and Caicos. By comparison, Provo has a population of 8000, and there are more lizards than people on the islands. After our ...
At long last...
... music at the weekend. The staff at work have an eclectic mix of backgrounds; travel agent, City insurance broker, archaeologist and professional stuntman(!) to name a few. The group is mainly Brits with a couple of Dutch and an American. An ...
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