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Return home
Day of departure :( I went for one last short walk along the beach at sunrise. At 7:30 (when it opens), we drove over to Caicos Bakery to get some breakfast. Brian and Alex both got the chocolate muffin. I got the almond croissant, which turned out to be a mistake. It was very good, but the center was filled with what I assume was almond paste. And it was too rich and heavy for breakfast.
We had been planning to go for one last swim ...
Last full day
... starfish. We did a little souvenir shopping and then had an early dinner at the restaurant at our resort, Hemingway's. Afterwards we tried to find Pelican Beach to try to do some shelling but when we got there we found an eroded cliff. A nice couple sitting there suggested another way to get down to the beach farther to the east, but we were unable to find it. So, back to the resort to pack :( and ...
Giddyup
... I shared the warm chocolate cake with Alex.
I don't know if they are regulars, but there were two adorable silver tabby cats hanging out at the restaurant. The lady next to us started feeding them slivers of what looked to be filet mignon, so I can certainly see why they would hang out there.
And then back to our beach to watch the sunset. Which, once again, was a bit too ...
SCUBA day
... clear up. And as soon as we dropped anchor, 2 pods of dolphins swam by.
They had disappeared by the time the certified divers went down with their divemaster. Then Janelle and I went down with Kevin (K2 to distinguish him from the other Kevin, who did my pool work yesterday.) And as soon as we got down, the dolphins came back! One slowly rolled over just ...
Where Everybody Knows Your Name
There are tons of things i'd like to write about, but I thought I'd give you a run-down on Providenciales (Provo) and the company I'm keeping beforehand. Provo is interesting, but it's more to allay the parental fears that their only offspring is bring scrobbled by nefarious Caribbean islanders. Provo has a population of about 8000, or so I was told. It's part of the Caicos island chain, which in turn makes up the Turks and Caicos. ...