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Wishing you all the best for the New Year 2011.
Marta
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Monthly Archives: December 2010
Maskanoo 2010
David Bowen danced up a storm as he led the Maskanoo parade last night in Grace Bay.
Wow!! What a spectacular evening we all had as hundreds of people turned out to enjoy the sights and sounds and the fun of Maskanoo 2010. Maskanoo is a combination of Masquerade or “Massin” as it’s known in the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Bahamian Junkanoo.
Young and old came out to watch the masked revellers as they paraded and danced their way down Grace Bay Road.
Locals were out in full force dancing to the rhythms along with our island visitors as everyone joined in together to celebrate the TCI’s FIRST Maskanoo.
This Maskanoo-er had unique bottle shakers with colourful decorations.
David Bowen, the cultural director and his group of dedicated helpers and workers have put in hours to stage this event. It’s important for the younger generation to get involved as well as educated about our island’s heritage and culture. What a great way to pull everyone in together for a funfilled Maskanoo.
Happy smiles and dancing feet during last evening's Maskanoo parade.
Dancers from the We Funk group up on the stage.
The evening was full of local entertainment with dancers, bands, ripsaw, drums, arts and crafts displays, food, drinks…a great showcase of the islands’ cultural heritage.
This local youngster was part of the great entertainment.
Dancing to the beat of the drums, whistles, shakers and other instruments
Mark your calendars……….an event NOT to be missed. Next year will be bigger and with more participants. See you there.
Well done everyone. We had a super fun filled Maskanoo evening.
Marta
Merry Christmas
Christmas wishes from the Turks and Caicos Islands
Merry Christmas,
Marta
Island Christmas
Malaika loved the lights on the Christmas Tree and couldn't wait to try and climb over the rope to get closer.
Christmas Eve and we hope you are together with loved ones.
Marta
Christmas Time
Kona waiting for some Christmas doggy treats!
Kona wishes everyone a Merry Christmas…………almost here!
Marta
Christmas Playtime on the Beach
Beach playtime in the late afternoon at Taylor Bay
Merry Christmas everyone!
Marta
Christmas in Blue Hills
- Blue Hills is always a great spot, lovely and colourful as we come into Christmas Week on Providenciales.
We’re trying to get everything ready for the Holidays and we’ll have lots of guests coming in. The island will be busy with visitors and everything seems to have a hectic feel as people rush to and fro in preparation for Christmas Day.
Marta
West Caicos Beach
Here's where we spent the afternoon today.........it was so beautiful.
This afternoon, we headed to West Caicos where the ladies were dropped off on the beach and the men headed off for some fishing. We had miles of beach to ourselves and only a pelican checked us out and an osprey that appeared to have a nest up at the far end of the beach.
There were so many Sunrise Tellin shells all along the shore line, some in the seaweed and others where the ocean had dropped them along the beach
A unique face stared up at me as I took photos of a coconut that had been washed up on the beach.
I was reminded of “Winston” from the UPS movie Castaway with Tom Hanks………..can you imagine having something like this to talk to if you were left stranded on a deserted beach like this one?
This is so neat that I had to post another photo of it.Malaika was so happy to see her Poppa coming to pick us up for the trip home.
Barry had to show us how he can float, this time without a beer in hand.
Another wonderful day on the water here in the Turks and Caicos. We hope you’ll come visit us soon for the most amazing beaches and clear water that you’ve ever seen.
Join us??? See you in the islands soon!
Marta
Sunshine Sunday
Another spectacular Sunday and as you can see we're having such calm seas that we just had to head out over the blue turquoise waters.
This little crab had the most vivid colours I've ever seen, red and orange and blue eyes. I believe it is called a Sally Lightfoot crab.
I'm still looking to find out the name of this delicate "shell."
We were treated to a beautiful sunset but no "Green Flash" this time.
The ocean at dusk as we headed for home
Another magnificent Provo Sunday enjoying the calm and unbelieveably clear water. It was a joy to be out on the water.
Marta
Dolphins on the Way to French Cay
A lone dolphin swims alongside and infront of our boat on the way to French Cay today.
I walked up our hill this morning overlooking the marina at Harbour Club Villas and was greeted with an ocean like a mirror. I took a few photos and shot off an email with photo to friends………It’s a French Cay day! Look at the calm ocean. Let’s aim for 10 am.
It was an amazing sight and the colours of the ocean were unbelievable.
We weren’t too far out when we sighted a lone dolphin and we played with him for a while as he played in the wake of the boat and skimmed along with his head right between the pontoons of the boat.
He was just surfacing and about to blow the water out of his blowhole.
Dolphins breathe through a blowhole located at the top of the head. Water in a dolphin’s blowhole will drown the dolphin so it uses powerful muscles to close the blowhole so that it can dive under the water again.
This is one of my favourite photos taken today and you can see ever so clearly the dolphin that swam along with the boat.
A great smile and close up of the dolphin.
We also saw a mother dolphin and her baby but she wanted nothing to do with us. She was protecting the little one and so we left her alone.
I only managed to get the shapes of the mother dolphin and her little one as the water was rippling and distorting the dolphins.
More photos to come of our French Cay trip today but it will have to wait until the next post.
Marta