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Kona wishes everyone a Merry Christmas…………almost here!
Marta
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Category Archives: Turks and Caicos Islands
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
Shades of Blue at the Beach
- Sunset this evening was through a bank of clouds creating a gentle, pastel palette of colours. Malaika enjoyed running back and forth as she threw rocks and bits of coral into the water. Little puffy clouds with a baby blue background completed a tranquil moment captured on my camera
The south side of Providenciales where Harbour Club Villas is located is a peaceful and tranquil part of the island. Beautiful beaches with shallow water stretching out quite a ways before getting deep. Perfect for children and of course for bonefishing on the flats.
Marta
Conch Festival Part 2
Some beautiful conch pieces, bowls, lamps and shells were for sale under the tent at the Conch Festival in Blue Hills yesterday.
These young ladies were eager to get their photo taken on the beach during the festivities.
Several bands played on the stage at the festival. Here's a gentleman playing the ripsaw.
Pop the balloon relay as one little boy upturns the chair in his eagerness to sit on the balloon and pop it.
Aspiring young models show off their moves!
The sun sets and a wonderful day of fun at the Conch Festival 2010 comes to a close.
See you next year………..I’ll be there!
Marta
Conch Festival 2010
Samples of delicious conch salad were on offer at the Conch Festival this afternoon in Blue Hills.
We had such a great afternoon of fun, laughter, meeting friends, music, singing and dancing and watching the numerous competitions from tug o’ war to conch blowing.
The multi talented David Bowen was MC for the event and he showed everyone how to produce sound from a conch shell.
A competitor in the conch blowing contest dressed in traditional Turks and Caicos Island national costume.
The happy winner of the conch blowing competition
The kids were all having such a fun time in the tug o' war.
Mother nature treated us to a wondrous rainbow sunset..the sky was a blaze of orange and pink with a beautiful rainbow to top it all off.
More photos to come tomorrow.
Cheers,
Marta
Reef Sharks
Reef shark checks out the camera on a dive with Mickey and Jayne of Flamingo Divers
I’m at a real disadvantage with underwater photos but thanks to Mickey and Jayne of Flamingo Divers, I get to “borrow” theirs. We had guests diving with them all week and they were excited to see lots of sharks.
Reef sharks were sighted all week on the many dives led by Flamingo Divers
Such spectacular photos by Mickey and Jayne. Thanks guys!!!!
If you are looking for a great diving experience with wonderfully service oriented dive masters, check out Flamingo Divers at their website www.flamingodivers.com. Grab your dive buddy, give us a call and we can arrange both diving with Flamingo Divers and accommodations at Harbour Club Villas.
We’ll do all the work and all you have to do is enjoy the amazing diving to be had here in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Happy Diving.
Marta