What a catch.......a great fight and Barry landed a 30 lb yellow fin tuna
Today Barry headed out for a day of deep sea fishing with some friends. He hooked something off Malcolm Roads beach and it put up a great fight for a good 15 minutes. What a beauty! It was a 30 lb yellow fin tuna. We’re going to invite our villa guests to join us for a tuna steak barbecue tomorrow night and what a feast it will be.
Bon appetit!
Marta
Late afternoon, low tide and a few dark rain clouds create a picturesque view of the south side shallow flats of Providenciales
Come and see us at Harbour Club Villas ……. the south side of Provo where we are is tranquil and beautiful. Shallow flats and a favourite for our bone fishermen.
Marta
Long Bay.......great for those long walks, beach combing, horse back riding and the best beach for kite boarding.
How the weather changes here on Provo……………flat calm without a breath of wind early this morning then the wind picked up and really started to blow by the afternoon. A perfect day for walking the beach at Long Bay and I would imagine with the wind being up, that the kiteboarders would have been out taking advantage of the winds. We’ve had guests at Harbour Club that have come here specifically to kiteboard. I’ve watched them on numerous occasions out at the Bight beach which is a favourite as well as at Sapodilla Bay.
But back to Long Bay. It is what I call a wild beach, wind swept and strewn with conch shells as there are many conch out in the waters off the beach. There’s even a Haitien sloop (boat) up on the shore. Albert shows us how to find conch at Long Bay and then to crack the conch.
Finding conch in the waters at Long Bay.
We didn't forget the limes....conch, fresh from the sea.
Join us for a taste of Conch on your visit to the Turks and Caicos Islands. Hope to see you soon.
catching blue crabs between the two lakes by Harbour Club Villas
Over the last three days there’s been all sorts of activity just down the road from our villas where the waters from Turtle Lake flow through a culvert and into Flamingo Lake. I went down there today with my camera as I had heard from guests that there were all kinds of crabs in the water and on the bank and that some locals were catching them.
Good job you have thick gloves Stanley!!
When I arrived on the bank, Stanley who does a little fishing and is from North Caicos, was there with his net and a bucket. He told me that he would be eating real good tonight. I guess they love these little crabs and throw them in a pot and cook them up.
This one was looking quite fierce and didn't want to be caught
Stanley said that there were “hundreds” of them the other day when he was out.
It's not easy to throw that net.
I’m not sure just how much crab meat you would get out of some of the crabs. He was throwing back some of the smaller ones and was looking forward to a good feast this evening.
Bonefishing is great in the Turks and Caicos Islands
Turks and Caicos Island sunset on the south shore of Provo
Today was a flat calm day and the ocean showed not a ripple. I sent one of our guests to the bonefishing flat in the photo just a short ways down the road from our villas. He spent part of the afternoon wading in search of bonefish. When the sun sets on the south side of Providenciales, it’s a good opportunity for a photo. You have to be on the beach early though as the sun goes down at 5:20 or so. Hope to see you enjoying some of our fabulous sunsets soon.
Marta
Hi Everyone!
Well, we thought we would get a jump on 2009 and start something new…
So here it is, our personal blog about everything fun in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Mostly it will cover the island of Providenciales, or “Provo” as we call it down here, because that is where our Harbour Club Villas are.
We have accumulated a fair bit of knowledge of fishing, diving and all around vacation fun over the past years of living down here. So we thought it about time to start sharing it online here so that everyone could get a jump on planning their vacations before even getting on the plane!
Anyway, please free to contact us with any questions you might have… and if you’ve stayed with us before, leave us some of your thoughts about your vacation trip you had in our comment section.
That’s all for now, I have to go check in some new guests and Barry has to clean the pool! 😉
Bye for now,
Marta