Moving into a new home is a lot of work and tiring. And so does to Steven, my husband, it finally took a toll on him. He has been contracting and managing the workers for the last 5 months. And I have seen him going back and forth 2 or 3 times a day almost every day to Home Depot to get supplies. So we, especially him desperately need a vacation. Since Steven's child hood friend recently got a job managing a high end hotel in Grace Bay, Turks and Caicos and invited us to come and visit him; we jumped into the opportunity to relax for a few days.
And what a great short vacation it was!
I have never seen such fine grain sandy beaches like the one around Turks and Caicos. It is just like a powder. And the water is beautiful warm with different shades of blue mixed with green so it is aqua in color. Just breathtakingly beautiful!
The Turks and Caicos islands consists of the larger Turks island and the smaller Caicos islands. TCI is under British territory. More infos; (here).
I have not been in the Bahamas Island before except in Puerto Rico and what I love about it is that people are happy and love dancing, eating and enjoy the island life. And that is what we did.
The highlight of the whole trip was the snorkeling trip and let me say this, if you are planning to go to Turks and Caicos; take a snorkeling trip. It is so much fun! I have not been snorkeling for many years, and I love every minute of it while in the water. Not only that I saw many colorful corals and fish but it feels wonderful just float on the surface of the warm bluest water and like seeing a movie under neath you. Colorful fish swimming around, looking for food, hiding amongst the corals, the beautiful contour of the ocean bed. It was relaxing and rejuvenating. I wish I could do it the next morning all over again.
The captain of the boat called 'Mo' and his assistant called "Dre' were so funny. Both of them took turn driving the boat while the other assisting passengers or serving rum punch, beer or sodas. When he was driving the boat; happily he wiggled his hip following the rhythm of the blasting music. Soon, everyone start to move their head left to right following the music too.
They do serve rum punch on board the boat. Be ready when in Turks and Caicos for they serve you rum punch everywhere you go and all day and night. It could get in to you, then, there is a music. The next thing you know; you can't help but dance your heart out following the music beat. That is how much fun vacation in Turks and Caicos was for us or for me.
The destination of the snorkeling trip is to a small uninhabited island. But the beach is so pretty. Once the boat is anchored on the beach, everyone can do what ever they want; walking by the beach, swimming, watching iguanas, snorkeling or just chill on board the boat. The rum punch kept on pouring in. After swimming and walking by the beach; we sat on the roof top of the boat. Steven said; 'I feel so relax now!' Well, whose not! There are the aqua blue water around us as far as eyes could see while the sun is shining. Suddenly a rainbow appeared on the horizon. So pretty and we just soaked in the breathtaking environment and felt so good.
Have you ever tried a 'conch meat'! Yes, those pictures below are the conch shells. I have not had it until on board this snorkeling trip. They serve conch salad with Doritos chips on this snorkeling trip. It is surprisingly delicious! The conch meat was cut up in a small pieces and mixed with cut tomatoes. One of the tourists who sat next to me told me to put the conch salad in the Doritos package a long with the content and squeeze the package with your hands so that the chips crushed into a small pieces, then scoop up the mix chips and conch salad with a plastic spoon. Agghhh, after a few spoons, it's time for a rum punch again! What a treat!
On the way back to the hotel and on the boat, well they drop us off in front of the hotel by the beach; it was time to dance. After a few cups of rum punch; it does not matter where your spouse is; as he was too relax on the roof top of the boat so I was dancing with other girls and kids, well we kind a dance all together in a circle. It was so much fun.
I will definitely do this snorkeling trip on board Captain Mo's and his assistant Dre's boat again when in Turks and Caicos.
I will definitely do this snorkeling trip on board Captain Mo's and his assistant Dre's boat again when in Turks and Caicos.
Thank you so much for reading?
