We are on our 10 yr wedding anniversary trip in Turks & Caicos! It seems like an unlikely choice for us (tropical island), but we wanted something new & different, and something that suited the kind of celebration we are trying to have--> just relaxing and celebrating us. :)
This is different than our typical trip which usually involves adventure & national parks. Although, there are two national parks here in Providenciales aka "Provo." They are hard for me to resist.
The water here is just mesmerizing, and Turks & Caicos in general is known for having the best water in the West Indies. I still repeatedly look out over the water and am baffled at the color. I've never seen anything like this.
At dinner we sat outside at a table overlooking the water. Gas fed fires and torches burned nearby with palm trees swaying above. They had ice tea and sweet-n-low which made me very, very happy. A local stray cat found us and I fed him my left over red snapper. On each of our trips I always have at least one encounter with a stray cat (even on top of a large hill in New Foundland in a cemetery!)
You can see "Pirate" here licking his chops and becoming quite full with all the red snapper and shrimp I'm giving him. :)
My favorite part so far is that our room has a large patio that overlooks the water. We leave the sliding glass doors open and listen to the ocean as we fall to sleep. There is also a view of the water from our bathtub :) We just got back from the heated pool & hot tub now. At night it is blissful. There is no one else out.
Man I love these pictures and your descriptions make me ache with longing to be with nature.
ReplyDeleteAlso, that picture of "Pirate" is interesting because there's a stain on the wooden floorboard next to him that looks like a cat's face!