joanna from a cup of jo, and her husband alex came to turks and caicos for a romantic weekend. they took great pictures and relaxed on their first time in the caribbean. read about her get away to parrot cay here.
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travel & packing to provo
i have to confess i hate packing, having to decide what to wear in advance, for each occasion, for my mood on that day…argh! and i always wait to last minute for inspiration…
i found this dvf film on a house in the hills, i wish it was that easy for me!
i am now counting the days to my next visitors and yesterday, whilst giving them tips on what to wear, i realized packing for provo is the easiest thing.
here are my tips of what to bring –
- shorts & tops for during the day, and/or beachwear, whatever weather we have i always wear this.
- flipflops, i can’t live without my havaianas, every day.
- thin trousers to wear at night, trousers is perfect to prevent mosquitoes and sand flies, although its too hot for jeans.
- a couple of nice tops to wear for dinner outs.
- sunscreen, with high SPF, the sun can get pretty hot, lipbalm and aftersun.
- insect repellent, we use it all the time.
- sunglasses and a hat.
- shampoo, shower gel, and all your beauty products…you might find them here, but they are way too expensive.
- bikini / swimming suit / swimming shorts and beach towel.
- a book, kindle, ipad, magazines, you’ll have plenty of time to relax.
- camera, and you might want to bring a disposable water camera too.
can you think of anything else? the island is very informal so there is no need to bring lots of high heels, make up, accessories and clothes for different occasions.
day trip to north & middle caicos
last week my dear friends simone and christian invited me to join them for a day trip to north and middle caicos. it felt kind of exciting to leave provo for a day and go island hoping!
north caicos is the only island we can go to by ferry, and through north caicos there is a causeway to get to middle caicos.
so we got the ferry at 9.30 ($20 each way) and in 30 min were arriving to north caicos. we rented a car and made our first stop for a drink at the pelican beach hotel. it feels somewhat different here, more relaxed than provo, there is more vegetation and the people we meet are so friendly and helpful. they have a govenrment farm, which we were hoping to visit and buy some local veggies, but unfortunately it was closed.
the plan was to drive to daniel’s cafe, in middle caicos, for lunch, but (un)luckily enough our car had a flat tire, so we found this great local spot for lunch – frank’s cafe, it turned out to be a great home cooked lunch with the freshest cracked conch!
we ended our day trip relaxing in mudjin harbor before heading back home to provo.
have a scary weekend
oh my, this was a great week, we started off with a holiday on monday, yesterday i had a great day out in north and middle caicos (more on this soon), i’m starting to get the hang of yoga, and i got great news that my crazy aunt and cool cousin are coming to visit!
have an awesome weekend, and remember to check out on monday for another killer blogshop mondays post!
we took this picture last week at the gansevoort
are you heading to a scary halloween party this weekend?
tonight at lemon cafe from 10.00pm onwords, check the facebook event here
tomorrow at the wine bar, see their facebook page here for more info
monday, bring your kids to tiki hut’s halloween boo bash at 6.00pm
ahh – don’t forget the fort george beach party this sunday and the culinary extravaganza on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th November, just a week away.
are you a yoga girl?
i remember giving it a try, in my early twenties, and just deciding this is just not my thing. ever since, the exercise i’ve done always included loud music and lots of action.
but then i read this post about feeling better about your body, which lead me to this other post about finding balance, and it made me think… a couple of friends told me about their yoga classes here in provo – so i gave it a try, and now i am addicted. i can’t believe it was the same ME who said this was not my thing. i love it that i am actually exercising and relaxing at the same time.
i like going to the athletic club in saltmills and to the exhale spa at the gansenvoort.
why not give it a try, there will be two free yoga classes by david bowen at the graceway sports centre on november 26 and december 17 @ 10.30. see here the pictures from the first one last saturday.
picture found here
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