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earth day

3 May 2012

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i know, i know, this post comes a little late, but it’s never too late to share and celebrate earth day – shouldn’t we be celebrating every day?

the turks and caicos hotel and tourism association organized another tci shines campaign – volunteers and participating hotels and restaurants met at 6.30 to start cleaning the island and help to keep it shining! why so early? because picking up rubbish in hot weather, i tell you it’s not much fun.

it was amazing seeing so many smiling faces helping out on every road of the island  – picking up glass bottles, plastic bags and tons of stuff that had been thrown in the bushes.

what was your earth day resolution? at home, we are getting better and better at not using plastic bag and going for reusable bags, containers and bottles.

images by grace bay club

lobster season

30 April 2012

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lobster season is over, as of tonight, so no more lobster on restaurant menus, or being cooked anywhere on island. we’re not even allowed to import lobster from somewhere else to make sure the only lobster around here are all under water!

this is a great initiative from the decr, in order to allow lobster enough time to reproduce.

and because i know it’ll be a while until lobster season starts again (august or september), i’ve been getting my lobster fix during the last couple of weeks – lobster linguini from caicos cafe (how will i survive without it for so long…), lobster sandwich from fresh bakery, lobster pot pie from anacaona, and lots of lobster grilling’ at home from provo seafood.

turks and caicos beaches // turtle tail

26 April 2012

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almost a year ago, when james’ cousin peter came over to visit, we found this perfect place to go for a quick dive. the access isn’t easy, and we just found it by chance, in the middle of nowhere.

since then we haven’t been able to go back, because whenever we tried, the sea was very rough and impossible to get in the water with all the rocks. so when my mum and sister came over we gave it another try.

it was so quiet and calm and the water perfect, there we loads of little fish swimming around us – and so peaceful.

it’s not the perfect place to go snorkeling, as there isn’t much to see, but it’s the perfect place to stay in the water and chat all afternoon!

i’m all into white sandy beaches, but there is something about this rocky one that i love – it reminds me of the mediterranean and it’s nice for a change.

more pics on facebook

safe provo

23 April 2012

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we have safer beaches now  – how cool is our police in providenciales?

provo is quite a safe island, we feel very safe living here – leaving the car doors unlocked and the windows open almost everywhere we go. our friends even park their cars leaving the keys inside! how far can a stolen car go in the island?

personally i find it very relaxing to go to the beach and leave our belongings behind whilst we’re in the water – in many other beaches around the world this would not be possible.

this doesn’t mean that we don’t have to be careful though, like everywhere else.

happy weekend

20 April 2012

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my mum and sister have left, and the house feels somewhat empty, but the time they spend here was amazing. i have to confess i was a little scared that they would get bored and two weeks could be too long for provo. we ended having things to do every day and still a few that we didn’t manage to fit in.

remember this post? we went to more than 10 different beaches – blue hills, blue mountain, smith’s reef, the bight, coral gardens, grace bay, pelican, emerald point, long bay, turtle tail, sapodilla, and parrot cay!

i have some serious-relaxing-at-the-beach planned for this weekend – and tonight i am going to see men are from turks, women are from caicos, if you’re in provo, be sure not to miss it.