Adventures in the Caribbean

I'm finally getting to posting some more about our trip to the Caribbean.

We spent most of our time just relaxing and enjoying each others company but we did go on a few adventures.

A short distance down the beach we went snorkeling. We only had to go about 10 to 15 feet off shore and we started to swim with the fish. The colors on this small reef were amazing. The underwater camera we used captured some pictures but really struggles to show all the vibrant and beautiful colors.

What I really wanted to see was a turtle and my wish was granted. We snorkeled 3 times and saw a turtle every time. One we were able to swim right along behind it, close enough to reach out and touch it. They can really move under water.

The island is mainly lime stone and sand. There wasn't any "brown" dirt anywhere. There were some flowers found naturally and a lot more found in the resort area.

These little guys were all around the resort.

One day we went out to explore a pirate cave. We drove to the south west tip of the island. We then walked in the water around some rock cliffs until we found one of the caves. We climbed up into the cave and then through a whole in the roof. We then found the carvings on the rock.
We were there for a few hours on this huge beach and we had the whole place to ourselves.

Another morning we went for a tour of the Conch farm. The Queen Conch (pronounced konk) is the national food of Turks and Caicos. It is the only Conch farm in the world. It reminded me of the place that my brother Dave worked at on Lasquette Island here on the West coast.

The ocean harvested eggs are raised onshore.

When they are 2 years old they are moved back into the ocean.
This is Sally and Jerry. Normally the conch is very shy and will not come out of it's shell when picked up but because these are raised in captivity and shown off daily they come way out and say hi.

This is one of many piles of shells that you pass on the way in. It reminded me of Oyster Cove here on Vancouver Island where you pass all the oyster shells on the side of the highway except of course these are conch shells.