Before coming to the Caribbean, we had never heard of Turks and Caicos at all. We only came here in transit to Florida. With a quick Google search, we could see that one of the beaches, Grace Bay Beach, is among the best beaches in the world. So we had to visit it.
We didn’t have much time to see the Islands of Turks and Caicos. Out of the three days, we anchored there, we spent two of them at home on the boat.
One of the days Martin was cleaning the bottom of the boat for barnacles and algae when he was surprised by a wave and accidentally swallowed a lot of saltwater. That gave him stomach pains. The next morning he felt really sick with severe pain on the left side of his stomach. It was the same place and type of pain he had experienced while we were in Tobago Cays. We had previously concluded that it was probably kidney stones causing his pain, but that is probably not entirely correct.
This time Martin took Ibuprofen and was able to recover within a day, but he was very tired the following days.
Once he got better, we took a trip to Grace Bay Beach.
We were anchored in on the south side of Providenciales, which is the most populated island in Turks and Caicos. There was also a really nice beach there with barbecue and drinks, etc., but there were not many boats in the bay; on the other hand, there were many holiday resorts by the water. Grace Bay Beach was on the opposite side of the island. We got a ride from a guy at the grill bar. He had his opinions on politics and was not afraid to share them with us. It turns out that residents of Turks and Caicos do not pay taxes. Public functions such as the establishment and maintenance of infrastructure are paid for by foreign investors, who in return build holiday resorts in the country.
The driver left us off at Grace Bay Beach. True to the rumor, it was probably the best beach we have been too. It’s a really nice beach with velvety soft sand and crystal clear water. We had lunch by the beach at a café of one of the resorts.
The day after, we were off to Florida. As of writing, we have been sailing for two days and have approximately three days left on the sea before we reach Florida.
