This week I am in the Turks & Caicos Islands, more specifically on the island of Grand Turk which is the capital.  There are only +-5000 people who live on this island.

Getting to Grand Turk was half the fun. Flight from Miami to Providenciales (“Provo”); no big deal.  Then a flight from Provo to Grand Turk via Air Turks & Caicos.  Very fun!

Here is our plane, a very old De Havilland Twin-Otter

Here is our pilot. I kid you not! (pun intended) 🙂   This pilot was not more than 18.  (edit: Debby from Air TC left me a comment. The Pilot’s name is Captain Thomas and he is 23!  Thanks for letting me know.  In any case he did a great job!)

My view of the cockpit from my seat … no door! Great view of the whole flight.

The first thing that struck me once in Grand Turk was the amount of livestock roaming around.  Especially the amount of donkeys. At one point I counted 8 around the hotel where I was staying.

Here are some of the beasts roaming around the island.

On the hotel grounds, there were also quite a few cats & dogs roaming around freely. They seem to “belong” there since the dogs all had collars.  I approached some of the dogs and must say that they were some of the kindest souls I have even come in contact with.  Here is “Savage” getting petted while I had breakfast at the restaurant overlooking the beach.

Of course great place for going to the beach, unfortunately I had little time for that a part for a swim after work.

Lovely sunsets also.

A quick update about the Apoise, the luxury yacht I featured below. It sold today for 46M$US which according to the site superyatchs.com is a bargain! The estimated value was around 87M$.  Good deal for the British citizen (no name given) who purchased it. Click on link below for more details.

http://www.superyachts.com/news/superyacht-auction–apoise-sold-for-dollar46-million-496.htm

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