Today we arrived in Turks and Caicos. These islands are owned by Great Britain. The many islands are great for scuba divers. We arrived on the island of Grand Turk. This island had a nice little area with shops for cruise ship passengers. We decided to take walk into Cockburn Town. It was about 3.5 miles.
The trail started out with a nice path.
It progressed into something else.
We passed lots of donkeys, road apples, horses and general trash. We also passed the Friendship 7 capsule used by John Glenn in 1962 to orbit the earth.
We passed a place that made us think of Tim and his pursuit of the perfect drink.
Were were walking so there was no need to stop at the car wash.
We checked out a possible B&B for a future stop…
.. and possible future wheels.
We passed a spot that Chris Columbus parked his ship.
Used oats.
So much sight seeing left us searching for a place to eat. We ended at the Paradise Garden.
Good food here and a nice break. Service was a bit slow but I’m sure the waitress felt overwhelmed with the 3 patrons that were there. I had the local beer and Terri the island’s finest wine.
We finished lunch and headed back to the ship. It was nice to be back in the port. Terri wanted to do a bit of shopping but a security guard began to yell. “Put on your mask”. Terri screamed back “but we are outside”. The guard did nothing but repeat his demand. This time a bit louder. Grand Turk reminded me of the Dharavi Slum in India and the security guard is worried about a mask and hand sanitizer. How about a de-lousing after our visit to this island? None was offered.
Back on the ship we enjoyed a few drinks at the sea view bar and watched as we sailed away.
We did enjoy a game of team trivia. We did rather well. We missed one of the easier questions. How old was Marilyn Monroe when she died? We did know Shakespeare longest play.
Dinner and then cards. We aren’t doing well against the Daley’s.…