Woke up fairly early. Had a shower and watched the arrival.
Sunrise over Grand Turk
Beach at Grand Turk
Straight after we arrived we hopped off the ship to get some photos of the "beached whale" next to the whale tail of the ship (I got a better one later in the morning).
Model of the Friendship 7 space craft splashing down off Grand Turk
Back on board for breakfast in the restaurant. But because we'd already been off ship which took up a chunk of time I was stressed about going to the restaurant - because the place is so damned slow. Apparently they're understaffed post covid so everything takes longer. So had to rush through breakfast to be off the ship again in time for our tour.
Except when we got there they said the tour would have to be delayed by two hours due to "technical difficulties". Oof.
So we wandered around the shops and the beach area for a bit.
Carnival Pride at Grand Turk
Pool and swim up bar at Margaritaville
Grand Turk Beached Whale
And then back on board for an early light lunch.
And then take two on the tour. We did the Rainbow Calypso Tram tour which was a very slow drive all the way across the island.
Attorney General's Chambers
Grand Turk Sign
Turks and Caicos Supreme Court Building
Grand Turk Public Gazebo
Salt drying pond and buildings in Grand Turk
Turks and Caicos Islands flag and Clockhouse
We had a twenty three minute stop in "downtown" which was really just half a dozen tourist shops.
Pretty water off Grand Turk
Turks and Caicos National Museum
Burnt out building
David in front of our tour bus
Seagulls on Grand Turk
Then a ten minute stop all the way at the northern end of the island to see the lighthouse.
Donkey warning sign
Donkey at the Grand Turk Lighthouse
Tour guide feeding a donkey
Lizard at the Grand Turk Lighthouse
Grand Turk Lighthouse
Donkey, tour bus and Grand Turk Lighthouse
Grand Turk JAGS McCartney Memorial
St Thomas Anglican Church on Osborne Road
Holy Cross Catholic Church on Osborne Road
Then drove slowly past a replica of the Friendship 7 which splashed down a few miles off the island.
JAGS McCartney International Airport sign
Replica of the Friendship 7 space module outside the airport
Went back to the ship for second lunch, swapped all our gear around, and went off to have a snorkel (note to self: DC's camera was on Canberra time not Grand Turk time. Also note the iPhone photos are an hour out because it changed to local time instead of ship time).
Flags on Grand Turk Beach
Welcome to Grand Turk sign
Snorkelling was pretty cool. There's no coral, but there's a cannon and an anchor and some chains and plenty of interesting fish, as well as the Drop Off where they'd dredged out a channel for the ships to get close to the island. Really enjoyed that.
Anchor off Grand Turk
Chain off Grand Turk
Cannon barrel off Grand Turk
Pretty fish and the cannon barrel
Pretty fish and the cannon barrel
Fish off Grand Turk
Fish off Grand Turk
Fish off Grand Turk
Fish off Grand Turk
Fish off Grand Turk
Fish off Grand Turk
Pool at Margaritaville
Pool at Margaritaville
Back on ship we watched the sailaway.
Beach at Grand Turk
Beach at Grand Turk
Margaritaville
Entrance to Grand Turk
Turks and Caicos Islands flag on Carnival Pride
Then it was to Raphael Lounge to play Cards Against Humanity with Hayley and a big group. We didn't do very well, but the cards we had never really went well with the questions.
And I think I strained some back muscles yesterday on the waterslides. A couple of times during the day they felt a little sore.
Had a shower then we met up with Stefan and Sam for dinner. I had tortellini which was nice enough, veal which was also quite nice, and black forest cheese cake.
Then to bed.
Today's Towel Animal: not really sure, the face looks a bit like a walrus but it has long arms and legs. Shrug.
Today's Towel Animal: not really sure, the face looks a bit like a walrus but it has long arms and legs. Shrug.
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