we have two booked for May 10th and I am super excited!! Anyone have ideas on where to go and how long it will take?
Having just returned from Grand Turk a couple of weeks ago, and having rented a golf cart to tour the island, here are the places/activities I recommend while there:
1. I highly recommend going to the Lighthouse. It's beautiful up there, and the view out to the ocean and the reefs where so many ships became wrecked is very impressive.
There was a very sweet, but starving dog up there at the lighthouse when I was there on March 26th. She was scrounging in the trash for sandwiches. Luckily I had brought some dog food with me and so was able to feed her some decent food. She really is skin and bones, so if you can bring a bit of food with you to feed her I'm sure she would appreciate it (as would I). If you don't want to bring dog food with you then a little beef or other type of meat taken from your cruise ship buffet would help her. (Please see my post regarding this sweet pup elsewhere in the Grand Turk section posts.)
Other recommendations on what to do see while touring around Grand Turk on a golf cart:
2. Stop by "The Sandbar" in Cockburn town (pronounced "coeburn") to have a beer on their wonderful, open-air deck overlooking the ocean. I read about this place from Frommer's Turks & Caicos. This unpretentious place is owned by two Canadian sisters, Tonya and Katya, and one of them was tending bar when we stopped by (not sure which sister it was). She was funny and gave me some good-natured teasing about my shirt, which had a Disney character on it. There is a small but beautiful beach right next to the "Sandbar" and we took a swim there. It was a wonderful little place to spend some time.
3. Drive up to the Bohio resort. We had brought our own snorkeling gear and had planned to go snorkeling at the beach in front of the resort, but there were just a few too many people there for our liking. To be fair, we have read other posters who reported they were the only folks on that beach all day (at other times). We didn't stay long, but the resort looked like a very cool, relaxed type of place, perfect for an afternoon of snorkeling. In addition, their outdoor restaurant/bar looked like a fun, laid-back place to get a bite and a drink.
Just go with the idea that the island is a relaxed, fairly undeveloped place where you can enjoy both nature and the local people without the usual commercialism and you'll have a great time!
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Having just returned from Grand Turk a couple of weeks ago, and having rented a golf cart to tour the island, here are the places/activities I recommend while there:
1. I highly recommend going to the Lighthouse. It's beautiful up there, and the view out to the ocean and the reefs where so many ships became wrecked is very impressive.
There was a very sweet, but starving dog up there at the lighthouse when I was there on March 26th. She was scrounging in the trash for sandwiches. Luckily I had brought some dog food with me and so was able to feed her some decent food. She really is skin and bones, so if you can bring a bit of food with you to feed her I'm sure she would appreciate it (as would I). If you don't want to bring dog food with you then a little beef or other type of meat taken from your cruise ship buffet would help her. (Please see my post regarding this sweet pup elsewhere in the Grand Turk section posts.)
Other recommendations on what to do see while touring around Grand Turk on a golf cart:
2. Stop by "The Sandbar" in Cockburn town (pronounced "coeburn") to have a beer on their wonderful, open-air deck overlooking the ocean. I read about this place from Frommer's Turks & Caicos. This unpretentious place is owned by two Canadian sisters, Tonya and Katya, and one of them was tending bar when we stopped by (not sure which sister it was). She was funny and gave me some good-natured teasing about my shirt, which had a Disney character on it. There is a small but beautiful beach right next to the "Sandbar" and we took a swim there. It was a wonderful little place to spend some time.
3. Drive up to the Bohio resort. We had brought our own snorkeling gear and had planned to go snorkeling at the beach in front of the resort, but there were just a few too many people there for our liking. To be fair, we have read other posters who reported they were the only folks on that beach all day (at other times). We didn't stay long, but the resort looked like a very cool, relaxed type of place, perfect for an afternoon of snorkeling. In addition, their outdoor restaurant/bar looked like a fun, laid-back place to get a bite and a drink.
Just go with the idea that the island is a relaxed, fairly undeveloped place where you can enjoy both nature and the local people without the usual commercialism and you'll have a great time!