Friday

Today Dewey had a dive trip planned so I took the opportunity to relax, catch up on the blog and read. I headed out for the pool right after breakfast....the villas have a very small, very cold pool but the deck around it is great for sunbathing. Dewey got back from diving at around 1:00 pm. He was very pumped because he got to see a 6 foot reef shark on his dive. He didn't get to see any whales unfortunately but he could hear them. He said that it was very loud so he kept hoping to catch a glimpse but it didn't happen. He also saw many different types of fish including a huge puffer fish and a huge lobster. I asked why he didn't bring the lobster home for dinner! I will post some pictures of the dives later. The dive master on the dives took lots of pictures and is going to burn a CD for Dewey on Monday after his next dive.

After lunch at the villa we decided to go to the Conch farm. Turks and Caicos has one of the few industrial conch farms. Conch has been overharvested in many areas of the world where people eat them. Most of the conch from this farm is exported to Florida for consumption there. A conch takes 4 years to reach maturity. The farm has about 5.5 million conch in various stages of maturity. It was very cool to go see.





After the conch farm we needed to do some souvenier shopping. We headed out to Grace Beach where we saw some shops the other day. We bought T-shirts for Dewey and the kids. After that we decided to drive to Chalk sound on the southwest part of the island. The water is beautiful and blue. Unfortunately, there are many, many large vacation homes built along the sound so there really isn't any public access. It's really a shame especially b/c the rest of the island has great public beach access even where there is lots of development.

After that we headed home for a bit of a siesta and then out for dinner at Hey Jose's. Hey Jose's is a Mexican food place. The prices are reasonable and the food is pretty good (not as good as Austin but on par or better than Calgary). One warning....the frozen margaritas are HORRIBLE. There is not lime taste at all. It basically tastes like a tequila slushy.