Brenda & Bob's Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Trip
May 2005
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Getting ready for the trip - stayed at Hilton Garden JFK. Decent room, clean hotel. No liquor. Great sky to water pics Getting closer Getting Closer... Getting even closer... Look at those colors.
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The green of the water is awesome Must have been right over the island Be prepared with your camera to get these pics Coming in....    
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Wow -- look at that water! Can you believe it? Seeing that color water from the sky -- we couldn't wait to get there Landing   The Airport at Provo
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Nothing like getting off the plane to feel the heat of the sun and air -- aaaahhhh   Thanks for the great flight. Bobby is happy!!!   The bathroom at Ocean Club West in the One Bedroom suite
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Eating lunch at the sunset cafe at OCW View of the pool from the sunset cafe Grace Point beach in front of OCW where we spent the whole week The water is really this cotton candy blue The water is just like a big blue curacao drink! LOL! Beachin it.
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The one-bedroom suite at Ocean Club West Nice dining room/living room area The porch had plenty of room - screened in and with patio doors.  

The beach was always pretty quiet

Look at how peaceful it is here
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Picture after picture of nothing but sand and water Look! No crowds! calm blue water, nice umbrella, soft white sand -- what more could you want?     In front of OCW
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  OCW's signature pink umbrellas.   If we were lucky we got the wooden cover up a few days  
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      Very roomy in the one bedroom

kitchen area

 kitchen area
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The rooms were really spacious Looking out the entrance to OCW towards the resort where the Anacoana restaurant is Entrance to OCW - waiting for the Gecko shuttle -- Still waiting for the Gecko shuttle new development - probably the Pinnacle Roadside of the Pinnacle
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Few stores at the Ports of Call More development...   Lunch at the ports of call-- Bobby's still happy...   Looking out from OCW Sunset Cafe area
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    Some shadeand so few people that we didn't have to deal with any shade thieves... Inner landscaping at OCW - really nice job. porch / balcony area Front of check in office of Ocean Club West -- waitin for the Gecko...
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Nice tile... :-) Beautiful presentation at the Bay Bistro Another pretty dish at the Bay Bistro -- the fish was fresh and tasty - best fish we had on the island The towel hut at OCW. They always had plenty of clean towels ready.  
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  Beach area in front of Club Med early AM Front of Club Med Still not many people around About the only boats we saw all week Even the water area was quiet -- no noisy jet skis
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  Still in front of Club Med Yoga at Club Med Bobby & Brenda taking a walk Chair setups at Ocean Club Inner area at Ocean Club (not OCW) this is the OC next to Club Med - very nicely landscaped
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  Waiting for the Gecko again.... Wait... Is that a bird, is it a plane... Gasp!!!it's.. it's... it's the GECKO finally! Inside Iguana's restaurant. Great place -- we went here twice.    
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    Grace Point Beach Not sure where this was in front of...   You can't tell where you are on the beach because there are very few signs letting you know what condo's they are
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  Didn't even need to go further on the island to go birding -- they were all over the beach area I think this is Grace Point     The Sands
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The Pier in front of Hemingway's at the Sands   The Sands was a little nicer than OCW as far as paint/maintenance upkeep The Sands

The Infinity pool at The Palms --we were standing on the beach with the ocean in back of us -- unbelievable

Bar area at the Palms
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The pool area at the Palms -- Check out the BEDS!!! Luxury... The Palms The Palms The Alexandra Alexandra Had to bring our Red Sox charm with us... Seemed like the right thing to do. He was plenty happy on the island too!
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    More quiet beach time. Beach guys at OCW   The one day we saw a few rain clouds
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    Egret right in front of us while we were eating lunch at OCW I could get so close to this egret    
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Don't forget to bring some nice coolers for your beers/drinks. Good advice Laura! The bus is always driving by on the main road. Cost $3 US ea way when we took it. Took much less time than waiting for the Gecko. Jamie & Erik Sunset Cruise -- with Reef Peepers. Worth it to see the island/beach view from the water    
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        Bobby is even happier still!
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      Captain Bobby....    
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View from the Peepers Sunset Cruise New camera -- didn't know the date would come out on all the pics so big One of these days I'm going to take the stupid date off these pics... View from the Peepers Sunset Cruise View from the Peepers Sunset Cruise View from the Peepers Sunset Cruise
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View from the Peepers Sunset Cruise View from the Peepers Sunset Cruise Bob in front of the Post Office in Provo. He collects stamps and wanted to visit their Philatelic Bureau in person.   Hallway of our building at OCW Nice living room area in our unit at OCW
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    Guess what? Waiting for the Gecko!!! Waiting... Waiting... In front of the OCW office. They have a nice set up with tea & coffee. This also where you can get books, and use the computers.
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  View from Magnolia Restaurant Now we need to go back since I did something wrong with the camer and got the red spot     Another couple dining at Magnolia were also nice enough to let us sit at their table and take our picture so we could get a shot of the awesome view. Our table was only a couple tables away and still was quite lovely.
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          Still Grace Point.
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    Sunset cafe at OCW. The staff was excellent and nice to talk to.     Caicos Cafe for lunch. It was hot but at least we were out of the sun and they had some really tasty wine... and a nice menu too...
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Bobby at Caicos Cafe Brenda enjoying her wine at Caicos cafe Caicos Cafe Brenda at Caicos Cafe Conch salad at Caicos Cafe. Perfect for lunch. Beautiful, warm water.
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Grace Point The pink building is the front of OCW. The creamy colored property next door and the one next to that are the ones that were being worked on. You could hear a little banging noise from the beach but not so much that it drove you crazy (and I hate noise...). We were still able to nap in the sun.   Sunset Cafe at OCW. Bobby waiting for his happy hour tortilla chips.  
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The pool area at OCW One of the MANY mosquitos that were around. There had supposedly been a few days of rain the previous week and the mosquitos were running rampant. I have a feeling they are around more often than just after the rain. I got more bites here in one week than all the years I used to go camping. Bring the strongest mosquito repellent you can!   Pool area on the way through to Anacoana Relax right on the beach in front of the Anacoana! Loved the ambience at Anacoana. Can't say the same about the food (at least the fish dish I had at $30 a plate that tasted like an old freezer burnt, chewy, piece of fish, and was a rectangular shaped patty. Don't know any fish that are shaped like that... First time I ever sent back a meal, but it was inedible to me. And, watch out for the mosquitos.
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Nice tables at the Anacoana. Can't beat the view either.

Wonderful view at the Anacoana.

Sunset view from the Anacoana. Great table and wonderful view at the Anacoana. Already discussed the food... Get the filet, that at least was pretty good, not great, but anything was better after the fish.. yuk. Washer/Dryer set up at the OCW.
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      Bye bye TC