"Don't hurt your tongue, mon!"
11 February 2013 | Provo, Turks and Caicos
We departed Landrail Point at the northernmost tip of Crooked Island at sunrise rounded a most beautiful (non-working) lighthouse at Bird Rock and pointed the boat southeast. After a pleasant 27 hour motor sail we arrived at Southside Marina in Providentiales. Shevrin, our laidback Customs & Immigration Officer, came to the boat and cleared us in.
We chatted for over an hour about his family, that there are actually two clusters of islands--the Caicos and the Turks and 'don't be callin somebody from the Caicos a Turk!' He told us about his mom, still living on Middle Caicos, and at 70 years old she still teaches school and operates a produce farm. A nice welcome to the island.
Shevrin said welcome to Provo. The actual name of the island AND the town is Providentiales but as he said, "jus say Provo mon, don't hurt your tongue!"
The photo is looking out of the narrow marina entrance toward the Caicos Banks.