Turks and Caicos: April 2018

Turks and Caicos

April 2018

When the machine spits out this many boarding passes, you know you're in for a long day...

Los Angeles at night.

Front seating area in one of the three United Clubs at IAD. Nothing special, but spacious enough.

Breakfast. At least it was free?

Old school seats.

Circling over Turks and Caicos.

Final approach into Providenciales International Airport.

Sapodilla Bay Beach.

Gentle waves on the beach.

Plethora of pleasure yachts in the distance.

Jet skis too.

Chalk Sound National Park.

Island beater. I'm just glad the A/C worked.

Also in Chalk Sound National Park.

As seen from Chalk Sound View.

A little more wave action at Chalk Sound View, inside Chalk Sound National Park.

Grace Bay.

Perhaps you prefer grass canopies?

Gentle waves lapping in.

Clear turquoise water as far as the eye can see.

Local fried chicken stand.

Deep fried conch bits at the airport bar.

JetBlue and Delta narrowbodies on the tarmac.

First floor waiting area.

Turks and Caicos from the air.

"Beef" for "dinner."

One of the other United Clubs at IAD.

Turkish Air lounge at IAD. Way nicer (and more busy) than the United Clubs.

Better food too.

The bar area.

More noodle "salad." At least they're trying to be healthy?

Tranquil turquoise water atop nearly white sandy beaches all over the Turks and Caicos. Sapodilla Bay, Chalk Sound, and Grace Bay were all beautiful, although Chalk Sound National Park is particularly tranquil at the water's edge. For warm water and fine sand, this is pretty hard to argue with! More time to lay around Grace Bay would have been nice...

Sadly no time to get further than Providenciales-- getting to Grand Turk is an inter-island flight, while the other islands are a ferry ride away. And the airport is... well... best described as crowded but air conditioned. Although even the views from the air are beautiful, so more time in airplanes may not actually be a bad thing if you want to see the other islands.

Lucked out with upgrades on all of my flights, so despite being in a lot of airplanes, I can't complain too much. Considering almost everything has to be flown or shipped in, even bad airplane food helps to reduce my environmental impact on the islands??