It's been a busy few days! and the boys have been growing tired with my constant need to photograph EVERYthing! so instead of a nice posed shot of Steak Night at Tiki Hut on Friday you have one of them attacking each other with their knives instead! What can I say...I tried!
On Saturday we headed to Pirate's Cove, and stopped at By's fave spot on the beach to skim stones! The water was amazingly calm...perfect skimming condition!
We have decided to rename Bonefish Point 'Starfish Point', we saw at least 15 different starfish while we were there, and they were all pretty big ones like in the picture above!
After that we headed to Turtle Cove where Cam and Kevin took to the pool to undergo their scuba training! Here they are getting suited up!
It took a little getting used to at first but afterwards they were swimming underwater like pro's ready for their day out at sea.
We made a quick stop at JoJo's on the way home, the thoughts of freshly baked cookies and shakes worked in my favour and the boys were actually willing to pose for a shot!
By got a chocolate shake, made with chocolate unlike last time! Check out the awesome glass sided pool behind him...you can watch people as they swim by but somehow their heads above water don't link up with their bodies underneath the surface - it's a weird optical illusion! Unfortunately with it being a bit breezy none of us were up for a swim which By was greatly disappointed about!
On Sunday we headed to Emerald Beach for a BBQ (or Braai as the South Africans would say) i
Sausages and steaks all round, and the conch shells on the beach made handy holders for our grill!
We got to watch a pretty cool sunset, although it was slightly hidden by some humungous clouds!
and then the boys started up the bonfire.
Then it was time to enjoy some s'mores, it was Cam and Kevin's first time trying them and they got thumbs up all round! Who knows the next time we will all find ourselves toasting s'mores on the beach, so we made the most of it!
A shot where, for once, I'm on the other side of the camera!
By got arty with the reflecting flames in Cam's shades!
This morning Cam and Kevin got to put their skills in to practice and went out on a dive excursion with the company By has been working for.
By also got to dive with them, and managed to take lots of awesome shots down under!
Here's Cam as he starts to explore around...
and an awesome shot of the air bubbles
Everyone gathered around to take a closer look at...
two sharks swimming right past each other! As By snapped this he was told to turn around where he caught this shark headed straight for him!
Here's Kevin happily posing for Byron!
They saw alot of cool stuff today including this Southern Sting Ray....
and a ton of yellow tail snappers, these were the ones hitting By in the face last time around!
Check out the electric blue on that Striped Grunt!
and just to prove Byron was under there too! Today was his 16th dive, and after doing two more at the end of this week he will have completed his advanced open water certification...just in time to head back to the U.K, and believe it or not Bangor Uni even has a diving club which he can join when we head there in September.
and what do hungry divers in the Turks and Caicos eat for dinner?
Conch of course...at Da Conch Shack
The wind was blowing like crazy again this evening, so we actually ate inside 'the shack' for once! and I thought this little window was cute with the palm leaves blowing outside.
We also took the opportunity to buy some amazing conch shells from the sellers on the beach right outside. From Left to Right: Regular conch, Queen conch, King Conch, Baby conch. These are going to make great little souvenirs back in England!
Loaded plates! didn't stay loaded for long! and for once I was actually asked to take this photo...to document the conch fest!
I can't believe we only have 4 days left with By's family, the time has flown by! By only has 6 more days on the Island and I only have 10! The countdown is on!
Men are so annoying aren't they?? There are whole events which occur in the world of Mel and Arne which never get recorded. This is tragic!
ReplyDeleteLooks like begrudgingly you got some good shots though!
Are you feeling a bit sad about leaving??
I came across this blog quite by accident & I'm so glad I did. It's been great reading about your life on TCI. Good luck in your new adventures!!!
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