Turks & Caicos - 21 44.50N 072 17.37W
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OOJAH's AWESOME ODYSSEY
Peter & Christene Tanner
Sun 19 Jan 2014 15:32
Although the Turks & Caicos are only 50nm SE of the Bahamas & are geologically very similar, the people share nothing culturally. Political attempts to merge them failed long ago & following a corruption scandal in 2009 the Turks & Caicos are now ruled directly from London while the Bahamas have their independence. Most of the dozen or so islands are sparsely inhabited low lying scrubland, except for Grand Turk the administrative capital where time has stood still for many years, & Providentiales with its sugar white sand, turquoise water & spectacular coral reefs where resorts, villa estates, mini malls & investment banks are springing up. A day out with a hire car was quite enough ashore.
With love from Peter & Christene