Friday, May 28, 2010

Trip to North and Middle Caicos Islands








We took a ferry over to the North Caicos Island, rented and car, and spent the day touring. We saw beautiful beaches, Indian caves, and the Wade's Green Plantation that used to be run in the 1800's. The day started out with torrential rains. At the plantation we were trying to get out of the rain by standing in the ruins under the door frames and in the windows. We also spent the day running and swatting mosquitoes! They were horrible. We had lunch at a beach in the car because it was raining so hard, but it let up, and we headed to the beach. It turned out to be beautiful. There were a couple of caves, and the rock formations were awesome. We were the only ones there. The sand was a beautiful color, one was white, and a few feet away it turned pink. Awesome. The sand felt like cornmeal. Lots of sea glass was found.
http://www.tcmuseum.org/slavery/02d2_wades_green_plantation/ Here is some info on the plantation

We also saw a lot of buildings that had been started and never finished. The economy...or the hurricanes!

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