After a 22 hour run from Rum Cay, Bahamas, we arrived in Providenciales (Provo) in the Turks and Caicos. We encountered eight foot Atlantic swell, but with 10 - 12 second period between each, it was a reasonable ride with the odd roll. In this part of the world, it's as good as it gets. We arrived at Sapodillo Bay about 11am, dropped anchor, launched the dinghy and headed around the point to Customs in the port. It was a simple check-in with friendly and professional agents.
Today we dinghied ashore in a 30 knot blow, arriving somewhat wet on shore, where we met our car rental agent. We spent the day touring the island, and both ourselves and travel companions Tim & Jan, were under-whelmed with Provo. It certainly did not meet the write up in the cruise guide. In our opinion, it was neither rustic charm nor glitz, and other than the friendly, helpful locals, there is nothing here that would bring any of us back.
We headed back to the boats after purchasing pizza at Mother's Pizza in Town Center. Ingredients were fresh and plentful and all we had to do was heat it and uncork the vino.
Weather permitting, we will depart here at 7am tomorrow and head to South Caicos to do our out clearance with Customs, and Tim will take on fuel. If weather conditions hold, we will depart South Caicos for another overnight run to Puerto Plato, Dominican Republic.
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