Day 2 (November 8, 2014): Conch for one, conch for all!

We got up at 8AM today, so that we could get an early start and visit one of the few attractions on the island -- the Provo Conch Farm -- in time for their 9:30AM turtle feeding.  We hurried through an excellent breakfast next to the hotel pool, jumped into our Suzuki (which is so basic the windows don't even roll down!), and zipped to the eastern tip of the island to the Conch Farm, arriving at 9:30AM.  Argh -- seems they don't have turtles anymore!  Oh well.  They do have lizards, though!

We enjoyed a very informative tour, all the same.  Growing conches is quite a science, but at least aquaculture keeps Turks & Caicos in constant supply of conch, which is an endangered species in the wild. 

These two conches are 14 years old and are called Jerry and Sally.  They kindly came out of their shells for us.  Notice the difference between the male and female.

By 10:30AM we were back at the hotel and on the beach.  A perfect, sunny day in the high 80s.  We were in and out of the water all day, and the snorkelling on the small reef in front of the hotel was excellent, offering a huge variety of fish.

The hotel offers up some water sports equipment, including a glass bottom kayak, which we took out for a whirl.

Similar to back home, the sun sets here at 5:15PM, now that Daylight Savings Time has ended. We did a long beach walk on Grace Bay Beach to watch the sun set.  The sky was amazing.

The day was rounded off with dinner at an Italian restaurant, where Pam had conch chowder, as I had last night.  After this morning's conch farm tour, though, and having met Jerry and Sally, she felt a little guilty about it!  

This was a 10/10 day on the relaxation scale.  We loved every minute of it.  Good night from Turks!