Welcome sign
Shipwreck
Grand Turk has lovely beaches and several salt ponds
Old barracks remain from the U. S. Navy base during the Cold War period
Beach just North of the Cruise Port. Hawes Pond Salina is in the background
The North end of the Cruise Port beach
Al on sandbar in the North Salina
Cockburn Town Front Street
Shops on Front Street are tourist oriented
Interesting handicrafts—some from Africa
Cockburn Town beach looking South
Beach looking North
Same beach and sea wall from a pier
Sign in front of the the small botanical garden across the street from the museum
Turks and Caicos National Museum
The Old Masonic Lodge (1855)
The Old Masonic Lodge viewed from a nearby pier
Continuing along Front Street
Walking out on a pier
Snorkeling from a catamaran off Cockburn Town
Waves breaking against the Front Street seawall
The Millennium Clock
Can you see the flamingos on the Town Pond? Look at the upper right
Zooming in
Another view of the Millennium Clock and the pavilions
A reminder that salt production was once the main business of Grand Turk for 300 years
A walk along the Town Pond
Same flamingos. Different view
Many migratory birds visit the salt salinas on Grand Turk
The old prison is no longer used
Her Majesty’s Prison c.1830-1994
Front Street is under repair at this end
St. Mary’s Anglican Church
Old military barracks. Government offices next door
Sea wall on Queen Street
Looking back at Cockburn Town
Locals claim that Grand Turk was the first island that Columbus reached after crossing the Atlantic. San Salvador in the Bahamas also claims that distinction
The Methodist Church from the other side of the Red Salina
Herons frequent the salinas
A flock of sandpipers
Sandpipers in the shallow water
Donkeys wander freely throughout the island—on the beaches...
And in the neighborhoods
This one wanted some affection
Half way back to the cruise port is this welcome sign pointing to the sky. The airport is across the road
The Carnival Dream can be seen around English Point
A replica of John Glenn’s Friendship 7 Mercury spacecraft is at the airport entrance commemorating the landing off the original in the water off Grand Turk in 1962
Hey! What a good idea. We need one of these in the United States
The crowded beach at the Carnival Cruise Port when we left in the morning
Returning to the cruise ship
