Puerto Rico!!

Finally made it to Puerto Rico, and with a bit of trouble at immigrations managed to get a visa to enter. Great to speak Spanish again and start enjoying the local culture.

Meeting the locals. 

Great to be ashore in a Spanish speaking country, I look forward to practicing some Spanish in the next week!

En Route to Puerto Rico!

The next day we headed for Puerto Rico! A 2/3 day journey over the sea.

Every time I was on watch, I swear there was something trying to run us over. Believe it or not, this photo below is a cruise ship and literally blocked out the sky when it went past. It had so many lights on board, I lost sight of all the stars. 

The next day I had a tanker getting pretty close too. 

Daryl also did some fishing and we caught a nice Mahi Mahi!

Daryl, our registered hunter gatherer! 

Finally caught sight of Puerto Rico!

Heading to Puerto Rico!

Once the weather forecasts were in our favor, we worked our way across the Turks and Caicos bank and anchored off one of the most eastern islands. Tomorrow we will set off on a two day passage to Puerto Rico!!!

Mum and I anchoring the boat. 

A giant starfish I found under our boat!

Mum's Birthday!

We spent mum's birthday at the Turks and Caicos Islands, so we hired a car and went inland a little. We found a real cafe with proper coffee and had a fantastic lunch too!

We also had a birthday party on board with all the other live-abourds, what a great night!

Birthday lunch!

A stunning beach we found on our travels!

Turks and Caicos!

We headed off to the Turks and Caicos Islands where we stayed about a week, sheltering from the weather. 

The island was a bit of a mess, with old sunken boats lying everywhere! However we managed to get some much needed diesel for the boat with a little difficulty!!

Mooring up to get some diesel on the tanker quay.

There were quite a few waterspouts around, not a friendly sight!

However, we did some exploring around the island and found some really nice beaches!

Mum and I swam ashore to this beach, where we found 2 kiwis enjoying the sun! In the middle of nowhere!!

Mum doing some exploring!

Another beautiful day!

The Mermaid & The Piano!

One early morning we set off to find this unique sculpture at the bottom of the sea. As you can imagine it was hard to find! We jumped overboard quite a few times before we found the right bay, but it was worth the patience! 

David Copperfield, the famed musician, owns the whole island of Musha Cay and got this sculpture commissioned personally. What a find!

A beautiful sculpture at the bottom of the sea.

Mum diving down to take a closer look.

Beautiful and unique idea!

Looking up to the surface.

Not quite as elegant as the mermaid but I tried!

Georgetown - Hike up the Hill!

Mum and I decided to take a hike up one of the surrounding hills and the view was amazing! Its hard to get over how clear and blue the water is here, I doubt I'll ever take it for granted!

View from the top!

Mother and daughter.

The beach we moored at was amazing as well.