Providenciales Island (Provo), Caicos chain, Turks and Caicos Islands On April 23rd, 2007 we joined the 25 other boats already on anchor in Sapodilla Bay off the British territory of Provo. On our approach we noticed the vast number of expensive homes along the coast. After further exploration of the island we found it to be quite a tourist mecca. The gorgeous ocean coast beach at Grace Bay was door to door developments (some completed and others under construction). All the big chains seem to be there: Club Med, Breezes, Beaches, Ocean Club etc. offering everything imaginable for amusement such as whale watching, fishing charters, spas, parasailing, snuba with the turtles, seadoo rentals, kite boarding and on .... why they even offered outings on sailboats. What a lovely idea. We noted that beach-front estate homes on Grace Bay were selling from 12 million up. Since the wind would not co-operate with our departure plans, we shared in the rental of a car with Ivon & Carmel (Taima). We had an interesting visit to the world's only conch farm (www.caicosconchfarm.com), the "hole", had a stroll along the beautiful beach on Grace Bay and enjoyed a delicious lunch in one of the islands many restaurants. Barry did an excellent job of driving on the right, or should I say left, side of the road. We found that hitch hiking was an excellent method to get around. It seemed that the first car to pass would welcome you aboard and insisted on going out of their way to get you to your destination. The traffic was busy in this rapidly developing, diverse island. During our time on anchor off Provo we enjoyed a lovely dinner with Tom and Alex, and Ivon and Carmel on board Blind Faith as we shared in Tom's 30th birthday celebration. Champagne and chocolate cake were in order that day as we all wished Tom many happy returns. After a day of indecision regarding moving on in the less than desirable winds, we lifted anchor 6 days after our arrival and set off across the Caicos bank.