Salt Cay 2007

Salt Cay, Turks & Caicos pictures taken May 5-7, 2007. Includes eight panoramas. The island is so compact that pictures will jump around in location. For some I waited until the sun was a certain way before getting them.


1: The Town Salinas, as I'm coming in for a landing. The road across the back of the salinas is Airport Road.
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2: The cutest airport terminal I've seen.
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3: Netty's Variety Store. Nettie managed the house I stayed at.
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4: Looking northeast at Long Bay from Taylor Hill.
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5: Looking southwest at Long Bay from Taylor Hill.
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6: The homestead ruins on top of Taylor Hill.
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7: A panorama from the top of Taylor Hill looking at the Town Salinas and Balfour Town.
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8: Another panorama from the top of Taylor Hill looking at the Town Salinas and Balfour Town. This with a more zoomed out lens.
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9: A sluice for bringing in fresh sea water.
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10: A panorama from the ridge inland from Little Bluff Lookout looking at the North Beach with Windmills Plantation [closed after Hurricane Ike in 2008] off to the right.
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11: A spider that belongs to genus 'Argiope', family Araneidae (orb weavers). Species unknown. [??]
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12: A panorama from the ridge inland from Little Bluff Lookout looking at town with the [name?] pond in front. Behind is an overly tall house built by an owner that used trickery to get it approved.
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13: The Ft. Pleasant late 18th c. canon at Little Bluff Lookout.
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14: Looking south down the coast from Little Bluff Lookout.
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15: Looking north up the coast from Little Bluff Lookout.
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16: The Windmills Plantation on North Beach. You'll have to scroll for this one.
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17: St. John's Anglican Church from the road. [does church have web site?]
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18: St. John's Anglican Church from inside the fence.
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19: The Purple Conch Cottage where I stayed.
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20: The town beach taken from Dunscombe Point.
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21: Some crustaceans [type?]. Locals call them "suck rock." At Dunscombe Point.
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22: The cemetery behind St. John's Anglican Church.
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23: Inside St. John's Anglican Church.
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24: The Bermuda chimney on an old hitchen house just north of St. John's.
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25: A panorama of the Town Salinas. Taken standing just north of St. John's Anglican Church. Taylor Hill is the bump in the distance.
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26: This was the headquarters of the old Salt Cay Benevolent Society.
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27: Inside the headquarters of the old Salt Cay Benevolent Society.
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28: The White House. A Bermudan salt trader home from the early 1800's. The roof is Bermuda limestone. It is still maintained by descendants of the family.
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29: The Brown House. Built by shipwright-turned-salt baron, Alexander Harriott, in 1832, it is another of the historic salt plantation homes on Salt Cay. It is now being restored and will be rentable as a grand villa. [URL needed when rentable]
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30: The salt warehouse ruins just north of The White House. Picture was taken from The White House deck.
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31: A panorama from the South Creek Bird Sanctuary viewing platform. I saw no birds here.
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32: A killdeer I found in the road below the bird sanctuary.
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33: The back of The White House showing its Bermuda kitchen.
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34: The Salt Cay Methodist Church, a classic example of British colonial architecture.
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35: The Island Thyme Bistro [archive.org]. They supplied most of my meals while I was there.
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36: The North Beach. I was standing just east of the Windmills Plantation.
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37: The Grey Salina coming into view.
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38: A panorama of Grey Salina.
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39: The Old Govenment House. This was once the home of the customs officers and government officials. Its gabled tin roof, motley stone, brick and slate walkways, and large stone Bahamian-style kitchen are signatures of the island's architectural heritage. The problem with getting someone to restore it is it is way inland and not on the water.
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40: A sunset. I didn't see any great ones.
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41: A government cistern.
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42: An old salt shed now used as a government storage shed. At the southeast corner of Victoria Street and Airport Road.
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43: The airport terminal again.
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44: The Air Turks & Caicos Twin Otter comes to get us.
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