Panorama Pictures. This is a virtual album pointing to all 42 of the panorama pictures from my early May 2007 trip to six of the Turks & Caicos islands. They are in the order taken, so the Provo pictures are split into my three visits to the island. All stitched using PTgui.
1
A panorama of Long Bay.
Source: Providenciales 2007
2
A panorama at Turquoise Ridge.
Source: Providenciales 2007
3
A panorama from a dock along Blue Hills Road. At [??]. The duplicate boy can be eliminated, but I haven't spent the time figuring out how.
Source: Providenciales 2007
4
A panorama of the Cheshire Hall ruins.
Source: Providenciales 2007
5
A small panorama of the beach behind the Five Cays Community Center. Looking north into Five Cays Bay.
Source: Providenciales 2007
6
A small panorama of the beach behind the Five Cays Community Center. Looking south at the Five Cays.
Source: Providenciales 2007
7
A panorama of Five Cays Bay from Stubbs Creek Point.
Source: Providenciales 2007
8
A panorama of Chalk Sound. Taken a little ways after Chalk Sound Road starts and I'm looking north.
Source: Providenciales 2007
9
Another panorama of Chalk Sound. Also looking north.
Source: Providenciales 2007
10
A panorama of Chalk Sound from off South Dock Road.
Source: Providenciales 2007
11
A panorama from the top of Taylor Hill looking at the Town Salinas and Balfour Town.
Source: Salt Cay 2007
12
Another panorama from the top of Taylor Hill looking at the Town Salinas and Balfour Town. This with a more zoomed out lens.
Source: Salt Cay 2007
13
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.
Source: Salt Cay 2007
14
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.
Source: Salt Cay 2007
15
A panorama of the Town Salinas. Taken standing just north of St. John's Anglican Church. Taylor Hill is the bump in the distance.
Source: Salt Cay 2007
16
A panorama from the South Creek Bird Sanctuary viewing platform. I saw no birds here.
Source: Salt Cay 2007
17
A panorama of Grey Salina.
Source: Salt Cay 2007
18
A panorama from the top of Colonel Murray's Hill. The highest point on the island. This was the location of the US missile-tracking station, now a ruin. Of course, with the dump in front, this view isn't the prettiest.
Source: Grand Turk 2007
19
A panorama from a platform along Lighthouse Rd. This is the future site of the Sailview Resort [never built]. Looking west over North Creek.
Source: Grand Turk 2007
20
A panorama of the plaza at the cruise ship center. This "tourism village" was designed to look like a Bermudian salt-rakers' settlement from the early 19th century. No cruise ship this Tuesday.
Source: Grand Turk 2007
21
Another panorama of the plaza at the cruise ship center. This one with the Jimmy Buffett Margaritaville, his largest. I gather some cruise ship passengers simply spend their entire day on the island in the Margaritaville and this complex.
Source: Grand Turk 2007
22
A panorama from Gun Hill. This is the second highest elevation on Grand Turk. In the early 1780s a small fortification with two cannons was built at this site by the English governor for protection against French invasion. The French did not attack immediately and the fort was dismantled. Most of the rocks were taken away for use in other building projects on the island, though the foundation rocks can still be seen.
If you look to the far right you can first see Gibbs Cay and then Long Cay.
Source: Grand Turk 2007
23
A panorama of Great Salina. I did not go across to what would be the South Creek National Park. It looked kind of industrial. I later learned that the building in the distance is "Sitting Pretty" H.M.S. Prison, and the national park is behind it.
Source: Grand Turk 2007
24
A panorama from atop a crane by East Bay. As you can see all the salinas are flooded. You can see telephone poles and no road. This has been a week since the rain and it has gone down some. (See higher level marks along right.) Atop the highest hill is the old commissioner's house.
Source: South Caicos 2007
25
A panorama of the flooded salinas from the old commissioner's house. The yellow crane I was standing on is off to the far right. To the left of this picture is the town, which the sun was directly over.
Source: South Caicos 2007
26
A morning panorama from the old commissioner's house looking over the town of Cockburn Harbour. This taken at 8:30 when the sun was favorable.
Source: South Caicos 2007
27
A panorama from beyond the airport looking south at Chalk Sound.
Source: Providenciales 2007
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Another panorama from beyond the airport looking south at Chalk Sound.
Source: Providenciales 2007
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Another panorama from beyond the airport looking south at Chalk Sound.
Source: Providenciales 2007
30
A panorama from outside my bedroom window in the Crosswinds villa [archive.org]. Looking south at 5:10 in the afternoon. The area with houses dotted in the distance is the hamlet of Bambarra.
Source: Middle Caicos 2007
31
A small panorama of Mudjen Harbour. Looking from above.
Source: Middle Caicos 2007
32
A 360° panorama from the hill at Mudjen Harbour. The buildings dotted about are the cottages and villas of the Blue Horizon Resort, which covers 50 acres.
Source: Middle Caicos 2007
33
A panorama of Mudjen Harbour. Standing on the beach. When the tide is low you can walk out the spit of sand and get to Dragon Cay.
Source: Middle Caicos 2007
34
A panorama looking out over Bottle Creek. Conch Cay and Blue Cay are the larger islands. I was where the road makes a bend to the west in Ready Money.
Source: North Caicos 2007
35
A panorama of the North Caicos Yacht Club & Marina in Sandy Point, a 153 acre canal and beach front subdivision. At the left are people arriving by boat from Provo and men picking them up.
Source: North Caicos 2007
36
Flamingo Pond in the late afternoon. It is high tide. I was told I would see flamingos. Not only did I not, I never saw any on this trip.
Source: North Caicos 2007
37
A morning panorama of Flamingo Pond.
Source: North Caicos 2007
38
I'm now back on Provo for my third time. This is The Hole (a deep water hole) on Sea Sage Hill Road in Long Bay Hills. To get it wider I stitched together two pictures. Note the difference with the deep fresh water blue hole I found on wetter North Caicos, which is full of water.
Source: Providenciales 2007
39
Another of The Hole. This is three pictures stitched.
Source: Providenciales 2007
40
A panorama of Sapodilla Bay from above the dock for the boats to West Caicos.
Source: Providenciales 2007
41
A panorama of Sapodilla Bay from the beach.
Source: Providenciales 2007
42
A panorama of Sapodilla Bay from Sapodilla Hill. This one gets Chalk Sound on the right.
Source: Providenciales 2007
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