May 31st, 2009 | Shelley
Well, he was at least important enough to have a beach and ridge named after him. When I did a little research, I discovered that he was Captain John Hawkins, the first known English visitor to the Turks and Caicos Islands in1563. But that’s beside the point. Today I visited the most fantastic beach in [...]
May 30th, 2009 | Shelley
Tarpon Point. That doesn’t say much about what it is, but there was a tarp on it (Ha ha). Tarpon Point is a place where the sea crashes up against the rocks on the tip of Ambergris Cay. Sometimes, a few random pieces of cargo from ships comes up on to the rocks. While I [...]
May 30th, 2009 | Shelley
I know that when I say that you must be thinking “huh?”. In reality, it’s the scientific name for Turks and Caicos Curly-tail Lizards. These fascinating (not so little…around 5 inches long!) lizards exist under the family Tropiduridae ( non-tropical ground lizards). They can be found in every possible location on the island, from the [...]
May 30th, 2009 | Shelley
I don’t really know what’s up with me and the scientific names. I just sort of think they’re cool, I guess. Anyway, melocactus intortus is the scientific name for a species on the island called Turks Head Cactus or Turks Cap Cactus. They are found all over the island and are especially plentiful around areas like the [...]
May 30th, 2009 | Shelley
What better to do when you see a cave than to shout into it? Almost nothing, except maybe look and see what’s inside it first, because I don’t know about you, but I wouldn’t want to shout and be rewarded by a huge bat colony swooping out at me.
Earlier today I was at a group [...]
May 29th, 2009 | Shelley
Eight legs, two pinchers, and a big ( but it can be little) stinger. What does that make you think of? When I hear that, I think: scorpion!
Today I was opening the windows of the ELC (Environmental Learning Center), business as usual, when I saw a relatively small “dead spider” in the windowsill. At least, it wasn’t moving and [...]
May 28th, 2009 | Shelley
One of the first things I was assigned to do on Ambergris Cay was work at the ELC, or Environmental Learning Center. A beautiful building located on Salt Rakers Cove, it has windsurfing, kayaking, snorkeling, and more. Beautiful though it is, it’s still full of never-ending jobs to do.
As the assistant naturalist to Will Hobbs [...]
May 28th, 2009 | Shelley
One of the many amazingly cool things that I’ve discovered while on the Cay are broken pottery bits. Two hundred years ago, settlers from another part of the world came with a few belongings to try and make a living on Ambergris Cay. When they came, they built houses out of the limestone plentiful [...]
May 28th, 2009 | Shelley
Today! What a good day! Three things made my day great.
The first, which was my least favorite, was my flight here, which consisted of sitting on airplanes and in airports for six hours straight. That was super boring, but still good because those planes were getting me even closer to my final destination: [...]
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