May 31st, 2009

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 a whole series of fantastic beaches, namely Hawkins Beach. The beach  is located an the southern tip of the island.  It’s really picturesque, with jagged  rocky cliffs averaging about twenty feet high surrounding a perfect sugar-sand beach. The water is a nice, clear blue, too. When I first arrived  there, I walked  for a few minutes, weaving in and among little tide pools, before arriving at the perfect spot for swimming. My family and I (including my little sister, Hollis, who’s in the picture at left) spent a few hours there before finally returning back to our rooms, where it took me forever to get all of that sand out of my hair.

Also, My research outlet for Captain Hawkins:

Sadler, H.E. Turks Island Landfall. Kingston: United Corporative Printers, 1997

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