Grand Turk is probably one of my favorite places because it’s so laid back. We do the same thing every time we come here. We rented a golf cart through Karib for $90. I walked out of the cruise terminal, picked my golf cart and off we went.

I stopped by Her Majesty’s Prison first before heading over to the old library. I knew it had burnt down but I wanted to see it. It was a total loss, very sad.

CRUISERS GOING TO GRAND TURK: PLEASE DO THESE PEOPLE A FAVOR AND TAKE SOME BOOKS WITH YOU. YOU CAN DROP THEM OFF AT THE NEW LIBRARY WHICH IS LOCATED AT THE GOVERNMENT COMPLEX TO THE RIGHT ONCE YOU GET OUT OF THE TERMINAL AREA. YOU CAN ALSO DROP OFF BOOKS AT BOOTH #8 AT THE CRUISE TERMINAL WHICH IS JOANNE BUDDLE OF OCEAN VIBES.

We took our books directly to the new library. They had a single table with a few books on it, and that was it. Grand Turk is a very small island and very poor. They do not have a fire department and none is in the budget at least for 2017. If anything catches fire, it is a loss. Please, help these people out if you can. It was sad to see the lack of books they had.

From the library we headed on up through Cockburn Town (pronounced “Coeburn”) past John’s and the other shops. From there we headed up to the lighthouse. It’s somewhere we like to go because it’s at the other end of the island. It’s just a nice spot. From there we headed back to the other end of the island. We stopped at Governor’s Beach so the boys could see the shipwreck again. My youngest found a crab which was fun for him. From there we went down to Jack’s Shack which is where we spent the rest of our day.

We decided to eat at Jack’s before we spent the rest of the day playing. It was good food. One thing to remember when you order from ANY restaurant in the Caribbean, they are on island time. It’s not fast paced like in the USA. We got our food and rented 2 umbrellas to use at the beach. It was $90 for everything, again not bad. We then plopped our booty’s in our lounge chairs under the umbrellas and watched the amazing views. I spent the majority of the day sitting in the ocean. It was just such a perfect setting. Everyone was in the ocean just chatting with their beer, like at any land based club. My boys love Topher, the Caribbean’s most famous dog. If you ever go here, please take Topher a ball or Frisbee or something. This dog literally chases sand. He does love swimming and digging in the sand though.

2021 Update: Sadly, in late 2019 Topher passed away. Jack and Janet do have a new Goldendoodle named Calypso now.

After a long day, we ended up taking the golf cart back and going back to the ship. It was a great day.

Do yourself a favor, if you ever go to Grand Turk, get away from the cruise terminal. So many people hang out at the pool at Margaritaville and around the terminal beaches. WHY WHY WHY. You can do this at ANY beach city in the USA. It’s a chain restaurant people. Go out and explore the island you paid money to see. This is a very poor, small island. The people are so friendly here and welcoming though. There has never at any point that I felt unsafe here in any of my times ever going here. Grand Turk is awesome and their people are as well. Show them some love. The ONLY thing you have to get use to is driving on the left hand side of the road. Remember, this is a British territory.