On May 19^th, we bit the bullet.  We decided to leave for Luperon in the Dominican Republic the next day.  Mark checked us out of the country and the alarm clock was set for 5:30 am. 

We could have easily spend more time on Grand Turk and the anchor got set...

Most cruisers use the Turks and Caicos merely as a stopover between the Caribbean and the Bahamas.  Mark and I, on the other hand, like to explore and weren’t in a hurry quite yet, so we decided to stay a few weeks.  Checking in at customs in

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