The Pearl Residences Blog

Once again the Turks & Caicos Islands, particularly Grace Bay Beach are cited as the place to be!  Experience the finest and most natural setting the Caribbean has to offer.  New Yorkers should know!  We offer the best off all worlds, simple lifestyle with modern amenities.

You can walk the pristine white sands of Grace Bay and from your Pearl Residence property never see another soul.  This property is located far enough away from busy roadways, and is surrounded by undeveloped natural landscape that privacy is assured.

Find out what everyone else seems to know!  See you soon!

This is an image taken with just a cheap instant camera on a sunny day.  We believe this is Mojo, an offspring of our resident wild dolphin JoJo of Providenciales. I can’t express what it means to have a wild dolphin ‘choose’ you to play with.  A word of caution, please if you do come down here and meet up with the wild dolphin pack, be careful.  Drive in a straight path, at and don’t change your speed.  The reason we know for a fact this isn’t JoJo is that this dolphin isn’t covered in scars.

The dolphins will happily play in the path of the waves, and believe me it is beyond any entertainment you will ever be able to buy a ticket for.  But the dolphins will not be able to react quickly enough to the changes in direction/speed and will be hit by the blades of your outboard.

We took about 5 shots.  In the beginning we just stared dumbfounded, then we were hit with an elation that winning the lottery couldn’t compare to. I have no idea how long Mojo  was there. We felt amazingly ‘chosen’ and the wonder of pure joy and playfulness.  I was three years old again. To think that something so wild and free can ‘enjoy’ and ‘play’ was amazing.  Surrounded by warnings of pollution and global warning, this left me with the feeling that there is still time..

The Turks & Caicos actually made a ‘choice’ to not offer ‘penned’ dolphins and to allow JoJo to be free, and support, and protect his pod.  Beautiful by Nature simply doesn’t cover it.  I can’t believe I would feel even half of the elation with a penned dolphin, who has no choice but to ’play’.  I know I would turn down a million dollar lottery ticket to experience that day again.

Best Friends in Middle Caicos

Part of experiencing the Turks & Caicos Islands includes watching it grow in depth and compassion.  With all the luxury that you could wish for at the Pearl Residences, it is humbling to look at a happiness a little pup can bring.  Helping with the local potcake population really brings home what is truly important.  By opening up access to healthcare and education for these ‘ambassadors’ of the island you truly become part of the Beautiful by Nature experience.

We love animals and find that they truly do widen your world, Potcakes are dogs whose ancestors came on the ships that first landed.  True potcakes are still very tiny dogs, around the 30 pound mark.  Having Terrier traits, being the originals were ‘ratters’ who kept their ships and masters safe from the rats that plauged the ships.

Sadly, many of the potcakes are growing larger in size due to larger breeds being imported and not being spayed or neutered.  Please consider being a responsible owner, the Turks & Caicos will be better for it.  Also, look around the Turks & Caicos to see how you can join in on the evolution of this lovely country.  You and this land will be better for it!  To find out more visit http://www.tcspca.tc/news.html

Humpback Whale, acrobatics and songstress

The Humpback whales of the North Atlantic have returned.

The last week of January saw the first big wave of their annual migration. Numerous sightings were made on the surface between North West Point, Grace Bay and Pine Cay. Epic! The season is in full swing and the whales should provide us with encounters right until April.

Many charters on Providenciales will provide you with the opportunity to view these magnificent creatures.  You realize how luck you are to see such whales.  They are the most vocal singers and are coming down to our area of the world to breed.  They also are very acrobatic and feature various arcs, lobtailing, and breacing, either for social interaction, to remove parasites or just to have some fun.  You would if you could!

Just ask us for more information and we can put you incontact with some of the best charter whale watching companies around!

When you see these gentle whales, you will truly be changed.  There are so many natural events that will shape your vacation in ways that you can not begin to imagine.  The Turks & Caicos is very proud to NOT have a captive park to view the wildlife of the islands.  When you see something like this you feel humbled, fortunate, and like you have won the lottery!

We also have a wild pod of dolphins that while the TCI has a warden and a ‘jojo project‘ protecting them, they live freely around Providenciales, and if you are lucky you will be able to see him and his family..  More on that later

Beautiful By Nature

This is the slogan of the Turks & Caicos Islands.  This is also the theme for the Pearl Residences.  Over 400 ft of beachfront that looks out onto the North Shore, where the world’s third largest coral reef is commonly named, ‘The Wall’ as it drops to 100ft as you leave the waters of the TCI and enter the North Atlantic Ocean.  The Wall provides divers with the opportunity of a lifetime to see a wide variety of ocean life, from the shallow to deep diving groupers, crayfish and others.

The Pearl Residences also is vibrant with colour, and is set within the lush confines of 4 acres of natural flora.  Geckos abound along with local hummingbirds and they are happy to entertain you.  Above the water is as beautiful as below.

Vacation Dreaming

by Teresa Dearing

To bed, I say,
To dream, I pray,
Of some fair and distant land.

With trees that sway,
Over waters and bay,
With walks of warm, soft sand.

To curl my toes,
Burn up my nose,
And sleep ‘til almost noon.

To swim and play,
In the warmth of the bay,
Then dance to the locals tune.

Bright flowers greet,
Delicious things to eat,
Just hope I don’t wake too soon.

If so, I pray,
To wake, I may,
In this fair and distant land.