Enjoy a little bit of TCI history

Keeping in touch with the history that National Colony Realty has, we have upgraded our real estate magazine pages to include a little bit of the history of Turks and Caicos Islands. For instance, in the previous quarter, we featured the first telephone and telephone boot on island, and a walking path that residents used to tract from one settlement to the other.

In this latest edition, we featured the first airport terminal which our company founder Bengt Soderqvist played a vital role in developing, and the original island pride store at its inception. Island Pride has moved to several locations and has developed into one of the major food stores on the island, and therefore, seeing its original photos exudes a lot of history.

Keep watching for the updated editions of the TCREA real estate magazine and see what we feature next.

See below a sneek peek of what we are showcasing. This photo is a track road that residents travelled, to go to the settlement of Blue Hills. This photo is amazing and shows history to me because it proves the stories that my father and grandfather talked about, i.e. stories about walking to school and arriving with dusty feet etc. For others it is historic because it shows the vast difference between the area then and now.

Beaten path to Blue Hills

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Your health in the Turks & Caicos Islands

Dr Steve Borne, of Associated Medical Practices wrote an informative piece on “Your health in the Turks & Caicos Islands” in the most recent edition of our local Where When How magazine.

He covered topics such as:

• Sun Burn;
• Water & Dehydration;
• Vacation Dining Ailments;
• Insects Bites;
• Jelly Fish;
• Prescription Drugs; and
• Emergencies.

All of which are important information that one might want to know about while planning your vacation to the islands, and while on vacation. Ask the receptionist at your hotel for a copy or go online and and check out their site.

 

Contributed by Vernica. Em: vdelancy@gmail.com  

Continental Airlines to travel to Turks & Caicos Islands

Continental Airlines Offering New Flights between New York and Turks & Caicos

United Continental Holdings, Inc. announced that Continental Airlines will begin nonstop flights between its New York hub at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands (PLS), on Feb. 18, 2011, subject to government approval. Providenciales will be Continental’s 26th Caribbean destination.

Initially, flights will operate four times a week, on Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, converting to daily service on March 6, 2011.

“We are pleased to offer convenient access to Providenciales, a world-class get-away and an exciting new addition to the list of Caribbean destinations served by Continental and United,” said John Slater, United Airlines vice president of sales. “Our merger allows us to offer new flights to new destinations as we begin to efficiently utilize the combined fleet of both carriers.”

The approximately three-and-a-half-hour flight (CO 610) will depart Newark at 9:35 a.m., arriving in Providenciales at 1:10 p.m. The return flight (CO 615) will depart Providenciales at 2:05 p.m., arriving in Newark at 5:45 p.m. Continental will utilize a Boeing 737-800 for the new service, with seating for 160 passengers (16 in first class and 144 in economy).

The new service complements the combined airlines’ services to other top Caribbean leisure destinations like Aruba, Punta Cana, and Nassau. A popular vacation destination, Providenciales (also called Provo) is the most well known of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

While geographically part of the Bahamas chain of islands, Turks and Caicos Islands is a separate country consisting of 40 different islands and cays. Visitors also can enjoy the island’s coral reef; water sports such as diving, snorkeling and fishing; golf; a marine park; the world’s first conch farm; and luxury hotels, villas and spas. Providenciales’ official language is English, and its currency is the U.S. dollar.

Courtesy of http://www.caribbeannewsdigital.com/en/noticia/continental-airlines-offering-new-flights-between-new-york-and-turks-caicos

Contributed by Vernica. Em: delancy@nationalcolonyrealty.com