{"id":1253,"date":"2011-01-17T12:41:34","date_gmt":"2011-01-17T11:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/?p=1253"},"modified":"2011-01-17T03:42:37","modified_gmt":"2011-01-17T02:42:37","slug":"grand-turk-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/archives\/1253","title":{"rendered":"Grand Turk Island."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grand Turk Island. There is very little on the island except really great beaches and even better diving. I took a taxi from one end of the island to the other, to see the lighthouse and the island in general.<\/p>\n<p>\nTh lighthouse in the sun. This is very close to the spot where many people believe Columbus first landed on the left side of the Atlantic.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20110103\/20110103-4.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Th lighthouse in the sun. This is very close to the spot where many people believe Columbus first landed on the left side of the Atlantic.\"><\/p>\n<p>\nMore interestingly, the old US Navy Base (a suitable distance for keeping an eye on Cuba) is now all broken down.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20110103\/20110103-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"More interestingly, the old US Navy Base (a suitable distance for keeping an eye on Cuba) is now all broken down.\"><\/p>\n<p>\n<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20110103\/20110103-2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>\n<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20110103\/20110103-3.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>\n<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20110103\/20110103-4.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>\nI went to a dive center to go snorkeling.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20110103\/20110103-5.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"I went to a dive center to go snorkeling.\"><\/p>\n<p>\nI waited by this beach for my boat.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20110103\/20110103-6.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"I waited by this beach for my boat.\"><\/p>\n<p>\nI joined the dive master and a couple on the boat. They all did a scuba dive, and I tagged along with snorkeling. The snorkeling spot is the best place I&#8217;ve ever been, for both water clarity, sea life, types of rock, etc.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20110103\/20110103-7.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"I joined the dive master and a couple on the boat. They all did a scuba dive, and I tagged along with snorkeling. The snorkeling spot is the best place I've ever been, for both water clarity, sea life, types of rock, etc.\"><\/p>\n<p>\nI dived down to 44 feet, for sure, as the dive master checked when I reached the group. I know I dived deeper than that though, down to about 50 feet. In doing so, it seems I didn&#8217;t equalize the pressure in my mask, and got these weird bruises around my eyes.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20110103\/20110103-12.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"I dived down to 44 feet, for sure, as the dive master checked when I reached the group. I know I dived deeper than that though, down to about 50 feet. In doing so, it seems I didn't equalize the pressure in my mask, and got these weird bruises around my eyes.\"><\/p>\n<p>\nIt was a holiday. The town was deserted by mid-afternoon.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20110103\/20110103-8.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"It was a holiday. The town was deserted by mid-afternoon.\"><\/p>\n<p>\nI took photos of the Prinsendam as the sun set.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20110103\/20110103-9.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"I took photos of the Prinsendam as the sun set.\"><\/p>\n<p>\n<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20110103\/20110103-10.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s a HDR photo of the Prinsendam. I take a lot of photos of this ship, and I think this is one of my favorites.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20110103\/20110103-11.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Here's a HDR photo of the Prinsendam. I take a lot of photos of this ship, and I think this is one of my favorites.\"><\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grand Turk Island. There is very little on the island except really great beaches and even better diving. I took a taxi from one end of the island to the other, to see the lighthouse and the island in general. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/archives\/1253\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[27,10,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1253"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1253"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1254,"href":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1253\/revisions\/1254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}