Continuing with our third installment of our Beyond the Page series with modern-day explorer Mario Rigby, we learn more about adventuring in the Turks and Caicos.
In the third installment of our Beyond the Page series with modern-day explorer Mario Rigby, we delve into the local spirit of adventure.
In this second installment of our series with modern-day explorer Mario Rigby, Mario takes an in-depth look into the tradition of basket making in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Mario Rigby heads to the island of Middle Caicos where he follows a trail that would connect Middle Caicos and North Caicos across terrain and shallow waters, not only stunningly beautiful, but steeped in island history.
Few things are as vital to islanders as boats, and this builder is preserving the old ways of making a TCI classic.
Step by step, shovel by methodical shovel, one of the pioneers of Turks and Caicos archaeology led crews of local volunteers on a ten-day trip across at least six centuries. The place: A soon-to-be developed tract in Providenciales’ south shore Long Bay community. The pioneer: Anthropologist Dr. Shaun Sullivan, whose archaeological survey of the Turks…
Many of them started showcasing their talents in Chrystal ‘TESS’ Charles’ backyard at the beloved entertainer’s ‘no-judgment, all love’ monthly open mic nights she dubbed B(ring) Y(our) O(wn) C(reativity) in April 2017. Some of them are veterans of the spoken word poetry scene trailblazed by the Towers of Babel, a performing arts troupe that first…
museum on providenciales celebrates life in turks and caicos
- February 5, 2018
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Curious about the history of these beautiful islands? Interested in how people lived in the Turks and Caicos before electricity, digital communications and international airlines? Looking for answers that don’t require traveling beyond Providenciales? Then take a turn off Grace Bay Road into the The Village at Grace Bay and find your way to the…
The sands of time have hidden from modern remembrances the storied remains of many bygone worlds. It was famed archaeologist Howard Carter who after an obsessive search in the 1920s finally unveiled to the world the nearly intact tomb of the 18th dynasty Kemetic boy Pharaoh, Tutankhamen. Here in the Turks and Caicos, Paul Farnsworth…
Perfume ads tend to conjure up surreal empty fields filled with flowers that bloom aromatically, but at the end of Middle Caicos, at a place called Wild Cow Run, that dream really does exist. Following the single road that winds through sleepy villages like Conch Bar and Bambarra, places where friendly elders pass the time…
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