At anchor, French Cay, Turks & Caicos
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French Cay from our boat |
We walked completely around the island on the beach. The rest of the island is covered in thick bushes or fields of cacti.
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The beach was interesting, because the appearance of it kept
changing completely.
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We beached our dinghy in pure sand, but as we rounded the point, we found rows of conch shells harvested long ago. (You can tell because they have a cut in the shell).
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Further down the beach was covered in shells.
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Near the wreck the conch turned green with algae.
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The beach then turned into rock and dead coral and shells.
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Then, fossilized conch shells have become part of the rock.
The rock turned dark.
And back to the sand.
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Old conch shell buried in the sand |
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