{"id":3814,"date":"2017-12-24T03:13:45","date_gmt":"2017-12-24T03:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandm.ironboxconsulting.com\/?p=3814"},"modified":"2017-12-24T03:13:45","modified_gmt":"2017-12-24T03:13:45","slug":"first-stop-grand-turk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pandawagon.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/24\/first-stop-grand-turk\/","title":{"rendered":"First stop: Grand Turk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grand Turk was the smallest of the islands we visited &#8211; they should have called it Tiny Turk.  Both geographically small and with a population of only 4,000 what it lacked for in size was made up with via sting-ray massages.  The belly of a sting ray is the softest thing I have ever felt in my entire life.<\/p>\n<p>I bought some wine duty-free, which for some strange reason people think is a deal.  The prices didn&#8217;t seem that great, but my goal was to drink it on the ship, however, the alcohol patrol caught me bringing it on and I was told I couldn&#8217;t have it back until the last night.  Ugghhh&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>After our departure from Grand Turk, we had an emergency medical event by one of the passengers that required a helicopter landing.  That&#8217;s not something you see every day!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3814 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/pandawagon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_9575-e1514085182916.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/pandawagon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_9575-e1514085182916-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/pandawagon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_9128.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/pandawagon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_9128-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/pandawagon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_9115.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/pandawagon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_9115-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/pandawagon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_9113-e1514084992520.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/pandawagon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_9113-e1514084992520-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/pandawagon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_9102-e1514085065805.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/pandawagon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_9102-e1514085065805-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/pandawagon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_9051.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/pandawagon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_9051-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grand Turk was the smallest of the islands we visited &#8211; they should have called it Tiny Turk. 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