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Here we are...Had a beer at Foxy's yesterday and a hamburger, Dad had Conch fritters, and then I had another Presidente for George, incidentally George, you owe me 4 bucks, you asked me to have a beer for you...hehehe While waiting on lunch, long wait, M walked out towards the beach, spoke to a local, he told her a cute story...There is this huge black dog on the beach, a local dog, he asked me if I knew which brand he was. Sure he is a black labrador, he says do you know his name? I said NO. He replies his [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 16th 2008 | 113 Views | [diary=287812]

Foxy's
More...
Inside

Vieques (Spanish pronunciation: /'vjɛkɛs/ or /'bjɛkɛs/ or /'βjɛkɛs/; English pronunciation: or ), in full Isla de Vieques, is an island-municipality of Puerto Rico in the northeastern Caribbean. Although Puerto Rico is a U.S. Commonwealth, Vieques, like the rest of Puerto Rico, retains strong Spanish influences from 400 years of Spanish ownership. Vieques lies about 8 miles (13 km) to the east of the Puerto Rican mainland, and measures approximately 21 miles (34 km) long by 4 miles (6 km) wide. The two main towns [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 20th 2008 | 115 Views | [diary=336678]

Esperenza
Another beach

At roughly 8 square kilometers, Jost Van Dyke is the smallest of the four main islands of the British Virgin Islands, the northern portion of the archipelago of the Virgin Islands, located in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Jost Van Dyke lies about 5 miles to the northwest of Tortola and 5 miles to the north of Saint John. Little Jost Van Dyke lies off its eastern end. Like many of the neighboring islands, it is volcanic in origin and mountainous. The highest point on the island is Roach Hill at 321 meters (1054 ft). The most frequent mooring destination [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 17th 2008 | 191 Views | [diary=335518]

White Bay
Norman Cave

The Spanish Virgin Islands (sometimes known as the Passage Islands) are a group of islands just east of the main island of Puerto Rico. They are part of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Although United States territory, they are politically and culturally distinct from the Territory of the Virgin Islands of the United States (commonly called the U.S. Virgin Islands) which lies to the east of the Spanish Virgin Islands. As part of Puerto Rico, they formerly belonged to Spain, and Spanish remains the predominant language, although English is common. As Puerto Rican islands, they are often not [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 17th 2008 | 240 Views | [diary=335530]

Vieques

Isla Culebra (IPA: ) (Snake Island) is an island-municipality of Puerto Rico originally called Isla Pasaje and Isla de San Ildefonso. It is located approximately 17 miles east of the Puerto Rican mainland, 12 miles west of St. Thomas and 9 miles north of Vieques. Culebra is spread over 5 wards and Culebra (Dewey) Pueblo (The downtown area and the administrative center of the city). The island is also known as Isla Chiquita (Little Island) and Ultima Virgen (Last Virgin). Residents of the island are known as Culebrenses. These small islands are all classified as nature re [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 20th 2008 | 68 Views | [diary=336660]

Museum

Adding some pictures, enjoy! [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 17th 2008 | 65 Views | [diary=335489]

Path to Paradise
Maya Cove
Willy T

Virgin Gorda is the third-largest (after Tortola and Anegada) and second most populous of the British Virgin Islands (BVI). Located at approximately 18 degrees, 48 minutes North, and 64 degrees, 30 minutes West, it covers an area of about 8 square miles (21 kmē). Christopher Columbus is said to have named the island "The Fat Virgin", because its silhouette resembles a rotund woman lying on her back. The main town is Spanish Town on the southwestern part of the island. An unusual geologic formation known as "The Baths" located on the southern end of the island makes Virgin Gorda one of [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 16th 2008 | 125 Views | [diary=287998]

Boulders
Dad, resting
We went through there

The United States Virgin Islands is a group of islands in the Caribbean that are an insular area of the United States. The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles. The U.S. Virgin Islands consist of the main islands of Saint Croix, Saint John and Saint Thomas, along with the much smaller but historically distinct Water Island, and many other surrounding minor islands. The total land area of the territory is 346.36 kmē (133.73 sq mi). As of the 2000 census the population was 108,612. Three of the [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 17th 2008 | 358 Views | [diary=335524]

Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas
St Croix
St john's

Virgin Gorda is the third-largest (after Tortola and Anegada) and second most populous of the British Virgin Islands (BVI). Located at approximately 18 degrees, 48 minutes North, and 64 degrees, 30 minutes West, it covers an area of about 8 square miles (21 kmē). Christopher Columbus is said to have named the island "The Fat Virgin", because its silhouette resembles a rotund woman lying on her back. The main town is Spanish Town on the southwestern part of the island. An unusual geologic formation known as "The Baths" located on the southern end of the island makes Virgin Gorda one of [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 17th 2008 | 42 Views | [diary=335498]

Another view of the Baths
Virgin Gorda
Copper Mine ruins

This morning we had a cruisers meeting. We called the newspaper...I went back to the bank, WIB, walked right unto the managers office, with security guy on my heels. I told him my story, can you believe the lady I spoke to yesterday never mentioned this to the Manager. Or so he says...Told him basically same story. Now wondering if it is an inside job, hmmmmm. [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 9th 2008 | 22 Views | [diary=285234]




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