Background: First settled by the Dutch in 1648, the islands were annexed in 1672 by the English. The economy is closely tied to the larger and more populous US Virgin Islands to the west; the US dollar is the legal currency.
April 21st 2008Central America Caribbean » British Virgin Islands » Tortola One area in the BVIs that we were excited to explore was Cane Garden Bay on the western end of Tortola. Unfortunately we had skipped this anchorage on our trip 10 years ago and we wanted to make sure ... 6 photos[full story]
April 20th 2008Central America Caribbean » British Virgin Islands » Tortola We decided to cross the Sir Francis Drake Channel into the territorial waters of the British Virgin Islands, a whopping 2 miles away from St. John. Our first stop was Soper’s Hole on Tortola to ... 2 photos[full story]
January 7th 2008Central America Caribbean » British Virgin Islands » Tortola Happy 2008 to you all!
The Fox family set sail in the Caribbean for a 10-day adventure that proved to be a true vacation and some quality family time.
We left Denver the day after Christmas lea ... 26 photos[full story]
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