"The Baths" To get there and back, you have to swim. The boat docks and we jump out and take a swim to get onto Virgin Gorda Island. A tiny little hike through rocks and caves. The boat picks us up at the other end. We take time to enjoy the amazing water and take turns jumping off the boat. As we leave, we see giant skull faces in the rocks. [View Full Entry]

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Mi juin … Les réparations ont été effectuées avec succès et plus de 400$... Bon, il faut ce qu’il faut; notre bateau est notre maison et côté fonctionnement, il ne faut pas lésiner. Le lundi soir, nous préparons le bateau, départ demain matin pour aller vers l’Est. Le mardi, 9 juin, nous gagnons Puerto Patillas ; la route s’est faite sans problème sous voile et moteur, avec le vent presque dans le nez. Partis à cinq voiliers, Hula a continué sa route et il reste donc (Wind whisperer, Emerald Seas, Blue Haven et Absaroque) quatre voiliers à l’ancre dans la bai [View Full Entry]

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We spent the next week touring the different anchorages in Virgin Gorda, which is one of the largest islands of the BVI chain. The first anchorage we stopped at was Leverick Bay, one of the newest Marina complexes built in the area. It has a great pool complete with a pool bar and restaurant, a very reputable dive company which we planned on utilizing, and of course a Pusser’s store (which are so prevalent in the BVIs that it is almost ridiculous). So we took a mooring ball and decided to stay for a couple of days. Unfortunately it was really [View Full Entry]

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The Baths are one of the coolest places to visit in Virgin Gorda, where giant granite boulders line the beach creating tidal pools, tunnels, arches, and grottoes. You can spend hours hiking around the Baths, and in fact we did. We decided to sail over to the southern end of Virgin Gorda to spend the day there- it was so much fun! The natural beauty created by this unique geologic formation is astounding, all set on a white beach with the sparkling blue of the Caribbean Ocean as the background. Wow! The giant boulders that make up the Baths are piled [View Full Entry]

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Hello there, and thanks for checking in on me. I'll consider this the starting point for my round-the-world trip. First stop was Tortola, the main island of the British Virgin Islands, and pretty much the hub from which getting to the other islands, as well as the U.S. islands, is made possible. Tortola is a pretty good place to really develop some hiking stamina as taxi cabs are really expensive (over $20 for a 4-mile transit) and I don't think there's more than 100 meters of flat surface on that entire island, except for the main road along the south shore. [View Full Entry]

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Before Mel & Brad came to cruise, we’d emailed back and forth about great things to see and do in the ports, good tours, good things to do on your own, my recommendations, their interests, etc. And for our day docked in Tortola, Mel wanted to do as I did last month and head over to The Baths at Virgin Gorda. I’d also mentioned to a bunch of friends how we could get to The Baths on our own and that I’d be going already, so then we ended up with a whole group of us going. Me, Mel & Brad [View Full Entry]

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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 km²). 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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Every summer for 13 years now, I’ve spent at Centauri Summer Arts Camp, in some capacity or another. There is a family who lives in Tortola (British Virgin Islands) and sent their two boys to camp for about 5 years, though it’s been I think 4 years since they’ve been there. The boys used to joke with me about me coming to visit them in Tortola. It was a nice little fantasy that I never really thought would happen. But now, here I am, sailing on the Liberty where one of our ports of call is Tortola! Thanks to the magic [View Full Entry]

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The time has come to say goodbye. After 6 months of travelling the Caribbean on Ocean Star, I now have a few months off to travel back to England, see my family, hang out with Mrs Mott, and generally enjoy some rest and relaxation! I hope you have had fun hearing about my adventures and finding out a little bit more about the weird and wonderful sights of the Caribbean, whether it was learning about the islands of the Lesser Antilles or seeing photos of the strange marine worms that live on coral reefs. Have a great Easter! Kirsty [View Full Entry]

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This is the last week of our current trip around the Caribbean, on Sunday all the students fly home and it will be a time for maintenance, training and rest aboard Ocean Star. To round up the end of the marine science courses, the shipmates spent this morning at a local school in the British Virgin Islands teaching the children about strange marine creatures and their ways of living and surviving in the sea. After a short lesson we split the group up into three and each section learnt about a different endangered species - turtles, whale sharks and Elkhorn coral. [View Full Entry]

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