Blogs from Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands, Central America Caribbean - page 2

The hike starts at sea level stepping up through the wild bush and up stony steps into openings that lead to two main look outs with stunning views of the islands and clear Caribbean water. The hike loops down to the start point. After a big breakfast the Wasabi went out on a sea quest mission to bring some lobsters for dinner with no luck. The lobsters are taken by the commercial fishermen who sell exclusively to the restaurants in the minimum amount of 300 lobsters. We offered 100 bucks for 6 lobsters and were turned down. With no catch we went to the resorts restaurant that offers and incredible seafood buffet. The risotto ‘a-la-cart' was the highlight. I had strawberry homemade sorbet and fat free de-caf cappuccino to end the day...that explains how I gained ... read more

Mardi le 26 avril, 2011 Virgin Gorda (Ile Vierge Britannique) Bonjour à tous, Pour commencer des nouvelles de ma grande sœur. Elle va toujours bien. Les résultats à date sont encourageants. À date elle a reçu 5 traitements de chimio et son cancer du poumon a régressé. Maintenant ils vont travailler au niveau de sa colonne vertébrale. La semaine dernière elle a rencontré son radio-oncologue pour recevoir un traitement de radiothérapie au niveau de la métastase à la colonne. ‘The Party is Over’ Comme toute bonne chose a une fin, notre périple dans les Iles Vierges tire à sa fin. Nous prenons l’avion demain vers la maison après avoir nettoyé, astiqué et recouvert Grand Style pour son repos au Virgin Gorda Yacht Club. Depuis notre dernier blogue nous avons continué l’exploration des Iles Vierges Britannique . ... read more

"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.... read more

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 windy while we were there and the dive conditions were poor. The visibility was worse than it had ever been, thanks to the heavy rains washing out the Orinoco River Basin in Venezuela. You could ... read more

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. It's also a good place to go on a starvation diet as even a cheeseburger will cost you at least $12. I was walking about 10-miles per day for the three days that I was ... read more