http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/Virgin-Gorda/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Central America Caribbean , British Virgin Islands , Virgin Gorda en-us Sun, 06 Dec 09 14:50:56 +0000 Sun, 06 Dec 09 14:50:56 +0000 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. http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/Virgin-Gorda/blog-444558.html 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 Pusserrsquos store which http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/Virgin-Gorda/blog-438792.html 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 a http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/Virgin-Gorda/blog-436796.html Mi juin hellipLes rparations ont t effectues avec succs et plus de 400...Bon il faut ce qursquoil faut notre bateau est notre maison et ct fonctionnement il ne faut pas lsiner.Le lundi soir nous prparons le bateau dpart demain matin pour aller vers lrsquoEst.Le mardi 9 juin nous gagnons Puerto Patillas la route srsquoest faite sans problme sous voile et moteur avec le http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/Virgin-Gorda/blog-410488.html Hello there and thanks for checking in on me. I'll consider this the starting point for my roundtheworld 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 expensi http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/Virgin-Gorda/blog-320268.html Virgin Gorda is the thirdlargest 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 km. Christopher Columbus is said to have named the island The Fat Virgin because its silhouette resembles a rotund woman lying on her bac http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/Virgin-Gorda/blog-287998.html Before Mel Brad came to cruise wersquod 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. Irsquod also mentioned to a bunch of friends how we could get to The Baths on ou http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/Virgin-Gorda/blog-273205.html Every summer for 13 years now Irsquove 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 itrsquos been I think 4 years since theyrsquove been there. The boys used to joke with me about me coming to visit them in Tortola. It was a nice little fantasy tha http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/Virgin-Gorda/blog-263382.html 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 relaxationI 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 abo http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/Virgin-Gorda/blog-259413.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/Virgin-Gorda/blog-225361.html Latitude 30 deg 20 min N 70 deg 20 min W 400 miles SE of Cape Hatteras 200 miles SW of Bermuda and 700 miles from BVI wind NE 30 to 35 kts seas 12 ft 3 reefs in the main 70 of our small jib surfing 9 to 10 kts. We have come through several squalls tonight and there is lightning all around its 5 AM black the wind is fairly steady the seas are building. At our last radio check the prev http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/Virgin-Gorda/blog-225163.html Everyone has now arrived on Ocean Star and we set sail from Tortola on Saturday morning to our first anchoring spot at Virgin Gorda. All the students are from around the United States in fact I am the only person from the UK aboard so I am introducing them to important English traditions like marmite sandwichesBefore departure we had to stock the boat with food for 15 people for 80 days. Shop http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/Virgin-Gorda/blog-205566.html Voyage de noces The BathsnbspCentral America Caribbean raquonbspVirgin Islands raquonbspVirgin Gorda By MOANAJune 29th 2007France et GuyNotre voyage the Bath le 20 juin c'est dommage que nous ne puissions photographier ce que nous avons vu dans le fond de l'eau. C'est aussi cet endroit que quelqu'un avec les mains mouilles a pris notre camra et l'a endommage avec d http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/Virgin-Gorda/blog-175245.html The pickin's are slim at this time of year for restaurants on Virgin Gorda. Here are the ones we enjoyed in no particular order1 Dixie's local joint in Spanishtown open late and serving up tray after tray of fried chicken fabulous milkshakes and reggae videos. We got to meet Chicken Harry and Shadow two frequent patrons.2 Island Pot see previous post. We only saw Island Pot open http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/Virgin-Gorda/blog-96292.html We are huge proponents of free WiFi. It's always the smaller poorer cafes hotels and terminals that have free wireless while the large rich chains such as Starbucks and Westin charge an arm and a leg for access. Airport lounges are the worst. Not only should WiFi be provided free by the Port but at a minimum the super exclusive executive lounges should provide it gratis. The cost to do http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/Virgin-Gorda/blog-96291.html Are you tired of hearing about deserted beaches with crystal blue waters and soft as can be sand Well too bad here's one more for you to salivate over Savannah Bay is two bays over from Maho Bay where Mango Bay Resort is located. We stopped by to catch the sunset there one evening and met an American bulldog named Captain. He is not a swimmer like our Salty but he loves to jump and play http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/Virgin-Gorda/blog-96288.html J is now a certified PADI Open Water Scuba Diver After 4 days of intense work with Scuba Steve and his wife Sara he graduated at the top of his class of one. The classroom and shallow water part of the course were conducted at Little Dix Bay I know life's rough He made 4 dives off the Dog Islands Coral Gardens the Chimney Cockroach Island and the Visibles. These locations also h http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/Virgin-Gorda/blog-95222.html The biggest tourist attraction in Virgin Gorda is the Baths. It is difficult to describe this surreal place so I will let the pictures speak for themselves. There are actually two beaches. We hiked from one to the other through caves and up and down ladders then snorkeled back to the first. While snorkeling we saw a sea turtle and of course the requisite hundreds of tropical fish.Unfortunate http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/Virgin-Gorda/blog-94864.html