http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Central America Caribbean , British Virgin Islands en-us Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:07:49 +0000 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:07:49 +0000 With the autopilot fixed and provisions put away in their placeThe Rum Runner set sail at a significant paceOn to the Virgin Islands to meet up with our matesTo celebrate Christmas and to fill our platesWith a Christmas feast of turkey and hamAnd stuffing and gravy and a marshmallow yams.It was all delightful with laughter and cheerDinghy raft ups with friends and a couple of beers.We went http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/Tortola/blog-464379.html Getting to BVI from Denver is not the easiest travel itinerary. The airport is located on Beef Island Tortola. One option is to fly through San Juan Puerto Rico. We were warned about flights being delayed and canceled so it's best to fly into San Juan and spend the night before flying to Beef Island not so bad really. A second option is to fly to St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands and http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/Tortola/blog-450753.html Saving the best for last...our British Virgin Island boat trip ended at Jost Van Dyke Island where the Soggy Dollar Bar lives. The Sogg Dollar gets it name since you have to swim from your boat to get there. They have a clothes line along the bar to dry out wet dollar bills. The Soggy Dollar Bar is the creator of the Pain Killer drink. We also did a quick snorkel stop on our way back to St. John http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/Jost-Van-Dyke/blog-444568.html We had Cooper's Island to ourselves for lunch. http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/Cooper-Island/blog-444565.html 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 Cracked open our passports and took a day trip adventure around the British Virgin Islands. Pinch us we must be dreaming. Life can be this good http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/blog-444555.html We continued our trek through the British Virgin Islands by sailing over to Jost Van Dyke. This was one of the islands we stopped at last year yet our time here was brief. Too brief like only a few hours on shore to eat lunch and check out of customs and immigration. Which is certainly not enough time to explore any island in my opinion. So we were excited to return and spend more time ther http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/Jost-Van-Dyke/blog-439626.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 The next stop for the Rum Runner was Norman Island a very famous anchorage in the British Virgin Islands. Famous for the crazy parties aboard the floating pirate ship and bar the Willie T famous for the amazing snorkeling at nearby Pelican Island and the Indians a rock formation just north of the Bight and most famous for pirate lore and hidden treasures that were found in the caves on the http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/Norman-Island/blog-436575.html Hei rakkaat ystvt tss tulee nyt ensiksi Havannan kuulumiset jlkikteen ja lyhenneltynNiin siin sitten kvi ett pahin pelkoni toteutui heti kttelyss. Kaikki kirjani riistettiin minulta Helsinki Vantaan lentokentll. Minulle ji luettavaksi vain Nokia 75En ohjekirja ja Financial Times jonka sain lentokoneessa ja jonka tietenkin unohdin sinne joten madridilaisessa hotellissa en lukenu http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/blog-425635.html Had another AWESOME night in the Festival Village with my lovies I love being with those girls They are truly amazing A certain someone drank a little too much and 2 of us had to do a bit of babysitting for the rest of the night....but its all good Haha Heres some pics of the nightPS...for those that dont know....the Festival Village is a large open field with a stage to host the live ba http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/Tortola/blog-423912.html Ok so im currently at Home in the BVI thats British Virgin Islnds for those that dont know so im technically not traveling at the moment. However I just returned from St Vincent for 5 weeks and St Lucia for 9 days. Im home until August 11th when i'll be traveling to my favourate place in the whole world after home sweet home of course NEW YORK CITY I spend about 2 5 months there ev http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/Tortola/blog-423303.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 Every week I hope to include favorite travel destinations. Being in the Private Jet Industry with Jetlag is so amazing and I especially like the beautiful places that our jets bring clients to. One of those places is Peter Island. This is where I spent my honeymoon July 18th2008. After taking a beautiful yacht to the island we were received a very warm reception and tour of the island from the st http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/Peter-Island/blog-401460.html Hi everyone. We are anchored in Fat Hog's Bay Tortola British Virgin Islands. We've been in the BVIs a little over a week and have once again enjoyed our stay here. This is my 4th visit Jimmy's 5th to the BVIs. Jimmy has been diving at 3 different sites here this past week plus a lot of snorkeling. We ran into our friends Dave and Michelle on sv Daniell Storey whom we haven't seen sinc http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/Tortola/blog-371681.html Hi Everyone Itrsquos been a long time from the last post. I was a little distracted in Saba. I was having so much fun diving and hanging out with people I totally forgot to post a blog before I left I am in New York right now staying with Darcee. I leave tonight for Spain I am very excited to see Emily The last days in Saba were amazing. That part of the world is so wonderful. I am missing i http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/Tortola/blog-339983.html 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 neighb http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/Jost-Van-Dyke/blog-335518.html Anegada is the northernmost of the British Virgin Islands a group of islands which form part of the archipelago of the Virgin Islands. It lies approximately 15 miles 24 km north of Virgin Gorda. Anegada is the only inhabited one of the British Virgin Islands formed from coral and limestone rather than being of volcanic origin. While the other islands are mountainous Anegada is flat and low. I http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/British-Virgin-Islands/blog-335502.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/blog-335498.html