Purser's Landing

Next stop Tortola

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January 6th 2004
Tortola, British Virgin Islands Capital City is Roadtown Up early again to get ready for our trip on the Island. Tortola is the Capital of the British Virgin Islands. . There are 50 Islands in the British Virgin Island group and only 18 occupied. Raining quite hard as we get off the ship. Same type of transportation as St. Thomas except this one does not have a roll down curtain on our sid ... read more

Central America Caribbean » British Virgin Islands » Tortola

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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.... ... read more