Sage Mountain national park on Tortola is great. As you drive up to about 1700 feet above the sea, everything suddenly changes. The temperature drops ...
Much of the success of BVI is attributed to its very tough immigration and naturalization policies. USVI is open to 300 million Americans who can...
Day 28. The BVI are much more diverse, compared to USVI. There are quite a few tourists from Europe (most notably France, England, Belgium, and G...
Day 27. Signs in a small grocery store on Tortola:
Day 26. Took a trip to Anegada. It's quite a unique island: totally flat, coral-formed, sparsely populated, slow, and ultra-peaceful. Anegada loo...
Yet another beautiful beach. This one is known as Long Bay. Access is easy, but luckily, cruise ship passengers do not make it here. This beach is goo...
Day 25. The greatness of any nation is determined by four things: 1. The cleanliness of the restrooms 2. The treatment of prisoners 3. T...
J.R. O'Neal Botanic Gardens, Road Town, Tortola. We were unimpressed.
Day 24. Some things are obvious after the fact. One of these things is that on Tortola beaches, people are exceptionally friendly, approachable, ...
The "dolphin steak" in the supermarket has nothing to do with Flipper's family but is mahi-mahi. Thank for that clarification, OT. I was indeed a...
A stern message to employees and customers in Rite Way supermarket: There are four problems with the sign: 1. No comma is needed after...
There is a delphinarium in Tortola where you can swim with the dolphins. Not far from there, there is a supermarket that sells dolphins as food:
Day 24. Took a trip to a nearby island, Jost Van Dyke. It's a very small island, 3 square miles. The White Bay beach is beautif...
The Sebastian's is a sea side restaurant with beautiful views, even late at night. They don't play music, and for a good reason: there is a soothing, ...
Overall, Tortola is cleaner than St Croix, but there are still occasional ugly spots like this scattered around the island. In the town where I live i...
Day 18. I am back to the beautiful Smuggler's Cove beach. There are 494 steps from one end to another. I walk slowly and purposefully, lett...
Day 15. The transformation has begun. The facial muscles relax. The pressure in the cranium subsides. The sharp, jerky, bouncy thoughts, once tra...
Brewer's Bay beach. Too crowded for me. I've tried about half a dozen beaches so far. Smuggler's Cove is the best.
Day 14. A large iguana. The tail is so long that it didn't fit in the frame.
B. When the sun is shining AND it is raining, it is said that God is beating his wife with a ham bone. That doesn't make any sense to me. There i...
Day 13. Being warm at all times is a magical thing. It pacifies and relaxes the mind. Warm weather is a lullaby to the mind. After some 10 v...
I've had enough of the D'CoalPot. This is a fine establishment, with excellent food and fine service. This is where the tourists flock, after a day on...
Day 11. Two funny things, both climate-related: 1. My rental SUV, Suzuki Grand Vitara, has heated seats. I tested that option, it does work....
Tropical rains are marvelous. They come out of nowhere, while the sun is still shining. The droplets are small, which makes the rain sound different, ...
Awesome trip report, Lots of goot questions, Cool shit ,but we all watched and learned from "The Cosby Show". Still curious about the letter "V", in...
