Cruise liner calls

I am always amazed by the amount of cruise liners that call into the BVI, day after day.  Almost on a daily basis there are two super liners in Road Town not including other stops at the outer islands.  Last week there were six mega liners in town... you can imagine how busy Road Town was that day... not to mention how happy the taxi drivers were!

St Valentine's in the BVI

A bit strange to spend a St Valentine's day without someone to share it with but that's how it is. What I found very surprising is that here many ladies dress up in red and white on St Valentines. Don't know where this comes from but I think this an Americanism that has filtered through.

At work they organised a St Valentine's breakfast in which all the food was cooked by the staff. It was superb with great local food.. got so stuffed that nearly had to give lunch a break!

BTW in relation to a previous post... Johnny Cake is known like that and is not related to the person who cooks it and bush tea can literally be the nearest bush used to brew the infusion. For example today I tried lemon grass bush tea and mint bush tea. As with most natural infusions, some are known to have medicinal uses.

Limin on the laptop

Free Wi-Fi access across the BVI is easy to come by as many restaurants and bars have open Wi-Fi hotspots like this one in Village Cay Marina, have a drink, catch up on the latest news and e-mails and then head back to the yacht.

Pretty Pond

Drive past this little pond which is at the top of a hill every now and again so today stopped to take a photo of it.

 

Today has been my 11th dive day.  Beautiful dive with tons and tons of fish all over and a few turtles fro good measure.  Someone took some photos so when I get them (if) I'll post them.

Road Obstructions

One of the many things you pick up quickly in the BVI is not to trust what you cannot see, especially when driving around the many hairpin bends on the roads.

 

For example, after a rainny night you can count on there have been a good number of landslides and rocks on the road so beware of them.  At night it is quite usual to have people walking on the road (there are few pavements and most streets are not lit up).

 

But you can also come across livestock, sheep, goats and cows are a fairly common occurrence on the roads.

Pelicans

A poor attempt at catching these Pelicans in their Kamikaze dives for fish.

Main Street Road Town Tortola

Spent the morning walking around Road Town's Main Street, which I had still not seen.  Some great Caribbean colours in what is a quaint street.  Not what one would call a mjor shipping destination but still very interesting!