British Virgin Islands 27 March to 13 April'13

Well, the BVI's...what can I say, except it has it all! Crystal clear, warm water, beautiful clean beaches, and of course plenty to do, whether it's diving, fishing, suntanning or pub-hopping.

We were a bit limited and initially decided to stay here only a week, and ended up staying two. I guess it's true when you are in paradise, you cant rush or make set itineraries.


We were also lucky enough to be in Trellis Bay for a full moon party. It was amazing to see so many boats stuffed into this tiny anchorage.

These huge metal domes are filled with wood and set alight, music gets played and there are so many bars on the beach you are spoiled for choice.















The next day we made our way to Peter Island with a sizeable hangover. We anchored in Dead Man's Bay and hooked up with our friends from Zinani. The free, fast wifi was also a draw card.

About 2,5nm away is the wreck of the RMS Rhone. The captain decided to put to sea due to the anchor dragging only to be wrecked on Salt Island, checkout this link for more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Rhone

We snorkelled the Rhone early the following morning, before the crowds as they churn up the sand and silt, clouding the viz.







Incidentally, the underwater scenes in the movie, The Deep (Nick Nolte and Jaqueline  Bisette), were shot on this wreck.

 Next stop was the Soggy Dollar bar, on Jost van Dyke. This is the famous bar where patrons anchor just in front and swim with their Dollars to the beach bar and have drinks called Painkillers.

This is also where we met friends on 'Windchasers' whom we left with, from Langebaan, a year ago. We decided to do a little catching up...

The next day our friends on Nauticat arrived and we made our way over the small hill and down to Foxy's Bar, for a few more rum punches

The next day we all sailed to Leverick Bay where this Pirate Show takes place. Everyone is encouraged to take pAR!t. They also have a conch blowing contest, which Kieran and I took part in.

I managed to win by blowing it longer than a Norwegian chap, and won a 6-pack!

Mark on his way up after a dive through a small swimthru cave, at "The Dogs"

We also saw a small shark, yes it is there, look carefully!

There are so many beaches and snorkelling sites that we didn't get to see, as one could spend an entire season here sailing from island to island within the Virgin Islands including the US Virgin Islands. We still wanted to spend time in the Bahamas so we decided to skip Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic.

We left the BVI's and made for Sandy Cay, the southern most island of Turks and Caicos....