Fischer's Cove Beach Hotel Virgin Gorda

It's quite difficult to find good sushi in the BVI. The BVI Yacht Club has a Sushi Night each Thursday and the sushi is okay. The Dove Restaurant in Road Town has a small sampler selection which is better. So, when reports reached me that Sky Restaurant had employed a Japanese Teppan Yaki and Sushi chef and was producing excellent quality sushi 6 nights a week some friends and I decided to pay a visit to celebrate a birthday ...

... of a classic 19th century British Colonial outpost, perfectly attuned to its Caribbean location. The house opens up on one side to a large covered deck and dining patio, which are more covered outdoor extensions of the living and dining rooms. In addition one of the bedrooms opens up onto an uncovered veranda over looking Cane Garden Bay. <br><br>While the pool deck, dining patio and back veranda have spectacular views, the ...

... by volcanic eruptions, scattered about forming a beautiful grotto and tranquil pools. It was almost maze-like, climbing over that rock, squeezing through a narrow passageway. There were pools that seemingly were underground caves, others that were outside, and then another path leading over to Devil's Bay Beach, definitely one of the nicest beaches and places to snorkel and swim. Russ remembered the place as a popular Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition ...

... was sooooo not enough. There are so many beautiful places to see here so we had to clear out of the BVI's and do the quick across the border ...

... everything looked like a picture right out of a book! Who can't ask for anything better! We had a wonderful time. <br><br>With regret, after one hour of being here and having the time of our lives, we started heading back to the gate where we enjoyed a complimentary drink at the guests house. We then proceeded to make our way back to the ferry boat. The ride back was totally restful, everyone simply relaxing after an afterfoon full of ...

Another lovely day in the BVI. It began, sitting on deck, with a cup of coffee, watching a fuy in a speedboat pop over from Trellis Bay: clearly a vendor, as he stopped first at the large private yacht (Aurora; Hamilton), then at the cat nearby, full of a group of girls traveling with a chaperone -- Girl Scouts, we suspect; then he came to Dutchess. He was selling fresh fruit (we bought some; very expensive) and t-shirts which he had designed ...

... we rounded the point across from Saba Rock and walked along the path, lit by filagree lanterns, to the end of the road. Retracing our steps, we then walked to the south along the path towards the isthmus. Along the way, we befriended a kitty (the kids named it Monkey because it liked to climb palm trees.) He had a collar, otherwise, the kids may have adopted him. Eventually, the bugs drove us back to Dutchess where we almost promptly went to sleep.

... sleep. But, between periodic trains and infrequent planes, it was hard. Decided the sleep-park-fly thing was a good experiment but probably not worthwhile.<br><br>17 November<br><br>We were all awake and up early. Paul drove me to the airport, then returned to the take the shuttle from the hotel with the kids. We checked in -- not much wait for the First Class check-in, but we did have time to make fun of the family with the matching pink luggage behind us in line.<br> <br> Went to ...

... if I stop in. I was slightly embarrassed by my looks after a day at the beach, but I really wanted a photo. After finding so many options, I settled on two 5x5's- one of the Baths and another of a tire swing located on CGB (I later found out the palm with the swing had recently fallen down). But we were still hungry, so we settled on Pusser's, a local bar located across from the Virgin Gorda ferry. Before we could even get our food, we ran ...

... about 150 meters from the boat, we all had a good look through the binoculars and you could see it's humped fin. It is dangerous to get to close as you can crash into them. 12 hours later we arrived in Marina Cay Village, Tortola, the journey had involved a lot of sleeping as the wind had decided to have a day off. As we had arrived in the Tortola later than expected we decided to get our flights sorted. So first thing on the 16th we went to a travel ...