Fort Burt Hotel Road Town
Waterfront Dr, P.O.Box 3380, Road Town Road Town, Tortola, Virgin Islands British
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Last Day
Today, our last day of sailing, was just a perfect day. The winds were great for tacking across the Sir Francis Drake Channel. We stopped in the Great Harbour Bay at Peter Island for some more snorkeling and a bite of lunch. After spending a few hours just enjoying the afternoon, we set sail to return to the marina in Road Town.
We arriving before dark, and refueled and backed the boat into the slip. ...
Philipsburg, St. Maarten, Netherlands, Antilles
... miles in size, is the smallest land mass in the world to be shared by two different nations. It is owned by both France and the Netherlands Antilles, thanks to a treaty signed over 350 years ago. The southern half is Sint Maarten, ruled by the Dutch (main town is Philispburg), and the notherns area is Saint Martin (main town is Marigot), the French side.
We were told that the best way to explore the island is to take the water taxi from the port over to the shopping ...
Arabella British Virgin Islands Cruise
... down many rocky steps. I headed down and decided to eat my lunch right away before the cold cuts got too warm. By the time I was finished, everyone else had made their way down. I met up with crew members Dan and Russ and another younger couple from the boat and we got lockers to stash our stuff before heading over to Devil’s Bay. We took an “off-road” route that included rolling down a rock into the water, rock climbing and part of the more traditional trail ...
Smallest NP ever
... take on the reduced and abridged Shakespeare which after a slow start was actually very funny, particularly the 3 additional re-tellings of Hamlet at high speed and backwards.
Mozzie bites: Two dozen and counting. I need a little bell to warn people to turn away. This is not fun.
What I listened to. More of the same – caught the Van Morrison this time though - ...


