Tortola Vacations, Tortola Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

When the ferry returned to Tortola from Virgin Gorda, Drew and Julia wanted to go back on the ship. I was up for more exploring. So, I headed off the wharf at Wickham's Cay 1 to walk down the street into Road Town, the capital of BVI. I had to set foot on Tortola proper and offi…

We have all seen the oh so cheesy adverts on TV beckoning people to come to the carribean, the golden sands, the bluer than blue waters,the couple holding hands and a small child with an overly exagerated smile placed on his or her face. Me being the sceptic that I am wrote this off as a cleverly orchastrated advertsing strategy surely it cant be this beautiful? I was wrong. I set off to the BVI to stay with a friend from back home who has taken residence as a skipper on the open seas.

So last night, our generator broke and weren't on shore power because we didn't have an actual 'spot' at the dock (it was so crowded when we got there that we were assigned a spot along the wall).  Everyone was miserable from like 1 or 2am onward because we had no ventilation and were all hot …