Week ONE : BVI ...Tortola, Jost van Dyke, Great Camanoe and Virgin Gorda:

After arriving in the BVI at 8pm we had to choose the closest and easiest Bay to get into ... which was White Bay at Peter Island. Anchoring was easy with very little rolling. We are heading for Tortola : The main island and centre of commerce and government of the BVI! About 21 000 population with a lot of lovely white beaches and interesting bays ... the main town ...Road Town...

Road Town:

We left early morning for Tortola ... Road Town the next stop... to seek specialist attention to most of the damage we picked up on our crossing. We Anchored the first night just outside Village Key Marina ... right in front of the Governor's House!
The most exciting part of that anchorage was the internet access!! I had just enough time (starting at 5.30am) to get all my pictures uploaded and website updated before leaving. After a million mile walk we found the nest of all Leopards Cats ./.. That must be where they hatch..... Wickham's Cay II .... Sunsail / Moorings Base!!! - An arm of Tui Travel ... what an amazing setup ... extremely professionally run and very efficient. Well, they were so helpful and even made us stay a night at no cost at their docks to get their maintenance guys to assess the problems and fix what they could! Just blows my mind how nice they all were!
While the men were sweating on the boat I had to get out of the way and went browsing... well ... what a surprise to find a South African Delicatessen shop with Biltong and the works in it!! Needless to say there were also French and Italian delicatessen shops with equally testing goodies on offer!
Then the second huge surprise was the local grocery store ... it is huge - the size of a really big Coles (bigger than Moranbah's) or Pick'n Pay at the Waterfront ,CT - and the variety was mind blowing ... and that much cheaper than what we are use to! Paying everything in US dollars make the comparison with Aussie $ easy. Well we stocked up (as much as I could carry a 15 min walk back to the boat!.... and had or favourite sourdough French Baguettes, Edam Cheese, tomatoes, salad and cucumber open sandwiches !
Road Town has a very nice feel to it and great little arty and beautiful Home shops! We've decided to do that side of Tortola when we get back in 2 weeks for the last repair jobs.
The water is just enticingly blue and clear and sailing out of the bay at Road Town reminds me a lot of the Whitsundays with all the islands only a hop away!