Tortola Stories


A small fish in a big sea! Come on and VOTE for me!

You know, there are all kinds of ways to travel but the most fun is the adventure that is won! I would like to ask anyone who is on Facebook that loves to travel and understands that awesome feeling of a new adventure to vote for my Bucket List story. My story is about Island Time and for those of you who have experienced this for yourselves you'll ...


Caribbean Blue

It has been the coldest winter in many, many years people around these parts of Virginia are saying. I have only lived here 8 months and have seen dumps of over a foot of snow. I have gone sledding with my kids for four days straight. I have surfed 38 degree water in North Carolina just to get my fix. The thing is, I hate winter with a passion. Having h...


BVI - British Virgin Islands

BVI was HOT! I mean HOT but hey, we went in August. I do not have a great tolerance for heat but it was a lesson learned and I just have to learn to get over that. We flew out of Dulles International airport in the wee morning hours, we actually watched the sun rise while waiting in line to get our boarding passes. We had a textbook flight to Puerto Ric...


Caribbean time

From New York we travelled to the British Virgin Islands via San Juan. Although the hurricane season has apparently started the weather has been fine and hot every day with the odd shower or two (which last for no more than 5 minutes or so). The Catamaran has been a lot of fun and is also very comfortable. It is 44 feet in length, has 4 pretty go...