We left the North Sound of Virgin Gorda yesterday morning on a perfect course for the southern tip of the island. Our destination was The Baths, an area of white sands and giant boulders the size of a VW bus. The info in the guidebooks reads... "The sea washes in between the huge rocks, creating large pools where shafts of light play upon the water, creating a dramatic effect." It's a prime tourist spot, but well worth it. The caves and tunnels created by these rock formations look like they belong in the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney World. Since it's low season, we were almost alone while exploring this National Park.
Today, we stopped at a really nice-looking reef referred to as Monkey Point. We visited this spot on our Cooper Island trip, but this time the reef looked in even better shape than it did four years ago. That's a rare occurrence these days as most reefs around the world are dying due to pollution and global warming. But this one was lovely and we saw many fish chomping eagerly for their lunch.
From Monkey Point, we set sail to Jost Van Dyke, one of the jewels of the BVIs. We're current on a mooring ball in Great Harbor - a nice, shallow anchorage. We went swimming from the boat and showered off the stern transom - very nice to do so outside instead of our small, inside shower. Now we are enjoying happy hour on the boat, watching a couple of turtles poke their heads up occasionally to say "hi."
Posted with Blogsy
No comments:
Post a Comment