The travel Day from Hades and BVI Voyage Day 1

Ok guys, if you got the link for this blog, then you are all my friends. And as such you are required to forgive me for all errors in this blog! By reading the previous sentence you have hereby relinquished all abilities to be irritated by all misspellings, malgrammar, and poor blogging skills overall…lol

Having said that, lets get down to business…

For any who don't know, this is a blog following my adventures through the BVI (british virgin islands). Welcome, i hope it provides you some entertainment, maybe a laugh or two, and an overall diversion from the boredom of life in general….lol

So on friday night 3/19/10 i left seatac at 10 pm. And to make a long, boring story short, after a 6 hr plane "maintenance" delay and two missed water taxis later, after 21hrs of travel i finally arrive at my first destination, a Rhymers beach hotel at Cane Garden Bay, Tortola. Sooooo tired….. ,'-\ …. ( so the extra dots are drool coming out my mouth as i sleep) lol

Next day we woke up, Jared and his wife Agnieszka, (say that three times fast!!???) and i catch a cab to our port of call, The Moorings base in Road Town Tortola. There we met up with our instructor, Mike Rice, and all other crew members, Fred and his wife Julia, and Don with his wife Barbara. After loading up the boat with supplies we grabbed lunch and headed out to the high seas for a 7 day tour of the British Virgin Islands!!!

First destination: The caves of Norman Island. This was a pretty amazing lil spot. There's all these natural caves in the cliiff faces of this isle, with an amazing coral reefs teeming with brightly colored fish just outside them. The caves themselves could of been a hiding spot for treasures chest of pirates' of the carribean in the past! :-0 Sorry, i didn't find any…. :-(

We sailed due south around peter island, and dropped anchor right at the caves off the west coast of the norman isle, just south of "The Bight" or "Pirates Bight". We put on our snorkel gear, swam into the caves, and even saw a sea turtle!! (pretty rare to see!!) Notice the decent underwater shots i got!

After that we motored north, into the bight (a nice calm harbor) for the night, and dropped anchor. It was me and mikes turn on cooking duty, (go figure…. put the colored brotha kitchenside…lol just kiddin :-) so i fired up the bbq and grilled some lemon pepper mahi mahi ( quite delish if i do say so myself! lol) (note power crazed spakle in my eye on flame/bbq/sunset pic lol) which we followed with a delicious cheesecake with cherry topping… mmmmmmm

After dinner most people aboard wanted to hit the Willy T's, an infamous floating pirate themed bar in the bight thats known for its parrrrrty-harrrrrrrrty-haaarrrrrrrrs….! (pirate pun for those who didn't catch it…lol) Not to worry all, i was sooooo tired that i crashed instead. The stars were soooo, pretty and soooo bright that night on the water, and it was so calm and peaceful that i just decided to sleep up on deck under the stars. It was truly amazing, just hearing the waves lap against the boat and the perfect breeze blowing over your face, and opening your eyes to see the stars wish you to sleep… Truly an experience ill never forget……

..…..buuuuuuuutttttttt…….

Alas, the constant winter trade wind that has made the BVIs so famous as a sailing destination picked up strength and threatened to whip the blanket right off of my dormant body and carry it right into the blarney deep. Therefore i cried uncle and went in at about 4 am to retire below deck in the main salon…. :-(

Yet and still, one day of memories down, many more to make...