As I sit on my porch, I watch a panoply of delightful critters walk, leap and slither past. A small anole lizard creeps up the wall in an impressive Spiderman like feat in order to feast off moths hovering around the porch light.
My first day sail opened my eyes to a whole new world both on the water’s surface and the marine world just below. it is an experience that echoes that of many visitors.
The BVI – a collection of over 60 picture postcard pretty islands – is a world-renowned sailing destination. The water is crystal-clear and the trade winds are steady. Each anchorage, […]
Dame Janice M. Pereira, who has had a distinguished career as a Virgin Islands lawyer, and most recently, as the first female Chief Justice at the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, has now added to her string of honors by being appointed to the UK’s Privy Council.
By Jane Bakewell Enjoy a full-packed day on the Tortola History Trail covering four important sites with stops for coffee, lunch and ending with a Caribbean rum-infused sunset. After all, destinations with pristine […]
Princess Ann of Great Britain takes a stroll through a mangrove stand on Tortola. Mangroves serve the BVI in many unique and special ways.
By Jane Bakewell One thing to know about historian, Angel Smith is that he is a “storyteller.” In a recent interview at the Archives and Records Unit of the BVI, […]
by Jim Scheiner Up close and personal with the BVI’s beautiful and wondrous marine invertebrates I must look ridiculous, stretched out on the sand at 60 feet. I haven’t moved […]
By Claudia Colli In the early days of BVI tourism, bareboating – or chartering a yacht without a hired skipper or crew – was a daring idea. But even so, […]
By Claudia Colli Salmon pink and of elegant stature, the roseate flamingo has been a fixture of the BVI for decades. So, I was particularly interested in learning that there […]
Jimmy Buffet died on September 1st, but his memory will live on with his thousands of fans around the world – and with me, who in 1977 interviewed him aboard his sailboa in the BVI.,