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 Crafts Alive Village, Road
Town, Tortola, BVI by sabsi
Walk around, take a few colourful pictures and say hello to the wild chickens who seem to like this area. Buying postcards should be ok, too.
There are some nicer gift shops on the islands. The Foxhole at Great Harbour, Jost van Dyke is one of them. Other nice ones are Evily's Gift Shop and the Purple Turtle on Anegada and Blue Banana on Virgin Gorda. In Tortola you can stroll along Main Street and shop at Sunny Caribbee instead. Leave a Comment
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We had come to Tortola via the US Virgin Islands. I bet if we hadn't, like many other tourists we would have thought that a day trip to St. Thomas would be nice, after all it's only half an hour away. Luckily we saw St. Thomas before coming here and we were warned.
Don't go here for shopping, it's not as good as it sounds. Don't go here for beaches or scenery, St. Thomas is not even half as nice as the islands of the BVI. It's big, messy, crowded, full of big buildings and even dangerous (the BVIlanders call St. Thomas "Little Beirut"!).
Also you will have to pay departure tax and fill out forms and queue at the immigration in Charlotte Amalie which takes ages!
Drink a lot of Cruzan Rum, maybe search for a bargain or two ... and please try not to be shot ;)
Go to St. John. It looks nice and I heard many good things. So if you really want to leave the country for a trip to the USVI I would recommend St. John, even though I haven't been there. Leave a Comment
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The Taxi's, at $30 every time you get in one it is expensive!!! Leave a Comment
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 A free range rooster in
Roadtown - cool! by kleverkimberley
Unless you need to come and get your sailboat or drop it off there, there are much better places in the BVI and Tortola to spend time in.
(In fact, seeing all the cruise ships that go in and out, it totally turned me off the idea of taking a cruise - it's a bad location. Why would I pay money to go there?)
**If you do need to be there however, you should check out the Fort Burt Hotel - it's built on the foundations of a 1600's fort and was a great place to stay while we waited overnight to board our boat.
Truly, this Hotel was GREAT! And the restaurant is run by a culinary school - you'll pay for it but, it's worth every penny. Yummy food!
The north side of the island of Tortola is much more fun. Lots of places to choose from. Leave a Comment
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 Pristine coral reef by Gypsygirl05
Also, don't buy shells, corals, etc from shops. Many of these places actually kill the organism in question and polish it up for sale, instead of retrieving already dead corals and shells from the beaches.
Take a camera! Pictures are a great way to share your experience with everyone without destroying the habitat you visited. A photo of the crushed-up shell beach will be so much more rewarding than a single shell that you brought back. A framed photograph of your snorkelling trip will bring back great memories, while twenty years down the line, you may not even remember where that bit of coral you took came from. Leave a Comment
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