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Cane Garden
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Carrot Bay
What a breath-taking island! The Virgin
Islands, whether U.S. or British,
are truly a piece of heaven on earth. Lush green mountains,
gorgeous views of the sea and the many surrounding islands, and white sand
beaches. It seemed Tortola had a
beach for every need: sailing, surfing, or calmer waters for whimps like
us.
We spent the day with the majority
of our group, renting a large "open-air bus"
and touring most of the island, getting woozy on the narrow curvy
roads.
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Botanical Gardens
Not the best-maintained gardens we've seen, but there
was a lot to see and photograph.
Greg's favorite: the spiders. Joey's favorite: the
junkyard just outside the gardens.
Laila's favorite: getting back on the bus where a breeze could
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Breath-taking views of the Caribbean and harbors surrounding
Tortola... |
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At Pirate's Peek: Jimmy, Jarret, Joseph, Laila,
Bouncing Baby Ball, & Papa Walt (background). |
Rain in the distance, from Pirate's Peek |
A close-up of Cane Garden Bay... was going to be
our swimming destination.
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Another view of Carrot Bay, where we only saw two
surfers.
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Royal Plums - pretty but poisonous! |
Tortola is the sailing capital of the
Caribbean. This picture just doesn't give justice to the
amount of sail boats we actually saw here. |
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The Shell Museum
We were wondering where exactly the driver was taking us as he
backed into a side street and we passed by what looked like a junk
yard under a building. Turns out it was the famous shell
museum that was mentioned in the tour brochures. We'll just
let the pictures speak for themselves... |
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Back on the Boat
The ride was really rough, and Joey was pretty tired, so rather than
have lunch and head back out to Cane Garden Bay for a swim, we
decided to hang out on the boat and use the pool again. We
were treated to the same set of Reggae music the band had been
playing all week. At least now we knew all of the words!
We also played a commercial trivia game... if NCL had been in
better financial shape, Greg and I would have won a first place
prize! |
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