Friday, March 20, 2015

Virgin Islands

We spent Feb and March aboard Bozo Cinq in the Virgin Islands.. exploring and checking out the Spanish, British and American Virgin Islands. Below is a recap of the bigger islands and some statistics per Wikipedia:

Culebra- 11.6 sq miles, with a population of 1818, Flamenco Beach Ranked # 2 in the top 10 most exotic beaches in the world. It is located approximately 17 miles (27 km) east of the Puerto Rican
St Thomas- 31.24 square miles, with a population of 51,634 about 48.5% of the US Virgin Islands total.  
St John- 19.61 sq miles, with a population of 4,170. Because there are no airports on St. John, the only access to the island is by boat. Approximately 60% of the island is protected as Vigin Islands National Park. 
St Croix- 82.88 sq miles, with a population of 50,601. St. Croix is the largest of the islands in the territory.
Tortola- 21.5 sq miles, with a population of 23,908. Christopher Columbus named the island Tórtola, meaning "Turtle Dove" in Spanish.
Virgin Gorda- 8 square miles, with a population of 3,930. Christopher Columbus named the island "The Fat Virgin", because the island's profile on the horizon looks like a fat woman lying on her side.
Famous for "The Baths", Saba Rock and the Bitter End. 
Jost Van Dyke- 3 square mile, with a population of 298. Famous for Foxy's, Soggy Dollar Bar and the Bubbly Pool.
Little Jost Van Dyke- With a population of 1, it is the location of the Diamond Cay National Park, which includes the nesting grounds of wild boobies, terns and pelicans.

We had a great trip...Kevin/ Carol joined us for a week in Feb and Diane /John joined us for a week in March. Below are some highlight with pictures.

Foxy's Bar on Jost Van Dyke with Foxy himself at 77 years old:

Sunset from Saba Rock:

Sisters on the beach:

 The "Bubble Pool" at Jost Van Dyke

Trellis Bay at Aragorn's Studio
Dingy rides:


Captain Bozo and Admiral Joanne talking their beach walk in the Virgin Islands: