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Re: Gratitude and New Friends
[Re: bagsarepacked]
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02/28/2017 12:11 PM
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bagsarepacked said: We are going to be there in May ~ hoping to stay in CCB a night or two. Am I correct that the cruise ships are not as common at that time of year? I went to the BVI Ports Authority cruise schedule ( http://bviports.org/cruise-schedule/) and did a filtered search for last May. There were only 7 cruise ship visits that month - Disney and NCL.
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Re: Gratitude and New Friends
[Re: beachbum1216]
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02/28/2017 12:24 PM
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beachbum1216 said: Thank you Mark...This is a game changer...27 of 31 days has cruise ships of over 1500 people on Tortola and 19 in VG sound...I have been researching and planning this for weeks and now I am seriously considering going somewhere else...I am very much attracted to the much sleepier vibe of BVI compared to other islands...but with thousands of mostly rude and drunk cruise passengers I do not see how that squares with the low key vibe we seek...what say you? Some less visited beaches by cruise ship passengers that have relatively easy vehicle access include Smuggler's Cove and Brewers Bay on Tortola, Long Bay on Beef Island, and Savannah Bay on VG.
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Re: Gratitude and New Friends
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02/28/2017 03:34 PM
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I was planning to drive up to Leverick one day, take the water taxi to BEYC, get a room, go out to the rock for drinks and return and party at the BEYC pub and leave the next day. Can I do that up there and get a room without a reservation more or less spontaneously during a week long VG stay?
What is your favorite two week window during the year?
If you're staying in a villa on VG for a week why waste a night in what will likely be a beautiful home with pool AND privacy for a night in a resort? What we do is drive from the villa above Leverick, take the water taxi across the Sound, drink/eat, come back to Leverick and drink some more. If concerned you can always taxi to/from Leverick. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/toast.gif" alt="" /> We've been going to VG for five years now and with the exception of the Baths have never seen any "cruise masses". Hog Heaven tends to get a few safari busses that stop, unpile in all modes of dress/undress, and my wife and I just sit at the bar for profound entertainment. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Gratitude and New Friends
[Re: charlie]
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02/28/2017 06:25 PM
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charlie said: Savannah Bay on VG is a go to place for local's on their day off work. Wednesday is a little crowded, but Sunday's at Savannah is tailgate party day. You'll have to park up the road just down the dirt road from the main road. Grills are fired up, boom boxes are raging, kids running wild. It can be kind of fun, though, hanging with the crowd and chatting. And, they will offer you grilled meat and a beer. The rest of the week (except Wednesday, as some have that off) you just might have Sav. Bay to yourself. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Groovin.gif" alt="" /> Is it May yet? <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/jester.gif" alt="" /> We ended up there last year on a Sunday with my very newbie crew ( my two gorgeous daughters and a friend) ....was a VERY interesting day... Beer all day , goat stew cooked over an open fire and the most incredible people . An hour long beach walk lasted until 8 pm....
Kim
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Re: Gratitude and New Friends
[Re: sleepychef]
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03/01/2017 10:53 AM
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sleepychef said: Then come to Anegada... <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Clapping.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Clapping.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Clapping.gif" alt="" />
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