We are keen to get a pilot book for the next leg of our journey, so Kevin accompanied Mike on a trip into Road Town today by taxi. Mike as a local citizen had to submit his taxes.
They were gone all day and had lunch out at a Chinese restaurant which serves a buffet type menu and is served with ruthless Chinese efficiency ( a stark contrast to the laid back Caribbean service!). Kevin was still raving about this when he returned, without pilot book. It would seem that the belief of the chandlers in the BVIs is that when you are here you won’t want to leave. Therefore, stocks of every type of BVI pilot are readily available but not a single other is available! Typically, everywhere else in the Caribbean we would have been able to get one, but not wanting to buy until we were sure of our plans we didn’t.
Kevin enjoyed seeing a bit more of the island including the improbably steep bends and twisty roads which basically take your over the hill and down the other side from where we are to get to Road Town. I was happy pottering on the boat getting a few jobs done.
A quiet night in after all our nights out. The fun thing about the BVIs is that nearly all the surrounding boats are here for a week or two weeks only so every evening there is a nice hum of people enjoying their time off to the full instead of going to bed before 10pm like all the cruisers!
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