Our 1st Anniversary

On Brewers Beach after a brew.

Tell the truth-

Would you rent a car from a business named iTGO? To celebrate our one year anniversary on board Exit Strategy, we decided to lease a car and tour the parts of Tortola that we haven't been able to get to by boat. There were many recognizable rental agencies available, yet Captain Dan chose iTGO.  Tank Jah, iTGO ovah de rockiess, ruttiess dirt roads; iTGO up de steepess, winden montens; den when iTGO don de odder side, de brakes be good.  An de Capten- he always tink to stay lef on de road!

All kidding and island speak aside, we spent two pleasant days tripping from one beach to another, one store to another, and of course, one more bar to another. Some of the paths we took were quite remote and the car and our nerves held up just fine.  Dan kept saying, "How can we get lost?  We're on an island!"  We repeatedly pulled over to ask for directions, but the roadside people either never heard of the place for which we were looking or they couldn't speak English (not even the Queen's)! We finally resorted to asking them to show us where we were on the map and sometimes that helped.

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Smuggler's Cove Beach

Saw my first LION FISH under a ledge in the reef along Smuggler's Cove Beach! This species is highly invasive and poisonous.  (Google Image- I didn't want to stick around to take a photo.)  

We visited Good Moon Farm that is located on an old sugarcane plantation known as Turnbull Estates.  This organic farm is perched on a mountainside, so all the planting beds are terraced, as was the sugarcane in bygone years. As all agricultural undertakings are, this one is  work in progress and Aragorn, the owner aims to expand.

A large ghost crab was curious about us on his beach.