More pictures of beautiful places, somewhat out of order

We hiked to a place called Water Lemon, about a mile and a half outside camp. It was an easy level hike, but when we got there we walked on rock beach and overgrown trail, all the way around the bay. The chief attraction here is the small island in the mouth of the bay that supports a very beautiful coral reef. You can snorkel all the way around this island and see some really great coral and sea life. It was a quick trip, but a very beautiful place to go.

Donkeys chilling on the beach on the hike to rams head. There are herds of wild donkey all over the island as well ad goats and chickens. They have just roamed free for so long that there is no one to claim them any more.

The small island at the mouth of Water Lemon. The island behind it is the Great Thatch Island in the BVI, but from the Hike, we could see Tortola, the biggest BVI and the capitol of the BVI.

Sitting on top of the cliff jump at Whistling Cay. Its a hairy climb up to the rock, but it is so beautiful once you are up there, and then you jump off it.

The view back to the south shore of St. John from Rams Head. This hike is a really cool trek out to the southernmost tip or the island. Looking out from this point, there is nothing but ocean. It is usually really breezy and hot, but we made it on a cloudy day, so we weren't sweltering.

Yesterday the camp threw a beach party and we grilled out and floated all day. I am trying to get motivated to hike to Coral Bay over the Johnny Horn Trail, but it is really steep. I am taking another trip to the BVI next week on a boat called the Kokoa, a cat designed to carry 60, but we have chartered it for 12. SHould be really fun. Work is going great and now that the camp is feeding me, a condition of my extension, life is much less expensive. I hope to dive again before I go, and I am also hoping to rent a scooter so as to explore some of the more remote parts of the island.

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Photos Finally

So here are a bunch of pictures from the many things I have been doing. I wish I had invested in a drybox for my camera so that I could take it everywhere, but there are some trips that it is just to risky to take it. The first picture is reef bay waterfalls, near the petroglyphs I wrote about before.


These are the sugar mill ruins on the reef bay trail. They are really interesting in how they have been preserved and degraded. The National Park has posted signs explaining the process and the how the different parts of the ruin were used to manufacture the sugar. This ruin was filled with bats and deer and the occasional mongoose.

As I said, it is hard to explain the Baths on Virging Gorda, in the BVI. This is just one of the many pictures I took of them, but this is one of the most famous spots withing the Baths. This particular cave is called the cathedral because of its shape and the way that the sun reflects off the wall, giving the impression of stained glass.


Me and my friend Ronnie cliff jumping at Whistling Cay, straight of Maho Bay camps. We jumped at the same time off two spots, I chose the really sketchy jump. Sorry mom.

Me and a bunch of other Maho volunteers at The Beach Bar in Cruz Bay for the 10th Annual Bar Wars. The bar hosts a competition between bartenders at all the bars on island. They field teams and compete in a short, booze soaked obstacle course testing who is the best bartender. The teams who are eliminated can buy back in for a lot of money and all proceeds go to the humane society. They are literally drinking for the puppies. The middle picture shows Ollie, on the right, getting ready for the swimming leg of the relay. Maho, did well, but a dropped margarita in the semi-finals, eliminated us.


I have had the last few days off so I went cliff jumping again, hiked Rams Head, got another dive in, kayaked, swam a few miles to Cinnamon Bay, played beach volleyball, and snorkeled in the bay here. Again, need to be careful with the camera, but I am trying to take lots of pictures.

The Kitchen has been really short handed and so they have convinced me to stay two more weeks. I will be on island through the end of the month. I am really happy as I wasn't ready to leave . Thanks for reading, miss you all.