Honeymoon Day 6 and 7

The Last of our Honeymoon...

This was our activity on Friday. You use the paddle board and the fin underneath the board helps you sail. You can use these boards to sail around the island. It was a great work-out and allowed for a little sunbathing at the same time. 

 

These are pictures from the sunset cruise Friday night. We went around the bay towards Necker Island and Bitter End Yacht Club. Necker Island is the ridiculously expensive island that Richard Branson owns. I heard that William and Kate thought about coming to it, but changed their minds. 

These are our friends from North Carolina, Dan and Shannon. They made our days exciting and helped us capture memories by taking pictures for us.

This is us celebrating our last day with our champagne from the first night. We tried to drink it and supposedly it was really good, but we're just not champagne drinkers. 

The last night ended sweetly. Dinner was great and I enjoyed a strawberry daquiri. So sad that our trip is almost over.

This is from our last day. It was another beautiful day, but then it was time for our ride back to Tortola to head back to Atlanta. Here is Dan and I on the plane headed back home. Now to make our new house a home!

Honeymoon Day 4 and 5

More Honeymoon...

This is Dan and I on our way to dinner. Unfortunately this is the last picture we had of our second night. When we got to dinner I noticed the camera sounded different and after turning it off once, the lens wouldn't open the next time I tried. I was sick about this, but tried to stay positive. The resort has digital cameras that can be rented by guests, but alas they were all checked out. So our third day on LDB was without a camera. We bought a disposable camera and will hopefully develop those images shortly. On Wednesday, we went to the spa. It was amazing. We had a couples massage and then spent most of the day relaxing on the mountainside. We could climb down to a private beach and lounge at the infinity pool. It was wonderful!

Then on Thursday morning I tried to start the camera again and IT WORKED! This was Dan showing some "enthusiasm" when I found out we had a camera again :)

The above pictures are from our dinner on Thursday night. We had dinner at the Sugar Mill and as you can see by the clean dessert plate, we ate every last bite. YUM!

These pictures are from Norman Island. We took a day trip there to enjoy more snorkeling and a Caribbean cookout. It was such a fun day. We explored and swam and then enjoyed so much food. The resort set up umbrellas for us and then had a limbo contest and cooked us all the food we could eat. It was another fun day. So hard to believe that it was Thursday. Time is going too fast!

These pictures are from the end of our day. We enjoyed some time together lounging on the beach and enjoying the Beach Grill at the resort. It was another beautiful day at LDB. Here are our married hands! Pretty rings :)

Honeymoon Day 2 and 3

Oh, to wake up to this again this morning. Beautiful!

This is Dan and I at the resort before leaving for our excursion. The resort does beach drop-offs at various locations around the island. For our first full day, we decided to visit the Baths. You have to strategically plan when to visit this spot of the BVI because tourists from all over come to this location. On somedays cruise ships drop off hundreds of people and it definitely would kill the atmosphere and snorkeling if there were so many people in this location. 

The resort packed us a beach picnic for lunch and they give you snorkel gear for the duration of your stay. They go ahead of you as well and set up umbrellas to give you shade throughout the day. They think of everything to make your day so enjoyable.

The water was so blue and clear. The snorkeling was absolutely fabulous. I have been to the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia and truly this was up there in comparison of wildlife. Of course, the reefs were exquisite in Australia, but the fish and sea creatures here were so comfortable they would swim right next to you.

It is such a natural wonder. There are rocks and boulders everywhere creating tunnels and passageways around the island. Dan and I loved exploring. Supposedly, Kenny Chesney took several pictures for different albums at this location. He loves the Caribbean and now we can see why...

We also met a couple named, Dan and Shannon, that became our beach buddies. Dan is a doctor and Shannon is a nurse from North Carolina. We traded off taking pictures for each other during the day. We later found out we had the same package and so we ended up spending some part of every day with them so that made for even better pictures and more fun for everyone.

After our excursion, we went back to the beach for a while and later in the afternoon Dan and I decided to venture into town. We walked to the city center near Spanish Town which was about a ten minute walk. It isn't an island like St. John or St. Thomas with several shops and tourist spots. This island is hardly affected by the resort-which I liked. Everything was natural and real and the people were living their daily lives.  We went to a grocery store and discovered that prices in the BVIs are a little less than America. Dan ended up purchasing a few things and then we (Dan) carried them back to the resort on our umbrella :)

That night we decided to try the other restaurant called The Pavilion. This night happened to be their Caribbean feast. This was ONE of the stations to eat from.  I think there were about eight total. It was unbelievable and all fresh.

That concluded our first full day. Don't we look very tropical in our attire? :)

On Tuesday, we scheduled an excursion to Norman Island. The resort took us out at 10:00am and then brought us back to the resort around 4:30pm. They took us to several different spots to snorkel and to explore the other islands.

The above picture is at our first stop. There were so many caves. 

The bottom picture is from a location called the Three Indians. This spot had the best snorkeling of the day. I almost didn't want to snorkel because it got a little cooler and the clouds covered the sun, but I am so thankful we got out. The wildlife was truly incredible. There were sting rays, turtles, fish of all kinds and a whole lot of reef.

Around lunch time the sun came back out and it was a perfect time to stop and eat. We docked at a floating restaurant and bar called William Thornton's (aka Willie T's). It is a little different crowd at night (we'll just say the guests wear a little less clothing than their bathing suit), but during the day we enjoyed ourselves and the meal-clothes intact :) 

We stopped at Peter Island for a while and we enjoyed this time to look around this island to see if we made the right choice about our honeymoon. We also looked into this resort, but were so glad we chose LDB when we left. The place is gorgeous and I'm sure very luxurious, but it looks more commercial. It does not have the same vibe as LBD and so we were happy with our choice.

Really though with landscapes like this and water this blue, you can't go wrong with the BVIs.