This is yet another 3-day weekend in the British Virgin Islands….Whit Monday. We decided to have a hike and picnic yesterday, and headed over to Brewer’s Bay…one of the least utilized and a most beautiful Caribbean beach on Tortola. It’s quite a drive down steep and winding roads to the bay, which is a rain forest environment on the beach. There is even a small campground, replete with rustic campsites and hammocks. There is a lovely beach bar with typical island beach food…fried shrimp, fried conch, green salad with peppers, and rum! Yesterday someone had the television tuned to the horse races in St. Croix, where some of Tortola’s best racehorses were competing.
Brewer’s is a perfect horseshoe bay, with rocks to the left that herald
amazing snorkeling. Huge coral formations provide homes for a variety of fish.
After a marathon snorkeling and swim session, it’s back under the shade at the top of the beach for our picnic of carrots and hummus, conch pates, and salad with cherry tomatos from our garden.
Just a few other folks are on the beach…and the beach is so long that our personal spot is private.
Ah, BVI Tortola….my turtledove! The perfect place for Caribbean family vacations….we are lucky because we are staying at Emerald Reef on Frenchman’s Cay in Tortola, a really wonderful luxury villa in the Caribbean.