Could we live here? In this part of the Caribbean - the majority of its inhabitants see wealth come its way in ways we’ve never seen before. The 1% super rich doesn’t seem such a tiny percentile when it surrounds these islands in its dripping wealth. Indeed, the BVI has whole private islands, not just for one man on Necker either but houses upon houses that form island associations. On the same scrubby pieces of rock where pirates once tried to escape from, armed with one shot and that lonely bottle of rum. We landed on such an island recently. No coconut-chewing, goat-skinned mutineers to greet us but signs plastered everywhere saying ‘Private' and ‘No Trespassers’. We stuck around for Fin to do her business and were out of there. You can’t help wonder if these people who surround their homes with ‘Keep Out’ signs get a little insular themselves? Paranoid? Walk around holding rear-view mirrors? Call Trump and pick his brain for wall-building techniques? 

As well as the mansions and the private islands in the BVIs, there’s also the super yachts. People vacation here for short periods of time… to spend mega bucks. No cause for demanding behaviour then. For us, it brings the focus back to the people who live here. Nine-to-five, kids, family, normal. How can they see it? Number one: they're born in paradise; no need to move to it or sail an ocean. They’re already here. Number two: if the UK is largely a service economy then these are service islands. What can it be like watching the 1% of the 1% rich paddle-board around with their staff following them? You know before you begin that it’s a different life. At home, we’d only see this kind of wealth on television. Here it’s so close we could kiss it and somehow it seems even further away. 

Love from Quest and her crew xx