British Virgin Islands

Journeys of Aardvarc
Ed
Sun 10 May 2009 19:10
position 18:27.0N 064:26.2W
 
Moved on to the British Virgin Islands and landed in Spanish Town, Virgin Gorda. Completely different to the southern part of the Caribbean. Much lower islands with white sand beaches, calmer conditions and less rainfall.......a refreshing change.
 
The birds are. I think, laughing gulls with a peculiar call, and very brave.
 
The highlight for me was diving on the wreck of RMS Rhone which was wrecked in about 1870 by a hurricane. The wreck is in shallow water so easy to see the propeller and engine. Also lots of fish and coral. The wreck was used in the film sequel to Jaws by Peter Benchley called 'The Deep'. It featured a very large aggressive Moray Eel but fortunately this did not make an appearance!

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