...The Bitter End

So far the British Virgin Islands have been incredible.  We arrived on Beef Island on Saturday afternoon, and were met at the airport by our captains Patrice and Pascal of the Go Free and Nahema IV.  Patrice is from France, and his wife, Anna Maria is from South Africa.  Pascal, Delis and Anesca are all from France as well.  The boats are amazing and we've been totally spoiled by the crews.  This morning we dove The Chimney off Great Dog Island.  Its a massive stone arch surrounded by incredible coral gardens.  A nice warm-up dive.  It's also supposed to have been Cousteau's favorite site in the BVIs.  Tomorrow we'll be diving on the Chikuzen, a 246 foot Japanese refrigeration ship that burned and sank in open ocean between Anegada and Tortola.  Tonight we're anchoring at The Bitter End, a marina on the north side of Virgin Gorda.  I doubt I'll be writing anything else before I get back to NY, but I'll have plenty of pictures and underwater video (hopefully) to share with you then!