Culebra Internet
August 6th, 2007
One of the joys of living overseas is the chance that you might not have reliable internet access…well that is currently our situation here. We are going to San Juan tomorrow to try and buy a car, refrigerator, washing machine and most importantly to try and get a DSL modem.
In Culebra
August 1st, 2007
We made it to Culebra on Saturday from Tortola, British Virgin Islands by boat in four hours. Our internet access is spotty and slow at best. I will update more in the near future including pictures and a full trip report.
Packing
July 21st, 2007
I am working on making some updates to the Palmetto Guesthouse website and packing the last of our belongings before we move up to Culebra. The story on traveling with pets will get posted on Monday.
British Virgin Islands to Culebra
July 18th, 2007
Some people have inquired as to how we are going to get everything to Culebra (to the Palmetto Guesthouse) without spending a fortune on a container for shipping? My answer -
What did you do this weekend?
July 15th, 2007
I REALLY like living in the Caribbean, and I am certainly going to miss the British Virgin Islands. Luckily, we are only moving about 30 miles away. What does that have to do with the post title? This weekend I was supposed to do more of this - PACKING
Top Business Travel Destinations
July 7th, 2007
Two quick updates for Saturday - While thinking about my upcoming (riveting) post for this Monday on cubicles I began wondering what the top destinations for self-important business conference types might be? A quick search online didn’t return as many “surveys” as I thought it would have (are you listening business travel writers??). However, one site, Business Travel had a short article from August 2006 entitled, “Readers Top Conference Cities” and the number one response was “someplace tropical” with 43.48% of the vote. Strangely enough, the second choice was “someplace hip” such as, San Francisco, Portland, or Seattle with 39.13%. “Someplace hip,” are you kidding me? I really think some groovy travel editor just makes this crap up and then publishes it as a reader survey.
Buying in the British Virgin Islands - part 2
July 6th, 2007
With all of the development that is currently taking place in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) such as, Scrub Island, Beef Island, and Raffles Resort…We bring you part two of the article that was written by our first guest author. If you missed the first part of the post you can read from the beginning here:
http://www.mytropicalescape.com/2007/07/03/buying-a-home-in-the-british-virgin-islands/
Buying a home in the British Virgin Islands
July 3rd, 2007
Today we have our first guest writer here on mytropicalescape.com and they will be providing the finer details on the procedure associated with purchasing a home or property in the BVI (if you are not a citizen). These folks have purchased a home within the past couple of years so they are very well versed on the whole process.