Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
SHIP AHOY
No, it's not the booze playing tricks with your eyes. If you walk round back of
Foxy's complex, you really do see a 32ft wooden sloop rising from the yard. It's the
handiwork of the
JVD Preservation Society(
www.jvdps.org
)
or, more accurately,
the local teenagers employed by the society to construct the
Endeavor II
.
It's part of a nonprofit project to provide Jost's kids with traditional boat-building
skills and to keep them from straying into off-island temptations. The society pays
the boys and girls for their efforts, they stay on the island and learn a time-honored
trade, and in the process Jost preserves its culture.
The group has been hammering away since 2004; the
Endeavor II
is scheduled for
completion, er, sometime soon. The kids will then learn to sail the sloop, as well as
study local marine science and conservation.
Shopping
Fox Hole
SOUVENIRS
Foxy has a large shop attached to his restaurant that sells all manner of Foxy souvenirs -
T-shirts, hats, shorts etc - as well as high-quality jewelry, sportswear and Cuban cigars.
Ice House
FOOD
Across Back St from Christine's Bakery, Daisy and Joyce Chinnery run this little store
where you can pick up fresh mangos and homemade mango chutney (ask for it).
Information
Travelers will find brochures and postings of island events at the customs office and police
station (next door) on Great Harbour's waterfront.
