Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Love features live music Thursday to Sunday afternoon, but when the sun sets, Seddy
locks up and goes home.
White Bay.
&
282/495-9829.
www.onelovebar.com. Main courses $10-$15. MC, V ($25 minimum).
Daily 11am-sunset.
Sandcastle
INTERNATIONAL This hotel restaurant often serves food that has
been frozen, but even so, the flavors remain consistently good. Lunch is served in the
open-air dining room, while lighter fare and snacks are available at the Soggy Dollar
Bar, which specializes in a lethal Painkiller. Dinner features four courses, including
mahimahi Martinique (marinated in orange-lemon-lime juice and cooked with fen-
nel, onions, and dill). Sandcastle hen is another specialty likely to appear on the
menu: It's a grilled Cornish hen that's been marinated in rum, honey, lime, and garlic.
But we'd skip all that for the sesame snapper, if available. Meals are served with
seasonal vegetables and fresh pasta, along with a variety of salads. The homemade
desserts are luscious, including such treats as Key lime pie, Irish whiskey cheesecake,
and mango mousse. If you dine on Saturday night, you'll be treated to a candlelit
dinner on the beach.
At the Sandcastle Hotel (p. 236), White Bay.
&
284/495-9888.
www.soggydollar.com. Reservations
required for dinner by 4pm. Lunch main courses $10-$15; fixed-price dinner $22-$33. MC, V. Daily 9am-
3pm and 1 seating at 7pm.
Dive Sites
Increasingly, Jost Van Dyke attracts divers. They are drawn in particular to the north
coast of Little Jost Van Dyke, with its twin towers, a pair of rock formations jutting
up some 27m (90 ft.). The best dive operator is
Jost Van Dyke Scuba and BVI
Eco-tours,
Great Harbour (
&
284/495-0271;
www.bvi-ecotours.com). A one-tank
dive goes for $85, a two-tank dive for $115. You can also arrange rentals here for
snorkel gear, scuba equipment, kayaks, surfboards, windsurfers, small boats, or fish-
ing equipment. You can also book boat excursions to nearby islands, costing $880 for
1 day for up to four passengers, including the services of a captain.
6
ANEGADA
The most northerly and isolated of the British Virgins, located 48km (30 miles) east
of Tortola, Anegada has a population of about 250, none of whom has found the
legendary treasure from the more than 500 wrecks lying off notorious Horseshoe
Reef. This is a remote little corner of the Caribbean: Don't expect a single frill, and
be prepared to put up with some hardships, such as mosquitoes.
Anegada is different from the other British Virgins in many ways. First, it's a coral-
and-limestone atoll, flat, with an airstrip. Its highest point reaches 8m (26 ft.), and it
hardly appears on the horizon if you're sailing to it. At the northern and western ends
of the island are some good white-sand beaches, which might be your only reason for
coming here. Second, most of the island has been declared off limits to settlement
and is reserved for birds and other wildlife. The B.V.I. National Parks Trust has estab-
lished a flamingo colony, which is also the protected home of several varieties of
heron, ospreys, and terns. The Trust has also designated much of the interior of the
island as a preserved habitat for Anegada's animal population of some 2,000 wild
goats, donkeys, and cattle. Among the endangered species being given a new lease on
239
