Callwood Rum Distillery; Soper's Hole

Trip Start Nov 24, 2011
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Trip End Dec 03, 2011


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Flag of Virgin Islands British  , Tortola,
Thursday, December 1, 2011

 Today, we sailed for a couple of miles to Cane Garden Bay.  A sleepy little village and the home of the Callwood Rum Distillery.  We grabbed a mouring bouy and rode our dingy to the dock to walk about 1/2 mile to a very run down old building.  Not sure if we could even get in.  Finally, a nice young man opened the old wooden door, and allowed us to enter.  They make rum from pure sugar cane the old fashioned way.  The dark rum is stored in wooden barrels for 10 years.  After some sampling, we walked back to continue on our trip.

We then sailed to Soper's Hole on the west end of the island.  This is also a port town from incoming boats from the US Virgin Islands (St. John and St. Thomas).  There is a fine line in the middle of the passage separating the two countries.  We stopped at the famous Pusser's Landing for a "Painkiller" drink and a little shopping.

Then we were sailing again to a destination for the night.  At this point, we had traveled to all of the islands associated with the BVI, so we decided to go back to The Bight Bay on Norman Island.  This was a very interesting night.  Once arriving, we anchored, snorkeled for about an hour, then dingyed over to Willy T's for dinner.  We met some people from Chicago (Purdue fans) and enjoyed a great evening.  Willy T's is known for some uncensored jumping off the top deck.  Of course, Jim and his 2 new friends decided to try it.  Yes - off with the clothes and they all jumped.  This place really gets crazy till all hours of the night!
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