island hopping

when sick of one island, go to another! it's time for a vacation! we're going to tortola on tuesday for 8 days! we're both looking forward to getting off the DR and seeing something different. we've been here for 8+ months without leaving the island. cabarete is too small of a place to be for that long. we have of course gone to santo domingo, las terrenas (3x), las galeras, and santiago, but still, we have not left the DR!

tortola looks to be the land of white sand and turquoise blue water beaches. i love that! i have to say that for me, cabarete is lacking in that way. the beach is certainly nice, but it ain't turquoise blue nor is the sand white. cabarete has other appeal though. i am curious to see what tortola has to offer in terms of places to hang out. seems like a must to go to the bomba shack, which will be near the first hotel we are staying at. we'll have to stay away from the punch there though! speaking of that, i wonder if it will be a full moon when we are there. i'll have to check that out.

bring on the snorkeling! sounds like there is killer snorkeling too!

here's a view from the restaurant at one of the places where we will be staying in tortola...


wonder if we will have such a view from our room. hope so!

stubbs lived in tortola for a year or so (more?). she's going to fill us in on some tips of things to do, places to see, etc. we're planning to hop over to a few of the other islands there, like jost van dyke, etc. one thing we wanted to do was to charter a sailboat, but it seemed too rushed. we'll have to do that sometime with a bunch of friends, as i bet that is an amazing vacation.

we have loads of things to seal up before going away. trying not to stress too much about that. so much is out of your control in real estate. it can get to you when you are trying to plan things outside of that. gotta go back to work now!