The most important advice we can offer is to remember that things do run on “island time” down here – go with the flow!
While we personally try to make things run as smoothly as possible for you, timetables and schedules should be followed loosely. Cars and taxis will stop in the middle of the highway and on the roundabout, just to pick up a friend or chat. A honking horn is usually a greeting rather than an irate gesture. Signposts are few and far between (and certainly never where you need them), maps are a rough guide, and GPS is not entirely reliable. The good thing is that Tortola is just 12 miles long by 3 miles at its widest….how lost can you get? As long as you have a good 4WD vehicle you should head out and explore (during daylight).
The island is still very safe and people are generally very friendly and helpful as long as you’re polite and at least semi-clothed…wearing your bathing suit into shops, restaurants and on the street (however gorgeous/fit/buff you are) is not appropriate, flaunt it on the beach ladies and gents. Don’t be surprised to be greeted everywhere you go with a “Good Morning” or “Good Afternoon”, good old-fashioned manners go a long way around here.
This might be pretty obvious to some of you (yay – 10/10, skip to the next section), others of you might like to know a little about how things work in de islands. So in very random order, because it’s really random stuff that we get asked…
Gosh, that was probably more than you needed to know! But do just ask if we missed anything…
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