It has been a whirlwind stay in our third stop in the British Vigin Islands.  We arrived Monday evening and have had a packed schedule since we stepped off the ferry in Road Town, Tortola.  We were only scheduled for three full days here, and they had a lot planned for us.  We spent Tuesday morning meeting with the BVI Heads of State.  We had a lovely chat with the Governor (assigned by the Queen) as you can see in the photo above.  Then we had a nice meeting with the Premier (elected locally) of which I will have to get a photo from one of my teammates.

I have had a vocational visit on my schedule each of the three days here.  I have spent a few hours here and there with the design team at Bolo’s, the largest local print/design shop.  I have actually done some layouts for them!  Yesterday I spent the entire day at GIS (Government Information Systems), with the official design team for the BVI government.  They are a great group of creatives who were thrilled to hear all about how we run things stateside and what we do to stay creative.  When my ride showed up at the end of the day, I was sad to leave and I am pretty sure they were sad to see me go.  Yet again, I have made so many new friends!

This afternoon we are going boating around to some of the smaller Virgin Islands.  Tomorrow morning we leave at the crack of dawn for Jamaica (with a brief stop in St. Thomas for brunch with our friends from over there).  We have a layover in Miami, so I will try to hop on and post some more photos for you all while we are there (I know pics are more fun than my ramblings!).
 

One way or another I will check in again soon.

Over and Out.

Well… we are already on our second stop, St. Croix, USVI. We had a wonderful time in St.Thomas, but getting online was a little bit of a challenge for me, as I was staying with a host family high up in the hills where they only have dial up. I see that Raffi has already given a rundown of our time at our first stop - so I will breeze over that. We met so many fabulous people and have so many wonderful memories.

It was Carinval in St. Thomas, so there was no shortage of fun and Caribbean flavor. I spent a fantastic vocational day with the lead designer, Jerry, at the local TV station TV2. I shadowed him as he recorded voice overs, created screen elements, and put together a 30 second spot for Carnival. We got along famously and I am excited to have a new design friend on the island.

We arrived on St. Croix on Wenesday afternoon by seaplane. Again, we find ourselves surrounded by the most kind and gracious hosts. We have already attended a few Rotary meetings, been given the behind the scenes tour of Government House and given a vocational talk to 7-12th graders at a local school. I was thilled to find out that my vocational host is also my home host. I am staying at the home of Mike, the owner of Caribbean Printing, and today I am in the print shop getting to see how everything works here. I will let you all know how that goes in a few days.

Hope all is well on the mainland. More from the road soon…..