Peter Island -- British Virgin Islands About This Page:

[mattjs]

Yeah it's kind of an interesting story. The island was purchased in the 1960s by some Norwegian billionaire who built the resort.

When he passed away in the '70s, the two guys who founded Amway snapped it up and ultimatey flipped title to the Amway Corporation. In the last six years or so though, one of the guys bought back title outright to both the island and the resort. Now privately owned by his daughter, to whom both were given as a gift. Must be nice huh [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Great history down there. Especially some of the old pirate stories. The main channel was used by european trading ships and the pirates would hide out amongst the countless little islands and sack em as they came through. Dead Chest Island (right off the main PI beach) is where Blackbeard marooned the 15 men that the "Yo, ho, ho and a bottle of rum!" song comes from. And Robert Louis Stevens "Treasure Island" was set in and amongsst the British side as well.

The VI will make a great setting for "pirates of the Caribbean" if they do end up doing some shototing down there.

[ 10-11-2002, 01:58 PM: Message edited by: mattjs ]

[HiddenMickey]

Looked at the Peter Island site. How gorgeous! Definitely my idea of paradise. Thanks for sharing with us. -HiddenMickey

[AKLRULZ]

Originally posted by mattjs:
When he passed away in the '70s, the two guys who founded Amway snapped it up and ultimatey flipped title to the Amway Corporation. In the last six years or so though, one of the guys bought back title outright to both the island and the resort. Now privately owned by his daughter, to whom both were given as a gift. Must be nice huh [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]

<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">If anyone is interested in bequeathing an island, I'd be happy to be the recipiant! [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

[BostonTeaParty]

Those pictures are absolutely stunning! Don't think I'll have to twist DH's arm too much for a trip there. Someday...

[mattjs]

While writting our AKL trip report, I remembered I'd posted this report about our honeymoon this past December at Travel Talk Online. TTOL is a great, active Caribbean travel board I found for planning our trip to the BVI. Of course, that was back in the days before Steve's great forum here.

Anyway, it's just a quick write up of our trip and I figured I might as well post it over here too. This place was Paradise. Not cheap though. We did it in the "offseason" and it was still up there. And airfare to the Caribbean was highway robbery. $800/ticket to St. Thomas [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] were you can ferry over to the British side. So it really is a honeymoon kind of spot. And a great one at that [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] . Alas, it'll be years before we can afford that trip again though [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

--------------------------------------------------
Peter Island Resort, British Virgin Islands
December 9 to December 21, 2001

Returned last week from 12 unbelievably relaxing, romantic and fun days at Peter Island Resort. Can't say enough fantastic things about both the resort and the BVI in general. Both are paradise and there's no way we could have picked a better place to Honeymoon.

From the minute we arrived to the minute we left we basked in PIRs beautiful grounds, incredibly friendly and accomodating staff, the seemingly endless breathtaking views, virtually deserted pristine beaches and fantastic food and drinks.

Every day we were essentially alone on all of the beaches. And when there were others it was so spread out we might as well have been alone.

The beauty of Deadmans Bay is exactly as described and White Bay isn't far behind. We spent an entire half day in absolute paradise comepletely alone on White Bay beach snorkeling in the pristine waters and lounging under the thatched huts.

We found the food to be excellent (both at Tradewinds and down at Deachmans Bar/Grill), particularly if you stick to the island dishes like Jerk Shrimp or coconut/banana, cinamon chicken type dishes. And the Sunday (or was it Saturday?) night buffet at Tradewinds was a mouthwatering feast.

Loved our room. We opted for an Oceanview up by the pool and couldn't have been happier. The beachfront rooms look spectacular but I think we'll likely stick to the Oceanview again on our next visit. The room was plenty large with a desk, a small CD player, a couple of lounging chairs/ottoman and an amply sized private deck with table/chairs and a cushioned lounger. All with a view out across the pool and over the channel to Tortola and the evening lights of Road Town. It doesn't get much better than that. Ample sized mini fridge in room as well as a good sized safe. It was pretty windy while we were there and the slats in the windows/doors offered a great breeze through the room. Best of all though? No TVs. I got nothin against the ol' tube but boy was it nice to get away from it from it for awhile. Didn't miss the lack of connection with the outside world for a second.

My wife visited the Sole Spa on Deadmans a couple of times for a massage and some kind of wrap thing and really enjoyed it. I actually did get a massage one day that was top notch.

From the natural beauty of the island itself, to the manicured grounds, to the staff, we think the place is a paradise.

Jeff the resort manager was incredibly friendly and always available if you needed anything. We had no complaints or problems but again felt that, during our stay he was more than available if the need had arisen. Benji and Jean (who are legendary on the island) were gracious hosts who make you feel like family and are an asset to the resort that couldn't possibly be valued. In fact, all of the staff were praiseworthy, excellent representatives of the resort.

We highly recommend PIR and can't wait to get back. BVI really are natures little secret.

[ 10-11-2002, 12:36 PM: Message edited by: mattjs ]

[AKLRULZ]

Sounds absolutely incredible!! Matt, I think this is the place that Amway sends it's people to for sales acheivements, just as an FYI.

[KathyL]

I love all the British Virgin Islands! The expense is always well worth it. However, as Matt said, they sure get you good for airfare especially depending on what time of year you go!!!

KathyL

[Dopey007]

And to think...it's practically in my backyard! You all make me appreciate living down here! [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

[AKLRULZ]

Originally posted by Dopey007:
And to think...it's practically in my backyard! You all make me appreciate living down here! [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Have you been to Peter Island?!?

[Bert & Sully]

Can't wait to see the VI in 4 1/2 weeks! Thanks for posting your TR Matt. Aren't those travel sites wonderful?! If you and your DW start planning a Jamaican vacation we've got some great sites. - Negril's Seven Mile Beach is SEVENTH HEAVEN!