Thursday, October 9. 2008
Wrecks and garbage around the BVI
This is what my face looked like today. Bazza told me the seagulls were going to land on the lip and poop! Maybe that would get me out of sewing....
When we bought our vehicle at Caribbean Auto Mart in St Thomas a few weeks ago, part of the deal was to fix the A/C and the ABS light. Neither was done. We contacted them, a few times and basically they said that the mechanics "forgot" about the A/C and the ABS light was fixed but came back on when they were taking it to the dock. We found them good to deal with, and they were going to work it out. We were impressed as it was not like we were going to bring the vehicle back to St Thomas. They decided they would send someone over on the ferry to fix this early this week.
We called Monday and they told us they save up a few things for the mechanic and since he has family here, he would be here Tuesday until Thursday and would call us to arrange it. This did not happen. They told us not to worry, it would happen. About noon today Bazza called to see what was going on, as we had not heard anything. After a couple phone calls, the guy was supposed to call us back with the mechanics phone number so we could contact him ourselves. I thought "great, all of a sudden it will be OUR problem to track this guy down, not theres"
I kept the phone by me all day, and guess what, I know you will be surprised here in the Caribbean that we did not even get a phone call back with the guys number, never mind see a mechanic. We have now spent weeks trying to get this straightened out, and I think they are just putting us off and hoping we will give up. Funny thing was the couple things I said to Bazza was it had to have A/C and I did not in any shape or form an island car that was a piece of junk. So we bought fairly new, and we still seem to have an island car!
This is by Pockwood Pond where I had told you about the intakes for the electricity were full of holes. They are digging up a lot of dirt... and the incinerator plant is smoldering again (or I believe still! It has been for years, the "excess pile" I am sorry, I just don't agree with the school of thought nowadays that we should not throw our food scraps over board on the boat but instead take it to land to the dump. We are overwhelmed by garbage here like most Caribbean Islands.
Had a dive ops meeting at VISAR today, so I snapped a picture of the inside of where the VISAR boat is kept, just to put something different on the blog tonight!
Then I went over to Baughers Bay to take a couple pictures of a 240 foot ship that is available potentially to the BVISO for a dive site...if we clean it! It is nice and big, but it does look like a lot of work to clean it.
There are workers cutting back the bushes all over the island, with all the rain we are very green and overgrown. I wish that we would get on top of the garbage that is horrendous in some spots though! I took a walk to the locals marina in between Baughers Bay and the Fishing Complex to take a look at the boats in there, as i had never been in and I was absolutely astonished how much garbage there was in there.
It was in piles everywhere, and obviously a lot of these wrecks (which is all a lot of them were) are being lived on...
This boat we used to see around a lot but have not seen it out on the water for a few years and don't think it could go anywhere now. It also has people living on it and it looks like it is going to sink at its spot anytime!
I found it pretty depressing. I guess I have taken off my tourism hat here, but I think we could do so much more for our tourism if we only PICKED up the garbage. God it is so thick in some piles that all these backhoes that they have cutting back the undergrowth could easily be scooping them up. I understand, that on Jost van Dyke, some people took it on themselves to clean up the garbage (expats) and the locals got mad at them for touching "their" garbage, so obviously there is things below the surface on this topic.
As I was driving back to West End I was wondering WHY I lived so long here without a vehicle!!! Awfully convenient! Took a picture of the boat on the way back out just for something different. The boat looks very funny without the awning on, and as usual, when it is off, it is very HOT in the cockpit. I cannot imagine how the boat used to not have one in its infancy.
Tonights sunset is a bit different...
Time to go to bed so I can be fresh for tomorrows sewing now!
When we bought our vehicle at Caribbean Auto Mart in St Thomas a few weeks ago, part of the deal was to fix the A/C and the ABS light. Neither was done. We contacted them, a few times and basically they said that the mechanics "forgot" about the A/C and the ABS light was fixed but came back on when they were taking it to the dock. We found them good to deal with, and they were going to work it out. We were impressed as it was not like we were going to bring the vehicle back to St Thomas. They decided they would send someone over on the ferry to fix this early this week.
We called Monday and they told us they save up a few things for the mechanic and since he has family here, he would be here Tuesday until Thursday and would call us to arrange it. This did not happen. They told us not to worry, it would happen. About noon today Bazza called to see what was going on, as we had not heard anything. After a couple phone calls, the guy was supposed to call us back with the mechanics phone number so we could contact him ourselves. I thought "great, all of a sudden it will be OUR problem to track this guy down, not theres"
I kept the phone by me all day, and guess what, I know you will be surprised here in the Caribbean that we did not even get a phone call back with the guys number, never mind see a mechanic. We have now spent weeks trying to get this straightened out, and I think they are just putting us off and hoping we will give up. Funny thing was the couple things I said to Bazza was it had to have A/C and I did not in any shape or form an island car that was a piece of junk. So we bought fairly new, and we still seem to have an island car!
This is by Pockwood Pond where I had told you about the intakes for the electricity were full of holes. They are digging up a lot of dirt... and the incinerator plant is smoldering again (or I believe still! It has been for years, the "excess pile" I am sorry, I just don't agree with the school of thought nowadays that we should not throw our food scraps over board on the boat but instead take it to land to the dump. We are overwhelmed by garbage here like most Caribbean Islands.
Had a dive ops meeting at VISAR today, so I snapped a picture of the inside of where the VISAR boat is kept, just to put something different on the blog tonight!
Then I went over to Baughers Bay to take a couple pictures of a 240 foot ship that is available potentially to the BVISO for a dive site...if we clean it! It is nice and big, but it does look like a lot of work to clean it.
There are workers cutting back the bushes all over the island, with all the rain we are very green and overgrown. I wish that we would get on top of the garbage that is horrendous in some spots though! I took a walk to the locals marina in between Baughers Bay and the Fishing Complex to take a look at the boats in there, as i had never been in and I was absolutely astonished how much garbage there was in there.
It was in piles everywhere, and obviously a lot of these wrecks (which is all a lot of them were) are being lived on...
This boat we used to see around a lot but have not seen it out on the water for a few years and don't think it could go anywhere now. It also has people living on it and it looks like it is going to sink at its spot anytime!
I found it pretty depressing. I guess I have taken off my tourism hat here, but I think we could do so much more for our tourism if we only PICKED up the garbage. God it is so thick in some piles that all these backhoes that they have cutting back the undergrowth could easily be scooping them up. I understand, that on Jost van Dyke, some people took it on themselves to clean up the garbage (expats) and the locals got mad at them for touching "their" garbage, so obviously there is things below the surface on this topic.
As I was driving back to West End I was wondering WHY I lived so long here without a vehicle!!! Awfully convenient! Took a picture of the boat on the way back out just for something different. The boat looks very funny without the awning on, and as usual, when it is off, it is very HOT in the cockpit. I cannot imagine how the boat used to not have one in its infancy.
Tonights sunset is a bit different...
Time to go to bed so I can be fresh for tomorrows sewing now!
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