The Full Moon Party

Continuing on our mission to tick off the must do’s before we leave the BVI, last night we went to the Trellis Bay Full moon party.

Trellis Bay is a place for artists and hippies (and their numerous cats).  We had been there before during daylight hours and checked out the art galleries that feature pottery, paintings and metal works - including replicas of the big fire balls you will see in pictures below.

At night for the full moon party the place takes on a new feel.  It is packed with people, music and food.  The smell of the hearty local fare mixes with the sweet scent of the Rasta DJ’s unusually shaped cigarette. 

Trellis Bay also boasts the most magical tree playground. OSH eat your heart out - this playground would keep you awake at night  - but you dont know which hippie put these ropes up so you cannot intervene!  As an aside we were debating how old it 'too old" to play on the tree - it looked fun!

Metal fireballs burn every ten metres or so, surrounded by mesmerised passers by.

The artists are out in force too.  The potters have light up their kiln and make a show of taking the pieces out and placing them onto sawdust then covering the pieces with a metal bucket.

The high point of the night is the lighting of the burning man, who stands ominously in the waters shallows.  As the point of the night draws closer, the crowd is entertained by the Jumbies.  High up on stilts, the Jumbies are beautiful woman scantily clad dancing and showing off their stilt walking skills.   

Then at 9pm the burning man is set alight to the cheers of the crowd.