Mountain Top St. Thomas

Dear Blog, During the night, the Caribbean Princess made its way towards the island of St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands arriving this morning at 8:00am.  We witnessed, from the ship's top deck, the sunrise which was spectacular.   Today ...

... we discovered the ruins of an old sugar plantation (we think) hidden in the jungle. The drives in St Thomas are very steep and one "must see" is Mountain Top where you get a wonderful view of Magens Bay, Tortola, St. John and some of the other USVI ...

... are the two smal islands shown. View of Magen's Bay from the top of the hillside. There used to be a place called Mountain Top which was famous for the view and banana daquiris - sadly it burned down a couple of months ago. Now views like ...

... med en pragtfuld ud sigt over Magens bay. Jo det er nu smukt på øen. Så var det tid til lidt at spise og op på Mountain top for at få lidt. Men intet er hvad, det har været, en god resturan med verdens bedste banana daqurie, var blevet til turisme ...

... she walked around and took pictures and I just walked around exploring. Our next top was a place called Mountain Top. Of course, it was at the top of St. Thomas. This place was a combination restaurant, bar and tourist shop. It also had an outside ...

... en tidsmaskine.   Rupert fik startet bilen op igen efter ca 1,5 times tid på stranden og turen gik derefter til Mountain Top View på toppen af bjerget – Stor butik med tingeltangel, souvenirs og Banana Daquari drinks. Kristian fik ringet ...

... The driver is in an isolated cabin from where he leads a commentary.   If one visits no other place in St. Thomas, its Mountain Top is the primary attraction (shoppers may beg to differ). Leaving town, the road ascends rapidly up the mountain (hill ...