Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this B&BThe Crystal Palace Charlotte Amalie
Day to explore downtown
We got in yesterday afternoon and explored the house. We went to dinner at Cuzzins, which was good. Tim and I like local food so it was a good fit. I had fried plantains, green bananas, local stuffing (mashed sweet potato, raisins) and fungi. It was all good but the best were the fried plantains and the fungi. Timmy had a seafood stew made from …
Our day on St. John
We spent the day at Cinnamon Bay in St. John. The trip was a short ferry ride from St. Thomas to the busy stop of Cruz Bay. We wandered about and ate lunch in Mongoose Junction, a beautiful example of caribbean architecture that has shopping and dining. While we were there we asked the best way to get to Cinnamon Bay and were told we should "thumb …
A rainy day in Charlotte Amalie
Today we relaxed in Charlotte Amalie, shopped in downtown and watched the rain come across the bay from the veranda...
A great day with Ronnie
Today we were treated to a private tour of St. Thomas by our friend and host, Ronnie Lockhart. We started out with a drive to John Brewer's Bay and then onto the secluded beaches around the north side of the island. At one of the beaches we discovered the ruins of an old sugar plantation (we think) hidden in the jungle. The drives in St Thomas are …
Our last day...
Alas...our last day in St.Thomas. We enjoyed a leisurely morning with Ronnie and enjoyed 6 SHIPS AT PORT! It was a real treat to see all the big cruisers in the harbor....there were so many that one was anchored right smak in the middle! It had to ferry the passengers to the dock using the lifeboats, which was actually cool to watch. Then Tim and I …

