Country Info
- Charlotte Amalie
- Capital
- US Dollar (USD)
- Currency
- 122,211
- Population
- VI
- Country Code
U.S. Virgin Islands Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Virgin Islands US
Snorkling Over A Drug Shipwreck.
This is a top pick! ... the camaraderie amongst the crew and passengers. We also had an option for St. Thomas of a day trip to the British Virgin Islands to see a dolphin interaction. The the shipwreck snorkel won out however when we learned they still allow touching of ...
Dreadlock Holiday
This is a top pick! ... bad luck! Despite the disruption Wendy and I were having a great time but Lynda and Marshall were getting a bit stressed so they had booked a sailing trip for us all over to the British Virgin Islands. So next stop was back to Blighty..... sort ...
A Day of Rest
... , a plumbing distribution company that we do business with. Just a funny coincidence. They were location people from all over the US. We ended up in one of the restaurants for a dinner of hummus, Caeser salad, and flatbread pizza. ...
Biking on Vieques
... yourself and a bike, $2 without a bike! The water was that perfect carribean aqua marine blue, and we passed many small islands and beautiful sailboats along the way. We arrived in Isabel Segunda on friday and began our ride to Esperanza, the only ...
Chegada a St. Thomas e St. John
20/04/2010 - Chegamos a St. Thomas. Café rápido e saímos para a excursão de snorkel na Trunk Bay em St. John (Considerada pela National Geographic Magazine, uma das 10 praias mais bonitas do mundo). Em St. Thomas pegamos um barco ...
Cruzan for a bruisin´...
... only going off of the day experience we had on the island. However, I am fairly certain that there are plenty of other Caribbean islands more worth one´s time though! We went super touristy and headed to Magen´s Bay. We expected it to be crowded and we ...
Ok... sorry this took so long
... a haven for live aboard sailors. We spend hours obsessively browsing yachtworld.com looking for just the right vessel for us and entertaining fantasies of circumnavigation. Dust has developed an astounding sailing vocabulary while I tend to focus on floor ...
Right When You've Got the Ins and Outs Down...
... and beach day and generally hanging around the resort. It was John and Michelle's last day and also the scheduled appointment for us to go through all the changes in the Marriott Time Share program that got us here in the first place. With ...
Sweenys Super Tour
... ( St. Croix fact - St. Croix is one of very few islands in the carribean that is entirely surrounded by the carribean sea. Most islands have the carribean on one side and the atlantic on the other. Fact ) While you are travelling in Sweenys open sided bus ...
The Next Phase
I'm a night person. I packed up everything but my change of clothes and toiletries last night. I'd rather stay up all night than get up in the morning and have to rush to get things done. We planned to run our luggage up to the hotel ...
Boat trips
... to a cute little restaurant where we met 10 Swedish men in Speedo shorts of varying colors frolicking in the ocean and hitting on us in broken English while doing spread eagle pull ups on the eaves of the building. All this after video taping their own ...
World Trip, Part 16 - St. Croix (USVI)
... have toured St. Thomas and St. John and their painfully decadent beaches, so this time I wanted to check out St. Croix. The Virgin Islands are not only a special place, they are a "special" place (sing it, Church Lady!). It is probably the only ...
Like a Virgin
... St Thomas in US Virgin Islands - 32 square miles - lovely green island - walked into town of Charlotte Amelie, lovely back streets where lots of the shops were within the ...
Shopping Frenzy!! Evlyns Shopping Tour
... have been no grey grout on the islandthat is good. Something ( and I ca only take apassing interest in this ) has made the islands grey grout go off. ( As part of our shopping assignment today we had to go and get some grey grout from a small hardware ...
Dustin makes a literary appearance!!
... think of it, I know very few people whose lives are under control in such a manner so perhaps it's all an illusion to make us feel safe. A "neighborhood" here consists of houses of all different types, colors (or remnants of a colors) and sizes built in ...
At Sea
I let Gary sleep in this morning since he has a bad cold/cough. I read a little and went to the gym...and when Gary got up we had a nice breakfast togheter and watched the calm sea go by. We took in another cooking demonstration and attended ...
Days 70-73: Off the the Virgins
... on Puerto Rico as we could so it was time to head to the Virgin Islands. The first stop was Culebra in the Spanish Virgin Islands. The waters around here have many deep water shoals, therefore great for fishing. The line goes out in the morning and sure ...
St Thomas Adventure
I stayed on St Thomas (US Virgin Islands) for two weeks, staying at Phils place with another friend Ash. While on St Thomas we did a bit of sight seeing, some amazing snorkeling seeing all sort of fish, turtles, coral and other sea creatures. The ...
SAINT THOMAS ISLAND
... beach in the world. We are here, and it is true. The name of the beach is "MAGEN'S BAY" Nothing can stop us. A combination of white sandy palm beach, and crystal turquoise waters. Thick natural forest! What else do we need!!! Oh yes, we really need ...
St Thomas
... the bay, wishing ours was one of them. We met Karen and Hunter for a pre-dinner drink -- but only Hunter joined us for dinner. We turned in early ourselves since Gary's coming down with something horrible. His cough is really bad and ...
Kickin' it in old san juan
Lea and I joined up with Shane and Genine and went to Old San Juan to party it up! We saw some great music, drank lots of medalla beer, and wandered through the hip night life of Old San Juan. We saw some really cool graffiti stencils and met some cool ...
Island Tour or Let the Roller Coaster Ride Begin!
... and souvenirs can be found here and the back of the building has a deck with the most outstanding view. St. John and the British Virgin Islands spill across the water as far as you can see. We got up there late in the day and it was getting a ...
Nov 12, 2005 update St. Thomas, USVI
... , we pulled anchor, checked out of the BVI at Great Harbor and headed for Cruz Bay on St. John to sign into the US Virgin Islands. The National Park Service has moorings all along the Caneel Bay resort. Since Cruz Bay is small and awash with commercial ...
Island Time Continues
... food and Havana Joe's is just as pricey so we make our way to the Marriott to the grill. And island time follows us! There are tables scattered everywhere with dishes, cups etc not cleared. And the hostess tells us that they can't seat ...
Where the Trade Winds Blow
... of luggage into the car. We emerged from the parking lot to find....left side drive! This is the US Virgin Islands! Why the left side drive? Obviously the English influence remains. St. Thomas is known for its traffic issues ...
HEY Bob and Evlyn Day
... the bank. My first big treats on St. Croix! And the bank was Barclays bank, woud you believe. Having completed our chores Bob drove us back to thier house. I may have mentioned it before, if I have bear with me, but B & E have retired here from the ...
By The End of The Day Everything Was Clear
... . I don't have much to talk about today until we came back to the room and got ready for our excursion. I signed us up for a night kayak tour in a clear kayak that lights up with LED lights after dark. It really looked cool earlier in ...
Buck Island Bonanza
... beach here, just snorkelling straight off the back of the boat.. The gorgeous girl, I believe she may have been called Bailey, led us on a trail around the reef, and I know I am really using up my superlative type credits but the coral was truely ...
Rockin' the Checklist
... last blog I listed the must have gear for Alaska. This is my gear list for traveling to the islands: Swimsuit (s) Tank Tops Tops Shorts Skirts Windbreaker Wraps Aqua Socks Sandals/Shoes Hoodie/Light Fleece Suntan Lotion Bug Spray ...