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Cruz Bay Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Cruz Bay, Virgin Islands US
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Hitting the beaches on St. John
Today we're headed to t. John, a 20 minute ferry ride from St. Thomas. We'll spend the day there at the beaches or wandering around the national park. We've heard of a few cool places to check out petroglyphs and ruins of sugar mills ...
Our day on St. John
... 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 ...
Lazy Day
... into old saggy britches (by now it was very deflated) and putted back to Hejira. There we ate some lunch and then hauled anchor for Cruise bay to get Ice, and then Cannel bay to get some internet on the boat. We forgot rum so there was a run to town in ...
No snow in the forcast
... where you go, there are always fish to see. We had lunch before the kids had to go back to work. ( I think all three of us were about to fall asleep from the time out in the fresh air and the snorkeling.) Winifred goes in for (minor) repairs tomorrow. ...
ST Johns
Cheers from St. Thomas
Well, we made it to St. Thomas with really nothing to report, which is strange. The flight was fine, our luggage arrived, the taxi was fine...other than it being absolutely beautiful weather here, we really don't have much to share. We did find our way ...
more pics of St. Thomas
I went to Megan's Beach this morning. "Voted on of the worlds most beautiful beaches."according to National Geographic. A strange thing, I floated very easily for the first 45 mins or so of being in the water, then I couldn't keep myself ...
Carribean Secrets: British Virgin Islands
... We arrived after a long flight from Paris in St. Maarten, one of many tropical destinations in this paradise of clustered islands. Having a four hour stopover before our onward flight to another island we hightailed it to the nearest beach to wet our ...
St John is a magical place
... turtles and a huge stingray! Kristina swam the fasted ever because of the stingray scaring her! Our drink of choice in the Virgin Islands is a Painkiller. It has some fresh nutmeg sprinkled on top. We also really liked the local beers. Food was awesome ...
The slippery slope
... off with my Fam, I enjoy working. I am itching to take a boat trip though. Apparantly a jaunt over to BVI(British Virgin Islands) is a cool trip. Fortunately, my family are coming into town for thanksgiving. Well..at least my parents and my little ...
Wonderful National Park hike
... on us, and the waves were bouncy, and we were soon wet with spray, but it was still a fine trip. We left the ferry at Cruz Bay in St. John, where we were met by our guide, Debbie. After a brief stop at the visitor’s center of the national park, we ...
A Walk in the Park - Virgin Islands National Park
... , a fellow full of stories and lessons about what's happening on the idyllic island of St. John, one of three major U.S. Virgin Islands. Our objective was to investigate the likelihood of stringing together a beach and walk day, combining St. John’s ...
The Bight, Norman Island
After a hectic three hours of loading all of our provisions, we finally got off about 3:30 and arrived at The Bight on Norman Island at about 4:30. We had a great meal of mahi-mahi on board and the next day we went snorkeling at the caves at ...
Counting the days!!!
This is my first entry of many to come. Just really seeing if this works the way I want it to. I look at my countdown on my computer and it says 3 days, 19 hours, 9 min. and 10 secs...tick, tick, tick. Seems strange wanting to leave ...
Adventure starts tomorrow
Getting up at 2:30 to drive to Bangor and travel on planes until 2 this afternoon has taken it's toll. I,m TIRED!. Chel & Kenny were waiting for me at the airpiort and took me to my "home" for the next week. I had decided not to rent a vehicle, but ...
A Day in the Life
... start with no problem, apparently due to the ability of the battery to hold a charge for a short time. We departed Cruz Bay for a new-to-us anchorage in Nazareth Bay, St. Thomas. We used the genoa alone again for the short sail off the wind ...
Us 'n' the hippies
... , but suddenly realised they will arrive on my Mum's birthday - I can see her face light up at a thoughtful present from the Virgin Islands, only to discover when she opens it its a full load of dirty washing. Sorry Mum - happy birthday anyway. After the ...
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