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- Charlotte Amalie
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U.S. Virgin Islands Slideshow
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Travel Blogs from Virgin Islands US
Mission Implausible
... a valiant effort she still succumbed to the overwhelming and scorching power of the sun. Tune in next time to hear about the adventures of your bloggin heroes in St. Thomas, USV (no that not USB typoed it stands for United States Virgin ...
Ferry Waked Us Up
We awoke this morning with the first ferry into Cruz Bay. I think its name was Carribe Sun, the worst of the pack, this guy keep the turbos spooled right past the harbor entrance marker. We needed to move. Jake pulled up both anchors ...
OFFICIAL: Headed Home.
We had a great last day in St. John with Howie and Kate. Moored in Francis Bay, we spent the day aboard, swimming, lounging, and scrubbing the bottom. With the bottom cleaner than it has been since Luperon, Kate and Howie aboard, we set sail ...
St Thomas - The Voyage Begins
... EPIRB Beacon on the entire Island. St Thomas itself was a little disappointing as it was quite dirty and run down. Although US Vigin Islands, it's clear the USA invest little into the island. There where a couple of nice areas near the big cruise port ...
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 ...
End of Ship Trip
... will happy memories of dining and laughs, we said goodbye to our servers. We gave them a bottle of Crown Royal so they could remember us and they gave me some quotes for my little book. We packed up our stuff and I was sad to have lost some Euros. It ...
Our day on St. John
... eat your gear. Dinner was at The Waterfront Bistro - we highly recommend it. Great selection of vegetarian and fish as well as a wonderful wine list. The night ferry took us into Red Hook so we taxied back to The Crystal Palace and slept like the ...
Lazy Day
We Woke up late. We were all drunk the night before. Apparently this bar Woodies does Happy hour every day from 4-6, drinks are one dollar... its the best deal we've seen in a while so we had a good time We decided were going to need to hit the shore. ...
Day 3: B.O.S.S, Shopping & Sunset Sail- St. Thomas
... Bay Resort for our Sunset sail on the 'Heavenly Days'- a 53' Catamaran. The Captain and his crew were genuinely pleased to have us all on board, and they were well stocked with the finger food & alcohol variety and cool music. We began the early ...
Virgin Islands US
... in the world, is not necessary, since most people have not had to leave the place of their birth or childhood ... as so many of us have had to do in war torn Africa ... the tragedies of war !!! I am also entering a new phase of my personal journey ... I ...
Taking A Bath
... you find a place that has almost magical properties, we went to one such place the other day called The Baths on the island of Virgin Gorda. The Baths are made up of huge granite boulders that are stacked up on each other to form a maze, filled in with ...
Expired Shoes
... my heel. Good thing it happened on the second last day and not near the beginning. At dinner, Ladislav did some magic tricks for us and taught me one I could show to my nephews. I am so glad that we got seated with Martina and Ladislav as our servers. ...
my last week on the Valor
well, it's my last week here on the Valor. I'm very excited about going home after five months of being a Carnival peon. I know I"ll also miss all the crazy stuff I get to do out here, which is why I'm sure this last week will be a good one. I hope to ...
Jost Van Dyke
... . Thomas, USVI. This was my 5th time to the island so I decided to take an excursion to Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands. The boat we traveled by was called the Bimini Breeze and it was led by (another) Captain Johnny, Melissa, and "Boom ...
Norwegian Spirit
... we did and meet different people. We'll look for Freestyle next time. Shore Excursions We were shocked that the Caribbean Islands are so poor and I've traveled through Latin America and Africa. Despite some resorts or some villas clusters, the ...
St. Thomas, November 30
Shopper's paradise or burglar's dream: I've never seen so many jewelries together. We took a short guided tour of the island, and spent one hour in Coqui Bbeach. Although the island has extraordinary geographical features (Magen's Bay, views of the BVI, ...
Marriage
I've never had a brother. Having two sisters has certainly given me a strong feminine side. Today my sister is getting married and it’s today that I’ll also get a brother. I’m on the island of St. John in the Caribbean. It’s 2:19 ...
St. Thomas
... a ship! I decided to sing The Rose at karaoke since they were looking for more singers. This day at sea was a busy one for us. We met our friends for a game of Scattergories and lunch, headed to the Pirate Lecture, Mark won again at the Horse Racing, ...
ST THOMAS & ST JOHNS
St Thomas Island, part of the US Virgin Islands. Friday February 10 Day 7 Up bright and early to have breakfast, pack some lunch and disembark to experience an independent adventure. We had decided to travel to St Johns Island to see ...
In 5 days we leave for 5 weeks
... and peaceful paradise and head into a vacation filled with non-stop action and adventure, archeology, art, architecture, culture, and history. Come on along with us (the safe way)! It should be a lot of ...
Mama Bake Them Johnny Cakes Christmas Coming...
... you wearing to dinner on Saturday and what about church on Sunday?" We were on our way from Charlotte, NC to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands via US Airways - the "Fly with US" airline. I arrived first at Charlotte airport and low and behold I run into ...
I believe in fairies
I've wasted more than a week in the Caribbean. Tonight, while sitting at the bar, I notice something on the top shelf that I haven't seen in a very long time. I ask the bartender what it is. She doesn't know. She says it just came in today. She hands me ...
We are Sailing
... little nap or two today – think all the effort of being a tourist for the past 10 days or so has really caught up with us. Then had a bit of a boo boo – today I knew was the Meet and Mingle with people I’d talked to (albeit ...
The Good Ship Lollipop
... a passport when you disembark and embark. Anyway once we had our sea passes we then got the obligatory photo taken of us against a backdrop of the ship – a must have souvenir! Then we boarded! It’s almost impossible to describe how ...
Shopping and Beach in St. Thomas
... the seas from San Juan, we were up early to eat breakfast and meet our tour at 8:20. Our driver, Gomez, took us to a downtown shopping area to taste the shopping opportunities. Of course with these cruises you get lots of chances to buy ...
You can't keep a good Jersey girl down
I discovered that, when traveling alone throughout the Caribbean, I had a tendency to attract some very interesting people. These "single serving" friendships have included a stoner-hairstylist, newlywed-swingers, and a Golden Knights fan. While ...
Island Hopping
... another boat to take us to St John island – both islands are part of the six islands which comprise the US Virgin Islands – there are also a series of islands which make up the British Virgin Islands too. The crossing to St John was ...
Back to the Ship
This would've been our first night eating in the ship dining room, which means we would've met our tablemates - who were so adamant about exchanging addresses on the final night then we never heard from them again even though we sent holiday greetings ...