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- Charlotte Amalie
- Capital
- US Dollar (USD)
- Currency
- 122,211
- Population
- VI
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First attempt at sailing
... of meat, cheese, fruit, snacks and water, and a few other beverages too. Then we had to wait for a taxi to take us back to the marina. Taxis are everywhere, but very expensive. After filling the boat, we had our morning orientation, and ...
The waters are beautiful!!
... . Now the locals on the other hand are something else. We ate at this fantastic BBQ place 3 times and the woman were rude to us EVERY time! The men would blatently hit on me in front of my beau and try to stare him down. I don't think they like the ...
Ende der Karibik :-(
Tja nun nimmt die schoene Zeit der Sonne und des Strandes sein Ende und wir werden morgen unsere Zelte in der Karibik abbrechen und leider wieder in die Transatlantiksaison umsatteln. Unser letzter Tag ist in St.Thomas und da heisst es Strand, Strand, ...
Will make up for what I missed my first trip
I took a trip to the U.S.V.I on 03/29/10 for a whole week. I managed to miss St. Croix and going to the B.V.I. but not on my second trip. In addition to going to St. Croix and the B.V.I. I plan on attending Carnival in 2011. We'll see how it goes. ...
The scuba experience
An inauspicious start to the day: a 40 minute queue with US immigration. Took a taxi/bus to Secret Harbour Bay. We were going to Megan's Bay, however with 4 cruise ships (one of which was the new and very big Ocean of the Sea) and some 18,000 visitors it ...
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 ...
Swimming with Sea Turtles
... pulled up in Turtle Cove - named of course for the sea turtles - and we were on our way with gear in tow. Melissa led us out about 20 yards where we found our first two sea turtles, who Bill named "Fred and Wilma." While the group went in one ...
A big HI to Bob and Evlyn!
This was the big one - the day when we met up with our island chums, Bob and ...
Island Tour
... sorry parents, still working on getting the camera to post) you will see some photos of this beach. Monday night some of us went to a restaurant called Chesseburgers in America's Paradise. It was a nice place, very tasty food, and I beleive it ...
St John & Trunk Bay
... humans for the beauty that surrounds them. There are many factors: dumping of sewage off of boats in the area and from the islands, people breaking off pieces of the reef or standing on it, runoff from the island, people using chemicals on their bodies ...
Almost ready to work
So our tools have still not shown up. They keep getting delayed. So our jobs keep getting pushed back as we try to keep busy. I'm hearing 10am tomorrow now. So that means that the luggage I sent ahead with my tools 2 weeks ago ...
Relaxing at Magen's Bay
Been relaxing and cooling out. Enjoying the weather immensely. Sunshine galore! Went to the beach with my little cousin today - and yes, Joanne, I stuck my toes in the sand for you :) Masks and snorkels are not needed around most of the shoreline. ...
Don't miss the shopping
St. Thomas, like all caribbean islands, requires care with the sun: the thermometer may read only 80 degrees fahrenheit, but the glare and burn factor is very serious. For bargains in jewerly, go to old town; hats and dresses, go to the shops near ...
IN ST. THOMAS!
so far its beautiful, the mountains and the ocean side by side its worth the 12 hours of ...
Up in the AA air
... uncomfortable angle in order to watch NBC. The good thing about it is that I have a window seat so I can see some of the islands as we travel up the archipelago. Thank goodness for that, since there is no screen to show the distance traveled. I will ...
Departure
Met our captain and lecturer, Rick, and boarded Psyche, a beautiful Norseman. Should be a good ...
St-Thomas
29 décembre 2007: St Thomas - 26o C, ensoleillé L'Emerald est arrivé à St-Thomas vers 7h30 au quai de Crown Bay. J'étais un peu déçue de ne pas être accosté à Havensight car je m'étais promis une journée de magasinage et comme il ...
Welcome to St. Thomas!
... " in Spanish, French (which was hilarious), and Italian before watching in English. It's now 1:30 AM and I'm finally going to bed. I'm spending the night in the family's room. Virgin Islands Ecotours (excursion company): ...
Welcome to St. Maarten!
(ST. MAARTEN) April 10, 2008 12:00 midnight Hello! We were in St. Maarten today! We woke up at 10:30 ...
A Little Underwater adventure
... and white eel hiding in it's coral house and several other interesting fish and corals. A huge stingray swam within 10 - 15' of us and after I told Linda she was a little freaked out. I am not sure if it was a dangerous type I'll have to ...
Can't believe I didn't bring my passport!
... ! Unfortunately Lisa didn't even think about checking for any National Parks other than San Juan (which we've been to) on the islands we were visiting and didn't bring the National Park Passport. We went to the fort and took a quick look around, and got ...
oh yes, I'm still writing in the blog
... also have to play along with a pre-recorded track with things like extra percussion, synths, and strings. All of that comes to us through this little digital mixing board under our stands. It took me a long time to get used to playing live with ...
something more for your viewing pleasure .
... and flavors. These two pictures show Charlotte Amalie from the hillside. Hassel Island and Water Island 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 ...