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U.S. Virgin Islands Slideshow
Virgin Islands US
Travel Blogs from Virgin Islands US
Sep 02, 2003
Planes, Ferries and Automobiles
... cab to the ferry terminal. I am on a 5pm ferry to Tortola and then on to Virgin Gorda (one of the British Virgin Islands). I am staying there tonight and tomorrow night. Tomorrow I am diving the RMS Rhone, a shipwreck from the ...
Leaving the Island
... crazy day. We worked 15 hours, getting the house as ready as possible for a walk through with the producer today. Everyone warned us that he was very negative and to "not take it personally if he hates everything we've done." So after an ...
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 ...
Oh...there are ports too?
We'd been to St Croix once before. This time was a little different as we had to wait in line on-board the ship to go through U.S. Immigration (kind of an oddity). No other port had required this - but the U.S. did? During the January cruise ...
Our first excursion
What we did today: Take an excursion with a small group of no more than 6 passengers per yacht. As you sail and snorkel the turquoise waters surrounding St. Thomas. You will experience Caribbean trade wind sailing at its best. All of the captains are ...
En route vers St-Thomas
Apres un magnifique depart samedi dernier, nous sommes arretes a la plage privee de Princess hier. Il faisait environ 30 C et la mer etait excellente. Quelle belle journee de plage et de baignade. Il y avait tout plein de poissons de toutes les ...
St. John National Park
... much beach. But the water was perfect for swimming. We bobbed around for a bit, before we realized that there was a strong current, carrying us down the beach. I then struck out for the no-boat buoys: it was an uphill swim to the buoy but a very fast swim ...
Hangin' in St. Thomas & Legends in Concert
Today was stop #2 - St. Thomas. It was hot today. Not a lot of wind either to cool us down. We've been trying really hard to get the little ladies to walk on their own everywhere, but today was a little harder at times due to the ...
Salt Pond Bay & Ram's Head Peak Hike
... we had gotten a late start, it was already pretty hot. We crossed the sand and headed to the trailhead. The trail took us through thick mangroves dotted with yucca plants and a few cacti that looked like barrel cactus. The hike was pretty hilly over ...
ST Thomas
Late Entries
I feel it's not so odd that people tend to forget about you once you leave the island. I would like to think that’s because life there is a kind of community struggle, I mean, you’re all in the same boat, so to say. In reality, ...
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 ...
Cruising the BVI on the Bad Kitty
Wednesday morning we woke early to catch the Bad Kitty catamaran, which took us to the British Virgin Islands. We were excited because we thought, "Who would take a cruise called the Bad Kitty? Probably young people looking for an adventure, right?" The ...
Day 2 of the Cruise - St. Thomas, U.S.V.I.
... shining out over the ocean while our ship is at sea, so soothing and beautiful! Our room steward, Alvin, left a towel animal for us on the bed - a shrimp, or some sort of sea creature with chocolates for eyes! So cute! We were thrilled to find the ...
San Juan and now St. Thomas
... the Harbor Pilot. With the Navigator doing at least 20 knots as it headed out of the harbor mouth, the pilot boat parallels us, matches speed, comes within a foot of the vastly larger ship right in its powerful wake, and the pilot hangs on a rope ladder ...
US territory but drivingnon wrong side of road
... rum cake, and I bought a set of Bose QC-15 headphones it was time to head back to the ship and hang out. After watching us depart and relaxing at the spa, we had dinner at taste which is one of the free sit down dining options at the ship, and ...
Day 2
... participate. I ordered a bottle of champagne for the table and we got the wait staff to bring him a cake and the entire staff, us, surrounding tables all started to sing Happy Birthday. It was a lot of fun. This day was not without alcohol, obviously, ...
The adventure begins!
... make more than one stop so expect some extra time and exercise some patience. We asked about a car or van for just the two of us and were quoted $90! Our cab ride was a reasonable $11/person and the van made only one other stop. We checked in at the ...
Friends and Anemones
... 8211; resulting in sailing conditions a bit too far upwind to sail comfortably on a direct route to St. Martin from the Virgin Islands. This means we would have to wait for a temporary change in the weather pattern to permit better sailing ...
The Islands await, Mon
We docked in Charolotte Amalie, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands about 7:00 a.m. We opted out of taking an excursion on the island and took a nice long walk down to the core of the town. We were able to see a few of the points of ...
Rendezvous with S/V Southern Cross
... waypoint. We arrived at Caneel Bay at 1115 (18 20'39.5"N 064 47'21"W). Here, internet access would afford us the opportunity to finalize and upload our blog entries, pictures and videos spanning the previous eight weeks. Stay turned for our ...