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The Beautiful Virgin Islands

A travel blog entry by danharriet

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In November of 1493, on his second voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus, aboard his flagship, "Marigalante" came upon a group of islands that he would name in honor of the 11,000 beautiful virgins of St. Ursula. An early Christian story tells of Princess Ursula who with 11,000 virgin hand maidens was massacred on a journey to Cologne, Germany where she was a part of an arranged marriage to the local governor.

The Virgin Islands are ...

Retail Therapy in Charlotte Amalie

A travel blog entry by kathyglur

... clockwise in the northeast part of the island.) This time, we stayed on the taxi and went all the way to Charlotte Amalie.

Charlotte Amalie is very different than where we're staying. It's much more modern and clean. And very geared towards tourists. There are some upscale (Bulgari, Rolex, Prada, etc.) shops at the east end. And the airport and the University of VI are on the west. The main street goes along the waterfront. And the buildings are ...

Cruising the BVI on the Bad Kitty

A travel blog entry by kathyglur

... Once we cleared customs, we decided to have a huge burger (to split) at the High Tide restaurant. Why not have a cheeseburger in paradise. We had to see what Jimmy Buffet was singing about. It really was a great burger! Not sure if it’s the salt air or the sound of the waves crashing on the shore, but it was truly enjoyable.

We caught the ferry back to St. Thomas and spent a half hour trying to find our condo. We pretty much crashed after our long day in the ...

Arabella Sailing Cruise: Spanish Virgin Islands

A travel blog entry by miramar1

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... option of signing up for an optional horseback riding trip on Vieques which you had to let them know if you wanted to go on ahead of time. So if you do the Spanish Virgin Islands trip, get ready to make a lot of decisions in your first hour onboard!



Around 6pm we set sail for St. John where we would anchor for the night not far from Cruz Bay. One thing those of us who had sailed the Arabella before were disappointed about was the deletion of the first night dinner ...

Opening of Wetzel's Pretzels Tutu Park Mall

A travel blog entry by wetzelspretzels

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... juicy jalapenos)! The types of Pretzel Dogs we will be serving are: Wetzel Dog(fresh baked pretzel wrapped around an all beef hot dog) Cheese Dog(hot, baked cheese melted over an all beef Wetzel dog)! Thirsty? Try Wetzel's fresh Lemonade! Hot outside? Try Wetzel's Frozen Lemonade available in original,cherry,and strawberry flavors.Still not satisified? Try a delicious,frozen Coca-Cola Icee in original Coca-Cola, Strawberry-Kiwi,and Blue Raspberry!On the ...

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