Elm Beach Suites Road Town

It's quite difficult to find good sushi in the BVI. The BVI Yacht Club has a Sushi Night each Thursday and the sushi is okay. The Dove Restaurant in Road Town has a small sampler selection which is better. So, when reports reached me that Sky Restaurant had employed a Japanese Teppan Yaki and Sushi chef and was producing excellent quality sushi 6 nights a week some friends and I decided to pay a visit to celebrate a birthday ...

... overall experience. First, since her full time job is to look after the place, the Villa is meticulously maintained and spotless. Second, unlike most rentals, which offer maid service one or two days during the week, Mariel is there everyday, making the beds, helping with the dishes and generally cleaning up. That said, she is not underfoot. She is unobtrusive and generally looks after the house while you are out. Third, if ...

... the ship's doctor stationed on the 4th deck. After a quick check up of blood pressure, etc.... I was given an needle of something plus sea sickness pills. :( Happy to report that after two hours, I felt better, not 100% myself but better. <br><br>Therefore, today, I stayed on board instead of visiting St. Thomas island. Since we were doing two cruises with Caribbean Princess - Southern &amp; Western being back to back, last week, we had the luxury ...

... mouth dropping! I have never seen a beach like this before. These big huge boulders, some the sizes of houses were bordering the beach. It was absolutely extraordinary beautiful! <br><br>The waves of the sea were quite high as they were being smashed along the boulders by the force of nature. Mi just couldn't resist it. Off he went, jumped right in the middle of the beach, started swimming and being pushed ashore by these waves whereas me ...

... on the port by 8:30am.<br><br>The US Virgin Islands, which are comprised of several small islands, are America's paradise and offers a blend of island ways and American customs. The capital of St. Thomas is Charlotte Amalie and the island is 40 miles east of Puerto Rico. The island has stunning views with crystalline waters, white sandy beaches and palms trees. Its northern coast borders the ...

... on a close reach to the Bight. Norman's Island is known as Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. It is here that the famous travel adventure writer referred to when writing his famous adventure story. As soon as we anchored, we went snorkeling in The Caves. There were so many colorful fish all around us. We could see numerous fish every time we put our faces in the water. The underwater scenery of marine life was stunning. That evening we carved our names ...

Today I went on a tour of St. Maarten and had a blast. I booked a shore excursion through the desk on the ship and got a free tour and day at the beach! My friend and I, along with 20 other guests from the ship, boarded a very nice airconditioned charter bus near the ship and set off to the Dutch side of the island. The island is ...

... the bar for miso soup and sushi (in San Juan? really?) -- and potato chips with wasabi (mmm). Then, to bed.<br><br>18 November<br><br>Up early; shower; mediocre (at best) breakfast. Checked into flight ... but it was delayed about 1.5 hours (not that they tell you; it just fails to board on time). Turns out that the St. Thomas airport was out of power, which delayed almost all flights since St. T is such as hub. <br><br>In any case, finally flew the 25 minutes to Beef Island, were ...

... can be a hair raising experience when going around tight turns through the mountains with no shoulder on one side and the mountain on the other! Our poor little minivan almost didn't make it up one of the inclines, either. But all in all it was a fun experience, and it was nice to look out over the gorgeous Caribbean when it would appear around the turns! When we got to the yacht club we had a few hours to kill before ...

... here at Jake and Keegan's house. At five o'clock on Thursday, Keegan and I went and played a hockey game with some of his friends. At first I felt stupid playing with all of Keegan's friends since they were good hockey players. An hour later we were ready to go home and I was just as good as them. I had fun and it made me feel good when Keegan told me that I was a real good player. Later that evening I went to Jakes hockey game and he made some really great saves. He ...