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Wednesday 26 February 2014

Day 2 - St. Thomas, U.S.V.I

We woke up as we closed in on the island of St. Thomas.  We had been to this island two years ago with Stephen.  It was 30 degrees, warm and sunny.  We strolled around the shopping area and met a new little friend.
We decided not to stop and chat and left him to his bench.  Ron bought a very important purchase while we were there....a snorkel.  It proved to be well worth his money during this trip.

We took a private ferry for a scenic ride along St. Thomas's south shore into the beautiful island of St. John. 
This island is known as the Emerald of the Caribbean. 
We then took a "taxi" to Trunk Bay.  The taxi was actually a truck with two benches on both sides of the truck bed.  The beach was beautiful and we saw a stingray swimming by.  He didn't bother us and we didn't bother him.  Ron snorkelled along a underwater path.  There were signs to direct him along the way.  He saw lots of fish. The water was warm and of course, very salty.

We spent about three hours at the beach relaxing, snacking, reading, swimming and snorkelling.  It was a beautiful day and did I mention WARM.  When we got back to the ship we had a cup of tea on the 11th floor looking down on the harbour in St. Thomas and the Carnival Cruise Ship.
We had great dinner partners for our evening meals and enjoyed sharing with them about our day's activities and hearing from them what they had done.  The food was of course delicious, especially the Crème Brulee.  Each night we would go back to our cabin which was cleaned so nicely by "Bruce."  He would leave us information about the next day's events and sometimes a little creature.
so....next day we went to St. Kitts.

1 comment:

Catherine said...

Oh that beautiful warm looking water!!
Cute elephant. :)
xo Catherine