Blogs from Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands, Central America Caribbean - page 7

Brèves nouvelles de Guy et France : Vendredi le 8 juin, Schaffer & Brown se sont rendus, tel que prévu, vers 10h30 sur Moana pour re-installer les équipements de navigation qui avaient été expédiés chez Raymarine aux États-Unis pour une vérification complète. Des tests ont été effectués dans la baie et tout semble en parfait état. Samedi matin, ils ont quitté Las Salinas pour une navigation de 9 heures vers l'île de Vieques où ils ont passé la nuit. Dimanche ils ont navigué (beaucoup de voile) pendant 12 heures pour se rendre en face de Red Hook Marina(ST-Thomas) Position : 18.18.59 et 064.49.86 cette petite île se nomme Great St-James; eau limpide - endroit paradisiaque. Ils ont découvert la joie de posséder ENFIN un pilote automatique qui a fait le travail de "barreur" depuis les deux ... read more

This morning we woke relatively early, ate our baked goods and went to my favorite beach on St. Thomas: Lindquist Bay. Lindquist is one of the few undeveloped beaches on the island, and this has been controversial recently. All beaches in the Virgin Islands are public, and landowners must provide reasonable access to the public over land. Lindquist was bought by a large US developer, fences were put up, and several years of lock and fence cutting took place on the trail to the beach. Now, the fence is open for pedestrian traffic, and a security guard actually sits (naps) there and makes sure no cars drive in. Apparently the people are trying to take the land under eminent domain and keep the beach undeveloped. Despite the local popularity of the beach, on a weekday, we ... read more

Seattle - Dallas - Puerto Rico - St. Thomas, USVI Our first stop is St. Thomas, J's old stomping grounds and current home of his sister and her boyfriend. We're inexplicably allowed 6 segments in the North American continent, so we made use of it by hopping down to the "Caribbian". Leaving Seattle at 6 AM, with about 6 hours of sleep in the last 48, we arrived in STT at 9:30 PM. We were filmed leaving the airplane by a TV crew that was filming a reality show for BET along the lines of The Real World. The Puerto Rico airport is pretty lame, so we were looking to eat somewhere in Charlotte Amalie after our flight. The only place still serving food after 10PM was the Open Pit BBQ, which we were assured was ... read more

Today we arrived in St. Thomas. It was so beautiful there. We took a skyride to Paradise Point, which is 700 feet above sea level. There was a great view of the harbor from up there. After we rode back down, we decided to head out to the beach. We heard that the beach at Magens Bay was a really beautiful beach, so we took a cab there. The cab driver was not a very good driver. He was eating the same time he was driving. We thought for sure he was going to crash the car. The beach was really beautiful, and it wasn't crowded, which was nice. We decided to leave as the sun was starting to set because the bugs were starting to come out. We found a little shuttle bus that would ... read more

Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands Capital is Charlotte Amalie Weather overcast and looks like rain. Up early and breakfast at the buffet to get ready for our first excursion. Interesting day. Our tour bus is really a converted pickup truck with bench seating in the bed with narrow steps cut in the side to get in and a makeshift roof on an open frame. Did have roll down plastic windows to keep the rain out. Narrow roads and they drive on the left side, wild drivers and some light rain. Island is very lush with vegetation. Trip to top of highest mountain on the island and enjoyed the views. Three ships in port. Could see quite a few of the other islands. Dropped off in town to see the sights and shop. Taxi back to the ... read more