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27.4.2012 Chefs table dinner last night was interesting, the Exec Chef cooked for us in the kitchen, it was quite noisy but a lot of fun. There were six of us, another couple from the states who were at a VET conference, she was the vet and her husband worked for Sandvik which John had too a few years ago, that it is a small world! Lobster, prawns, souffle, - gut busted again! Then moved up to the Ice Bar, the bar is made of ice, and had a couple of martinis before heading off to sleep. Spending day in St Thomas today, it really is postcard perfect, such a lovely port and the weather is superb. John decided to buy me a laptop for our anniverary, I said come ON!! I am fed up with ... read more
St Thomas Carnival
Steel Bands unreal
Pretty truck


US Virgin Islands - Thursday – March 8th This morning we docked in St Thomas, US Virgin Islands. This is a protectorate of the US and uses US dollars. By contrast, Sait Maartens used Dutch Gilders, and Saint Martins used Euros (actually they both accepted US dollars too). Anyway, the cruise last night was not too long, so we went slowly and smoothly and the ship was docked by 7:00 AM. The Virgin Islands were also named by Christopher Columbus in 1493 for Saint Ursula and her virgin followers. Up to and including the 17th century, these islands were captured and controlled by many European powers, including France, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom. By the middle of the 19th century the abolition of slavery took hold and "free labor" was hard ... read more
Coast of St Thomas
Ruby Princess at Pier
Janet & David


Voici notre 2e publication de blogue ... Qui s'intitule Le mois des Rencontres Québécoises ... Tout à fait bizarre car Nous n'avions rien planifié à ce sujet et Nous avons rencontré tout ce beau Monde ... Que la Vie est Belle !!! Nous sommes actuellement à St-John dans les Iles Vierges Américaines (USVI) ... Ici toutes les Iles sont très rapprochées les unes des autres, maximum 2 heures entre chacune, ce qui fait que Nous pouvons être une journée en territoire Britannique ... les BVI ... ou Espagnol ... ou encore Américain ... Pourquoi au juste, le Canada n'a pas encore son Ile dans le Sud ??? St-John Nous permet de retrouver le calme de la Nature, puisque cette Ile et ses Eaux ont été décrétées Parc National ... Nous Nous adonnons donc au Snorkeling, à ... read more
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...All shore dives at Coki Beach, St. Thomas... read more
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Enfin, Julia Maria a son blogue ... Ce qui permettra à nos Familles et Amis de Nous suivre plus facilement ... Et comme le dirait une Grande Amie à Nous ... Have Fun on the Way !!! Vous pouvez devenir Membres et Nous transmettre vos commentaires que Nous prendrons un plaisir à lire ... surtout étant loin de Vous. ... read more
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02 09 2012 Arrival to St. Thomas We arrived in St. Thomas at night and pretty exhausted from the crossing. Wi Fi is not to powerful that is why my posting got delayed. There is a one hr time change forward on our watches. It’s hot and sunny here and it rains lightly every hr so refreshing...Not much to do unless you are in the water, you are bar fly or a shopper. Owners will get here on Mon so we have some time to play and pretty up the boat. We will stay around here for about 8 days. The plan was to explore the island, hike, fish and dive. But the weather decreased and we couldn’t do much. Just scenic walks along the bay with a nice sight of the sailboats at anchor especially ... read more
Sidewalk along the bay
Sunset across from Us
Bar astern


Caribb.110411 St. Thomas rainy day today.. and yep it finally happened... snorkelling trip was cancelled because of weather and was replaced with a tour to Coral world and a butterfly farm. We tried to go swimming with the sea lions but did not have a reservation so just wandered about taking pictures... Then moved on to the butterfly farm and the highlight was Havensight Cafe that featured chicken roti & peas & rice with Carib beer. Back onto the boat for an afternoon beside the pool. Tomorrow back to San Juan and into the airplane home... ... read more
Cockatoo
Kite butterfly
Orchids


We have had the last two days doing very little. We have taken the time to do a little sunbathing along with preparing for our long journey home. Thursday we managed to get about 3 hours sunbathing in before the heavens opened and it poured with rain. Later that evening we took a walk into the town and had dinner in Chinese restaurant we had seen earlier in the week near to the Kmart store. It was a lovely meal, but the restaurant was completely deserted apart from us. Looks like locals do not eat out much around here. Friday morning we were going to take in some more sunbathing, but the rain got in first, so we returned to the apartment to begin preparations for our journey. Went into town again for dinner. ... read more
Private swimming pool


We are going on the visit to Coral World on the other side of the island today. http://www.coralworldvi.com/park-info-prices/ This tour was organised for us through the complex. The transportation has been laid on free of charge by the park, so all we pay is the $19 each entrance fee. The coach pick up is 8.15am at the lobby. Looks like many people could not get up in time. There should have been 15 of us but were only 9. The taxi took us through about 8 other hotels. It was very frustrating when there was no one there for us to collect. This was time we could have been at the park. Arrived at the park at about 9.45am. Today, we are being treated to a glorious 94 degrees. Hottest so far in our travels. Before ... read more
Sting Ray
Iguana
Iguana taking Georges shoes


We have booked with the complex to go on their Island Tour today. The tour starts at 11am and is scheduled to last about three and a half hours. Our driver for the day is ‘K9 Joe’. He is a retired US police officer on the Virgin Islands. He is able to pass on a lot of knowledge that we would not normally get. It made for a very full and interesting tour. We were in a bus of 9 people. Joe made several stops around the island for us to take pictures of the island and the surrounding islands. He always had a little story about something that has happened to him in every area. We stopped off at a hill top market where we could get some lunch. They are famous here for Banana ... read more
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