Blogs from Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands, Central America Caribbean - page 3

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

It has been raining a lot over night, but by the time we got up, most of this had dried up. Got up this morning to find two huge cruise ships parked in the other side of the harbour from our apartment. That means the local area is going to be busy today. Getting a taxi anywhere may be hard. Early morning start today, as we are going to a complex orientation meeting at 8.30 by the pool then breakfast. Didn’t learn much from the meeting, but did ask the lady about purchasing a suitcase and she gave us directions to the local K Mart department store. One suitcase badly damaged on way here from Miami. After the meeting, we had a hearty breakfast then obtained some photos of the hotel ready for the blog. We ... read more

Had an early start today as we had to be back at the airport for 0600 for our first flight of the day to Miami. The Bahamas are very American, but not actually part of USA, so before we boarded the flight we had to go through all USA customs security checks. George particularly was selected for extra security checks. When we had cleared out the fridge in the apartment this morning, there were still some grapes left. We though these would be nice to eat at the airport whilst we waited for the plane, but because they are on the list of restricted items, we were not allowed to do this. This then prompted customs to check our other bags to make sure we had nothing else we should not have had. Everything else was ... read more

St. Thomas Woke early and headed to the Windjammer for breakfast, fruit and smoked salmon for me. Arrived at St. Thomas at 11:00 and watched as the Captain slid the Freedom in between the Norwegian Epic and a Carnival Ship. It’s really amazing how easy it seems to maneuver this vessel with it’s azipods. By 11:30 we were off the ship and on our way for a tour of the Island and some beach time. The weather was overcast but that didn’t affect the beautiful views. The island is very developed with many properties for sale or half built. We saw two more cruise ships moored at the other pier for a total of five ships in port. Charlotte Amalie must be a zoo today. I waved to Linda & Ed on St. Croix, somewhere off ... read more

19 Feb : Miami I went out to downtown Miami, I spoke to my brother Juan, but he was working, so we couldn't meet, will hopefully meet next week Sunday. There are crew shuttle busses that take you to and from the Port. I bought a phone and a simcard to use onboard. I also got some prices for a laptop so that i can finally load some pictures on my blog and Facebook for you all to see. We were very busy at work! The next two sea-days were crazy, non-stop guests from 8am to 10pm. The water was quite rough, and for the first time I felt a little sea sick. I am struggling a little with back pain from the hours that we work, but I had acupuncture after our second sea-day, and ... read more