Blogs from Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands, Central America Caribbean - page 5

We anchored near M/Y Rising Sun in St. Thomas Harbor. Rising Sun was originally planned to be 120 meters, but the length was changed to 138 meters because Larry Ellison of Oracle wanted his boat to be longer than Paul Allen's of Microsoft. Rising Sun has a basketball court on her. I wanted to ask Larry Ellison over to our boat for fresh tuna we had just caught, but the admiral would not allow it. Mom said she thought inviting Larry over for dinner would be the neighbourly thing to do.... read more

What a gorgeous day here in St. Thomas! I decided today I'd go to Magen's Bay. National Geographic rated it in the Top 10 beaches in the world. All my times in St. Thomas, yet I hadn't been. I figured it was about time. So today, I took a taxi on my own. Except also in the taxi was Brendan, a Glory dancer, and his friend from home, Kale. We chatted a bit in the taxi. And by the time we reached the beach, they'd decided to adopt me for the day. All afternoon I spent swimming, sunny, chatting and drinking with them. They're super fun, funny Australians. I really enjoyed them. It is so beautiful at Magen's Bay. Green hills rising to either side of the bay. Sparkling blue water. The sea is the most ... read more

What a big and exciting day we had today! Once more, the Carnival Liberty was in port with the Carnival Triumph and Carnival Glory, so my hometown friend, Heather was there. This time, she was excited to have a visit with my visiting family. So Mel, Brad & I first met up with Heather for a nice little visit in one of the crew centres on the pier. A nice way to ease ourselves into the day. Then we met up with Jody for our tour - parasailing! The thought of parasailing used to really scare me. I had no interest in doing it because it was so high. Then last year, the day I went sky diving, I was standing at the water’s edge watching the sky-divers ahead of me fall from the clouds. And ... read more

Okay, so life in paradise is not always what it is cracked up to be (although that might be hard to believe if you follow the travel blog). That’s because I always try to focus on the good parts of our trip when I sit down to the computer and write, reminiscing our recent adventures and going thru the pictures. But the truth of the matter is that this isn’t a vacation out here all the time. It’s a very challenging life. We both have broken many toes and have sustained a multitude of other boat bites and permanent damage- we are always hurting ourselves as this is a very physical lifestyle. And traveling is hard work, tedious, and exhausting when sailing against the trades. The boat breaks all the time, like for example we blew ... read more

I decided to tag along with Erin and Ron to St. Thomas Island in the U.S. Virgin Island for a week. The Caribbean is definitely one of the most beautiful places on earth! Till next time, -Cy... read more