This morning we docked in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. We hopped in an open air taxi which took us up and down many large hills to a marina where we got on a catamaran to sail over to St. John. As we sailed off the dark clouds began to gather and the sky began to look ominous.
In the next half hour, our little boat bounced up and down and rain poured down from the sky. Miraculously as we dropped anchor in a little beach cove in St. John, the sun came out and all the clouds disappeared. We spend the next hour or so snorkeling and sitting on the beautiful white sand beach I have ever seen. A little before lunch we returned to the boat and began our sail back to St. Thomas. This time the weather was sunny and breezy and we could enjoy sitting on the deck of the boat drinking rum punches.
Once back to the cruise ship, we had a bit of lunch then explored the tourist shops near the pier. Again, Royal Caribbean’s Liberty of the Sea was docked next to us. Pete and I very much enjoyed sitting on our verandah and watching the tiny people down below re-board the ship while we got ready to sail away.
In the evening, we had a lovely dinner at Parrot Cay and got to see all the children dressed in their Halloween costumes. We went to a 10:30 showing of The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3D, but had a really had time staying awake! The picture at right is the cute little towel elephant that greeted us after dinner. Below is a video of the lagoon where we snorkeled.
