United States Virgin Islands Travel Blogs

We landed, debarked and collected our baggage uneventfully.  I called my sister Laura to let her know we arrived,  she works at The Frenchmans Reef Marriot as an events coordinator.  She left work to come meet us and lead us back to her hotel.  I had reserved a Jeep Liberty…

Carnival Miracle arrived at St. Thomas in the early morning. We had also visited St. Thomas on our cruise last summer. Then, we we saw Magens Bay, the scenic overlooks, Blackbeard's Castle (Skytsborg), and the historic houses along The 99 Steps.  (See my June 2007 St. Thomas/Charlotte Amalie b…

Land! I was up on deck to spot the first sight of the Virgin Islands at 8:30 a.m. Off to starboard--Savana Island perhaps. Whatever it was, it was shrouded in mist. I hopped this did not bode ill for weather this day. Soon, I sighted the western tip of St. Thomas to port.   Carnival Glor…

Lazy day. Lin and I had planned on going to town but the doorman, Simon, said there were 6 ships in town so we decided to just veg at the resort. After breakfast all but Lin took a Wave Runner tour. Lindsay, the guide, rode on the first machine, then Steve and Noah, then Krista, then me. At first I…

St. Croix was some of the best diving I have done so far. 11 days full of wreck diving, wall diving and night dives. Can't wait to go back!

Ah, the US Virgin Islands, my favorite tropical escape. This is my second visit to the spectacular island of St. Thomas. The last time we visited we took the historic island tour (which was fantastic!) so we didn't feel guilty about hopping on a water taxi headed for St. John. St. John is only 12 m…

Today is our only day with no port of call, as we travel between the US Virgin Islands and Aruba. The cruise ship operators understand that this long time between ports gives potential for quite contemplation and spending time with loved ones, so they try to fill in those gaps with non-stop stimula…

Our first trip beyond the realms (or lack there) of the US. The island is beautiful, and a bit unexpecting. However miserable the encounter at the resort may have been, we absolutely sustained unimaginable excitement under the water. The locals were... Were beyond our belief. Living far below what …

Sept. 8th- Sept. 15Th 2007 *The Bahamas *St. Thomas USVI *Puerto Rico *Grand Turk, Turk & Caicos BWI

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OUr first stop of the cruise is the US Virgin Island. The islands lured more foreign nation than any other territory. The flags of six countries have flown over the islands. The capital of St. Thomas is Charlotte Amalie. The total island population is 56,000. The United States dollar is the officia…

My first driving experience on the left side of the road.  I normally wouldn't consider driving outside of the contential US, but decided I could take it on since it was a small island.  And boy did I get lost a few times, but I just kept driving and eventually got back on track.  Hi…

Today started at 4am because I had to get to the airport to catch my 6am flight.  The flight was rather uneventful and I slept the whole way.  I got off in Miami in concourse D and took the tram to my connecting flight in concourse E.  I sit down to find out that my gate has changed …

I grew up in St. Croix and decided to take my bf there as a celebration of our graduations.