By Tuesday we were in St. Thomas, by far my favorite stop on this cruise and any other cruises I've been on. This island is AMAZING. The mountains, the colorful buildings, the reefs, the water....it was all so so beautiful. We went snorkeling in Magen's Bay on the opposite side of the island from the dock the morning we arrived. It was a spectacular beach. Magen's Bay is one of the top 10 beaches in the world and I can see why. We snorkeled for a couple of hours at least.
This is the view of Magen's Bay from the top of the mountain you cross to get to the other side of the island. This picture is from Wikipedia, but our taxi driver stopped and let us snap pictures of this view.
Again, this is another picture from Wikipedia, but it could have been taken the exact day we were there. It was THIS gorgeous. We were incredibly lucky.
After snorkeling, we came back to the ship, ate lunch, showered and then headed back out on the island to visit Paradise Point. This is a little tourist trap on the mountain above the dock area. It's a little expensive for the trip up there but it was the simplest way for us to get a great view of the island.
Riding the sky tram up the hills.
From the top, looking down on our cruise ships and St. Thomas. One of the buildings down there is St. Thomas University....how come no one mentioned this to me when I was applying for colleges?
The whole cruise crew: Me, Matt, Dale, Karen, Ronnie and Ed.
I LOVED this island and I really want to come back to vacation just here. It was gorgeous. We passed a retirement home as we headed over to Magen's Bay and Matt and I joked that we'd live in an old folks home if we could be on St. Thomas when we retire. ;-)
I LOVED this island and I really want to come back to vacation just here. It was gorgeous. We passed a retirement home as we headed over to Magen's Bay and Matt and I joked that we'd live in an old folks home if we could be on St. Thomas when we retire. ;-)
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