St. Thomas is supposed to be the shopping mecca of the Caribbean—but we didn’t really do any shopping, unless you count the mango rum. Our first view of St Thomas was from the ship and it was absolutely beautiful.
It actually rained (pretty hard) for about 20 minutes and I wondered what that would do to our day. As it turned out, the sun quickly returned and it was gorgeous out.
We took a private tour with Air Force One and had a great time.
Blackbeard’s Castle
- The only reason I didn’t buy this sign is because it wasn’t for sale. If I had bought it, I hope I would have thought to buy two because both Jordan and Jennica would have wanted it.
- Me with Blackbeard—he really was larger than life! Behind me is the remains of the “castle”.
- Can’t remember which pirate this one is—there were a lot of pirate statues!
- ohn kept saying he wanted to see Harrison Ford (since we were on Air Force One tour) and Johnny Depp. We didn’t find Harrison for him, but we did manage to locate Jack Sparrow.
World Amber Museum
The World Amber museum had amber that was tens of thousands of years old—some of which encased bugs that were tens of thousands of years old.
- I love signs. I especially love signs that tell me about where we were (or from today’s point of view, where we’ve been. I love signs. I especially love signs that tell me about where we were (or from today’s point of view, where we’ve been.
- The highlight of the museum (other than bugs in amber) was the amber waterfall. I wasn’t sure what to expect—I don’t think this what I did expect—but it was gorgeous.
- could type in all the details of the fall, but sometimes a picture has a thousand words.
- This is a closeup of the waterfall stones.
Mountaintop
When we drove up to Mountaintop, Jason said, “Hello, Mr. Trap”, and he was right about the store being a tourist trip, but it turned out that the views were absolutely incredible. Mountaintop claims to be the birthplace of the banana daquiri, and they were fantastic—and strong. When I brought Stan his, I took a ‘cartage fee’, claiming it was too full to carry otherwise. This was the beginning of our quest for frozen fruity rum things.
- John wanted to buy the mountain off in the distance as a Mensa retirement home.
- I want to live somewhere with views like this.
- Pirates fought from land as well as from ships.
- “The most popular of all cannons for pirates was the carronade.”
People
There were a bunch of us on the tour, but I only took a few people pictures!
- John & Sandi while we were waiting for our tour guide.
- Bill & Ellen
- Stan, finishing his (Caribbean) beer with lunch,
- Our tour guide “Papa Bear”.
Souvenirs
I bought some fun souvenirs and gifts in St. Thomas.
- These are magnetic bracelets I found for Bethy and Jennica. They are shown here as bracelets, but they also can be worn as a necklace. I bought them in the open air market.
- Necklace I purchased for myself at Mountaintop.
- After I bought the first purple necklace at Mountaintop I saw this second one (also purple, of course) and had to have it, too.
Trip Home | St. Thomas | Tortola | Antigua | Dominica | Barbados | On the ship | San Juan