St. Thomas, US Virgin islands

Today we are in St.Thomas in the US Virgin Islands. We did not dock in the main cruise ship area but in the next bay over, so not great views of downtown from the ship. Here is what we are seeing - 

This morning Art, Bob, Beth, Marlene and I went on a kayaking, hiking and snorkelling  excursion. It was great and Beth says it was the best Caribbean snorkeling that she has ever done. Unfortunately we don't have any photos but we did buy the CD from the tour operator so we will have some great photos of the people, fish and coral, but not until we get home. 

Transportation from the dock to the excursion location was in the back of a truck - what passes locally as a taxi. The crazy thing about St. Thomas is that the vehicles are all left hand drive but they also drive on the left side of the road, making passing a real joy (lots of missing right side mirrors). 

We started off kayaking in a mangrove lagoon to Cas Cay. From there we snorkelled for about 45 minutes and then did a short hike to examine the shoreline before kayaking back. 

It was a lot of fun, we saw lots of fish, rays and corals, raced crabs on the sand and learned a lot about the Eco system. 

Since it is a slow news day I will throw in a couple of photos of last night's desserts. My favourite was the three flavours tiramisu.  

My three favourite lines that I have heard on the trip so far are -

Tourism is our biggest industry, so keep coming or we will have to come to you. 

Rum is not just a breakfast drink anymore. 

In dog beers I am still on my first. 

It is time to head back down to the Promenade deck, a Coke and my book. There is no need to steal food from the buffet as it is always open (at least it is while I am awake). 

Tomorrow is a sea day, sailing to Half Moon Cay in the Bahamas, where I do not expect to have wireless coverage, so probably no more postings until Ft. Lauderdale on Friday.