Saturday, May 29, 2010

Day 7: St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands

So far I haven't mentioned anything about the service and attention on the ship. Well, everything was exceptional! The service and attention we received at SoS was what we had grown accustomed to in other cruises, and they did not disappoint. This was Sean's first cruising experience, and he definitely loved the pampering he received while at the cruise. I had to keep reminding him not to expect the same treatment at home!

St. Thomas is my favorite island. I used to visit there with my parents when I was younger, and I used to look at the seaplane on the bay for hours, taking off and landing. This was my fifth visit to the island, so I woke up early to take pictures as the ship arrived.
Sean and I went alone to the Skyride since Carmen and Chito decided to skip it. We took the best pictures from the entire trip from Paradise Point, at the top of the Skyride station.
Sean was so hot waiting for the Skyride, but he was a really good sport about it:

You can see Puerto Rico, Vieques, and Culebra from Paradise Point.
We were able to take great pictures of the sea plane taking off and landing from and to the harbor:
While at the stores in Paradise Point, we saw this little warning for shoplifters. I started laughing out loud when I saw it and the store attendant started staring at me, so I quickly moved away from the store and ordered a Bushwacker at 9am to help deal with the stress:
We decided to head out so we could visit the Butterfly Garden with Carmen and Chito, but prior to that we climbed further up on Paradise Point to try to get a better view from the top:
Towards the top, I saw a hummingbird perched on a branch. I had never seen a hummingbird stand still, so I took a picture of it.
Before leaving, we also saw the seaplane land, so I took tons of pictures of it. One day we will ride it to St. Thomas.
We headed to the ship to find Carmen and Chito, and then we went to the Butterfly Garden.
We learned that butterflies drink fermented nectar to get drunk, and then they look for mates to procreate.
Then we headed back to the ship so we could prepare for our return to Puerto Rico.

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