St. Thomas, U.S.V.I.

We are to be here from 8:00am-5:00pm.  We had breakfast in the room of omelets, etc.  Our tour today is a hike, snorkel, and kayak of Cays bay.  We took a shuttle to the bay so we got to see some of the island.  They drive on the left side of the road, so it was interesting riding around the island, going up and around the curvy roads.  However, the views were very pretty!  We also saw some of the recovery of the island from the hurricane last year.

Our tour was quite fun.  We started off kayaking the bay, learning about the mangroves.  We then got out of the kayaks and did the snorkel part of the tour.  We were lucky with the weather this morning.  It was warm and sunny!

Sailing towards St. Thomas. Beautiful views!!

 Our welcome committee!!

 This was a damaged church we passed on the way to Cays bay. 

 The views are pretty.  St. Thomas is a mountain island.

This is a fruit stand we passed.

 Kayaking in Cays Bay... 

Underwater view from our snorkel experience!

This is a big puffer fish.

 A small conk shell.

 This octopus was quite shy.  It wouldn't come out and say hi.

 This was a barracuda we saw.

All in all a great time! 

After the snorkel time, we went on a hike and saw hermit crabs, a poison tree, and incredible views.  I sorry I didn't get any pictures because my camera ran out of battery and I didn't have my phone.  

We did have a great time here.

We took the shuttle back to town and did a bit of shopping, of course!

Just after getting back on the ship, it started raining.  We had lunch in the Lido Market with views of boats and the island... Sweet! 

We watched the sail away from our veranda which was nice.

We had dinner in the MDR then back to room to watch a movie.

Tomorrow, a sea day.

Lunch View and Sail Away!