Our third stop on our fabulous vacation was St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. We took a tour around the island where we go some awe inspiring views of the surrounding islands. It's a shame that these pictures don't do the view justice.
This is a picture of our tour bus. It was a bit nerve wracking sitting right next to the open door, driving 30 mph up very steep and winding roads with a posted speed limit of 10 mph.
Magens Bay is supposed to be one of the top 10 most beautful beaches in the world. The sand felt like brown sugar (without the stickiness), and the water was a beautiful turquise blue.
Our next stop was Magen's bay itself where we walked along the beach and swam/snorkeled in the beautiful water. All along the beach pelicans circled and occasionaly dove into the water, hunting the hundreds of thousands of small fish swimming in the shallow water. It was really cool.
Here's a small sample of what the fish looked like.
As we were snorkeling, we got a rare oppurtunity to see a sea turtle. We followed it around for a minute or two, and got yelled at by the lifeguard for swimming out past the bouy's marking the swimming area (we were no more a few feet out of bounds).
This is a picture of our tour bus. It was a bit nerve wracking sitting right next to the open door, driving 30 mph up very steep and winding roads with a posted speed limit of 10 mph.
Magens Bay is supposed to be one of the top 10 most beautful beaches in the world. The sand felt like brown sugar (without the stickiness), and the water was a beautiful turquise blue.
Our next stop was Magen's bay itself where we walked along the beach and swam/snorkeled in the beautiful water. All along the beach pelicans circled and occasionaly dove into the water, hunting the hundreds of thousands of small fish swimming in the shallow water. It was really cool.
Here's a small sample of what the fish looked like.
As we were snorkeling, we got a rare oppurtunity to see a sea turtle. We followed it around for a minute or two, and got yelled at by the lifeguard for swimming out past the bouy's marking the swimming area (we were no more a few feet out of bounds).
Somebody got married the day we were at the beach.
Along the rocks at the edge of the beach we found some pretty cool sea life. Later we found out that black sea urchins are quite poisonous, and we thought we had a close call until we looked up what black urchins look like and discovered that these were another type.
4 comments:
St. Thomas looks amazing, just like the rest of your trip! When we went we docked there but ended up ferrying over to St. John for the day instead. It was amazing, but I wish we could have toured around St. Thomas as well. I can see what the open tour bus would have made you nervous! :)
Okay, I get more jealous with each post. Please stop!!! You two had way too much fun. The beach looks amazing. Did you have to purchase an underwater camera? Great pics of the sea life.
We didn't purchase an underwater camera. We bought an underwater covering to fit a camera we already had. It is called a Dicapac and only costs about $25. We were surprised to see several people had the same idea. We figured the quality would be much better than a disposable underwater camera. We were very pleased with it, though we used it on a camera we've had for years knowing there was a risk it could get damaged. We had no problems, however.
So fun! I'm glad you guys had such a nice vacation. It looks so beautiful...makes me want to go to the beach!
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