St. Thomas

I have to say, St. Thomas was my favorite island.  It was the cleanest.  The views were the best from both sides.  The people were very friendly and respectable.  The food was pretty good.  It was very easy to get around.  I have never seen so many taxi vans!

We started out the day shopping in town.  The stores were very nice.  Most of the stores were selling jewelry.  We had lunch at a local restaurant called Cuzzins.  Tim had bbq chicken, sweet potatoes, and fungi.  When he ordered the fungi, I could just picture a big green blob on the plate, straight off a tree.  Fortunately for him, it was really a mix of cornmeal and okra.  Strange, but fairly good.  I had a fish sandwich with french fries (much safer and rather tasty).

After lunch we ventured across the island to Magen's Bay.  Magen's Bay is listed as a top 10 beach in National Geographic.  It was really pretty.  The waters were calm and clear.  The beach was quite crowded, but we enjoyed a couple of hours in the sun and sand.

We finished our day in St. Thomas at KMart.  Of all things, we had to buy another suitcase.  We really didn't buy that much, but we were so close to the limit (50 lbs.), that we had to spread our stuff out.  

Once we pulled out of port, we headed to our last dinner with our new friends.  Then the packing began and the vacation was almost over.  We woke up Sunday morning to rain in Puerto Rico.  Hurricane Ike had just passed through.  We flew through some turbulence for about an hour and then the flight was smooth.  You know we are always desperate for mexican food, right?  On our way home, we picked up Pappasitos to go.  We had tacos al carbon, guacamole, chips, and fresh tortillas while we rehashed the whole trip en route to see our children and my mom at home in Tennessee!!!