Honeymoon Adventure Number 6: St. Thomas

St. Tomas U.S. Virgin Islands

This island was gorgeous and had the most interesting culture ever. The people seem to live for 2 things here: Rum and Diamonds. Drinking and driving is legal, so is jaywalking...but if you dare to jaywalk, be warned, you are at fault if a drunk (or any) driver hits you! We had a couple adventures here, beginning with a scenic drive up to the highest point on the island for breathtaking views and the famous Banana Daiquiri.

 Our next adventure on this island was to go back into the city to Visit Blackbeard's Castle (and Rum Factory). 

Inside the tower

The View from the Tower 

All in a days Work

Rum being aged. It had quite the stench!

On the same site as Blackbeard's castle, there were also some historic old governers' home's. They were  beautiful, with all sorts of expensive (for the day) woods and styles. 

Our Boat

Paul in some 'sticky situations'.

Pretty Much straight rum....with a little bit of sugar syrup!

THE blackbeard's Revenge

Lunch downtown at some little cafe. 

Our Last adventure on this island was the skyride. It had beautiful views and wonderful walking trails up in the jungle at the top! 

And that Concludes our day on St. Thomas! 

Honeymoon Adventure Number 5: Bahamas

Carnival Liberty Port 1: Halfmoon Cay in the Bahamas

"I wish I could stay here Forever"

 Halfmoon Cay was stunning. The sun was out, the sand was so soft that it felt like flour under our feet, entertainment everywhere,  there were shore excursions galore, picking which ones was the hardest part! True Paradise! 

Three Cruise Lines share ownership of the islands! They even fed us a fabulous bbq lunch! 

Shore Excursion: Parasailing

I was terrified but excited to try out parasailing. It was sooo much fun, you really feel as if you are simply floating behind the boat and dont really feel the speed at all. The views were amazing and I wish   we had the foresight to take a camera up with us, however we left the camera with the folks on the boat so they could take pictures of us! 

In the boat...

Wayyy Up high! 

The boat drive was on a mission to dip everyone's feet in the water

Hey Look its us! 

That was AWESOME! Can't wait to do it again someday!

We're a Long way from Home! 

THe Sun was wonderful, but Paul got a sunburn! 

They had cold water mist stations around the Island, which Paul enjoyed! 

I loved the buildings in the Bahamas, so tropical feeling! 

In the afternoon we with swimming with stingrays, unfortunately we don't have waterproof cameras so  have no pictures, but that was quite an experience as well. I didn't know that stingrays were covered in some sort of protective mucus so they are slimy as they swim past you and brush up against your legs. Paul got to feed them squid and we got to see and hold live conch's, sea stars and sea cucumbers as well! The following 2 pictures are taken at Half Moon Cay, just by someone else! 

Tired and too much sun...

Must be time to return to the boat....