Last stop: St. Thomas

Today, as we arrived back into American territory, we had to go through immigration on the boat. It was rather painless and quick, much to our surprise. We decided to go to Magen’s Bay beach as it is rated as one of the top 10 beaches in the world. Much to our disappointment, it wasn’t all that special. It was beautiful and the sand was soft, but the water was quite murky and there were some small waves. We later found out that we were not the only ones to have the same beach experience in St. Thomas. The water was rough and murky throughout the island.

We cut our beach stay short and headed into town for some duty free shopping. My favorite activity J We shopped, had lunch at Cuzzin’s and then headed back to the boat to drop off our duty free treasures. We proceeded to the our cable car sky ride to paradise point. After the scary ride (for me) to the top, the view of the island was majestic. It was truly spectacular and awe inspiring. We didn’t want to leave. It “topped off” our entire vacation. The ride down the mountain and back to reality was bitter sweet.

We wish we had more time to spend on each island. They were all so beautiful that we would have loved to explore their many wonders. As the boat sailed off into the sunset, we dined on our last formal dinner, said goodbye to our dinner mates and packed our bags for NJ. Time now to get some sleep before our trip home tomorrow. Even though our cruise may be ending in the morning, our adventure continues as we head to El Yunque (the rain forest in Puerto Rico).