Alert! Alert! Alert! The food truck craze is coming to the Virgin Islands, but with a twist. They are actually food boats. Haha. First we had Pizza Pi set up…
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Over on Water Island in the USVI they show movies on the beach every Monday night during the cruising season. Heidi’s Honeymoon Grill puts this on by stringing a giant…
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Two months ago I had guest that did not show up until 5pm, so we chose to spend the first night on the dock instead of rushing around. Well one…
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Here are some of the turks head cactus I told you about yesterday. You will find these all over Ram Head if you hike to the southern most point on…
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Every now and then I get guest that let me take them to the south side of St John instead of the BVI and they are rewarded with beautiful, quiet…
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I decided today I was going to write about my typical day when I am not on charter. How I get up, have breakfast, stretch, write, work on boat projects,…
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What can make getting a deliscious pizza in paradise even better? How about the same pie with dolphins swimming around the boat? That is exactly what happened a while back…
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I am very honored to be featured on Amateur Traveler‘s very popular podcast hosted by Chris Christensen. Chris has been hosting a travel podcast for over 13 years now and…
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After seven years of living and working in the Caribbean has shown me that we have amazing sunsets down here. It is as if God pulls out a different color…
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Would you believe the last place in the Virgin Islands they did pistol duels is also today’s photo of the day? This is Waterlemon Cay on the north shore of…
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As I told you on Thursday, I am interrupting our adventures to share with you an article I wrote several months ago for some magazines. Given the damage the two…
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Now that I have finished writting about our time in Morocco, I want to talk about the Virgin Islands for a bit before I get back to telling you all…
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Today’s photo of the day is one I took last season and I think is appropriate now that two catagory 5 hurricanes have ripped through the Virgin Islands and Puerto…
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Many people ask me what is my favorite anchorage in the Virgin Islands. They are expecting me to list one from the BVI, and are surprised when I say Salt…
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Today’s photo of the day is of a US Coast Guard rescue helicopter buzzing the light tower on Buck Island four miles off St Thomas, USVI. The older looking building…
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Have you heard of the pizza boat anchored at Christmas Cove on Great St James Island in the US Virgin Islands? It is called Pizza Pi and in my opinion…
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As some of you read, last week marked the 100-year anniversary of the United States buying the US Virgin Islands from the Danish. All of a sudden, the Virgin Island…
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Today’s “photo of the day” is a sunset with my favorite person at one of my favorite spots in the entire USVI, Ram’s Head on the south side of St…
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Many people do not know that the US Virgin Islands were once owned by Denmark. The Danish West Indian Company settled St Thomas in 1672, St John in 1694, and…
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[Shane – Melek hits it square on the head. Exactly what I have written several times] Sometimes we can fear something with no real reason and hesitate to try it!…
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As many of you know I am finishing my sixth season of chartering in the Virgin Islands this year. After over 100 charters and only three complaints (97% success rate!!!!)…
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On the south side of St John there is a small town called Coral Bay (I estimate 1000 people live there, at most). It consists of a couple roads, churches,…
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All around St John the National Parks Service has mooring balls for vessels to hook up to. These balls coast $26 to stay overnight in some of the most perfect…
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One of the favorite things people see are the “wild” donkeys on St John. I put the wild in parentheses because the more accurate term would be feral. This is…
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So we have been talking about the hike down to Reef Bay and today we will see the end results as we tour the sugar factory that is right on…
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Yesterday I wrote all about the Petroglyphs on the south side of St John. Well today I wanted to share a “photo of the day” from there. As I was…
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The petroglyphs are on the south side of St John and can be reached with an easy walk from Reef Bay or a more challenging hike for Lameshure Bay. It…
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If guest are willing to spend a couple days around St John, then one thing I like to take them to is Reef Bay. This bay is rather exposed, so…
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If you are ever hiking around the swampy areas of a Caribbean island and noticed mounds in the trees? Do you know what they are? Well they are termite nest….
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On Sunday I told you about a great little hike I did on the south side of St John. Today’s photo of the day is from the end of the…