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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
If you’re going on a cruise around the Caribbean with a boat like Guiding Light let’s see what you should pack when you’re getting ready! Suitcases – First of all,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
[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!…
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!!!!)…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
