Friday, February 26, 2010

St. John - US Virgin Islands

Four-day trip to America's Caribbean, US Virgin Islands. Short trip (which is becoming a feature of most of our vacations..) but what an incredibly beautiful place!

Day 1 - Reached St. Thomas and took the ferry to St. John. Rented our car at St. John, got essential groceries and checked in to our studio at Estate Concordia. A loved the Grand Vitara and the drive up the winding roads! Took the day just to chill, and get used to the place. Awesome location of the studios, up a little hill and so close to the beach. We loved the studios, they were exactly what we had wanted, not fancy and close to the mountains and the sea.We tried the Concordia Cafe for dinner. Few vegetarian options as usual, but we loved their tofu.




Day 2 - Salt Pond Bay beach and a very dry & hot hike up Ram's Head trail but we enjoyed ourselves thoroughly nevertheless. Since we had a kitchen in the studio, and we had stocked up on basic groceries, we managed breakfasts and lunches in the studio, and went out for dinners. In the evening, we drove to the Maho Bay campsite, and had dinner at their cafe. More tofu. Also watched a glass blowing demonstration there.




Day 3 - Got rained out for the first few hours of the day. Then headed out to the Annaberg Sugar Plantation ruins, Trunk bay and Maho bay beaches. Also went on a long drive from one end of the island to the other. Finally, dinner at the Shipwreck Landing restaurant. We absolutely LOVED this place, easily the best place we ate at while we there.



Day 4 - Late in the morning, we took the ferry back to St. Thomas and flew back home!


2 comments:

Aqua and Mauve said...

beautiful- looks like heaven on earth!

Lefiera said...

:-) it is a beautiful place..too bad we couldn't spend more time there!