Today we are in St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. We had booked a tour to St. Johns and had to ride a ferry from St Thomas to St Johns. We had to be on the pier by 10:45 and had to be on time. We got there with time to spare and it was so hot out there waiting for the ferry.
When the ferry got there since we had gotten down to the pier early we were towards the front of the line but something happened and they started from the middle of the line to board so weren't the first ones on the ferry and when we got on all of the seats inside were taken so we had to go up top. All of the covered seats were taken as well so we had to sit in the sun. I had sunscreen that I put on but I found out when I got back to the cabin that I guess I didn't put enough of it on. My face, arms and feet got burned.
On the ride over it was pleasant at first but then we started getting sprayed by salt water just a little bit. By the time we got to St Johns I was soaked all the way through. My eyes were burning with salt water and my hair was tangled and stiff.
We boarded an open air taxi which was on the back of a pickup truck. He drove us around the island and we saw some beautiful views. We had a restroom break and could walk down to the beach if we wanted to. I just stayed by the truck with a few others. The mosquitos were really bad and were eating us up and i was glad to get out of there.
When we boarded the ferry to go back, we found out that there was a downstairs that was air conditioned with tables so we sat in there on the way back and we didn't get wet. When we got back to the ship we were so tired and dirty so the first thing we did was shower and put on clean clothes. After relaxing some we went to the lounge down the hall and met up with George and Bennye to hear about their day for a bit.
We had not eaten lunch and we were starving. It was still an hour before dinner so we went to the Concierge Lounge where they had snacks and drinks before dinner. That helped to get that in our stomachs before dinner. We went to dinner at 6:00 and I had pork tonight with crab meat on top. It had to be some of the best food I have ever had. To begin with i didn't know if I would like it but thought I would give it a try and it was wonderful!
Tonight the show was a group called Mo5aic. I had seen them before but I think they were better this time around. They use no musical instruments, but make the musical instrument sounds with their mouths. When they are singing, you think there are instruments playing but it is all their voices.
After the show we went through the casino on the way back to the room. We didn't stay long since we have an early day tomorrow. We will be at St Marten and have to be on the pier at 8:15.
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