On the second day at Buck Reef Island our friends Julie Terry & Owen called round to say hi and ended up staying to dinner. We said cheers to them at coffee the next day then left Christmas Cove and sailed to Charlotte Amelie, St Thomas, very windy on arrival 7 knots. Wind increased at sundown. The anchor held well and we can understand why Edward Teach (Blackbeard) considered this a safe harbour. It is almost totally enclosed!
After the formalities we had a sightseeing tour. This involved looking at the various cruise liner shops selling duty free goods and going up 99 steps to Blackbeards tower.
On the way up we had a tour around the amber museum (See snaps on Picasa) and this dinosaur growled as we went past!
and various residences which have been preserved in tact. Had we known it there were 3 pools to swim in we'd have taken our cozzies!. At the top a restaurant and a rum distillery, very near the final climb to the top of the tower.
On the way we passed bronze statues for most of the notorious pirates
How about this one for a Johnny Depp look alike...
We continued—the next day after saying hello to ’Mervyn’ again and being invited round to dinner with them this time.– to look around the French quarter.
We also caught up with 'Blackthorn Lady' (Ian & Jacqui) and ended up being shown the best place for free wi fi , which was a bar called the 'Doghouse'
Since there was little in the way of wind we all decided to stay on for the Sunday and have a game of Mexican Dominoes aboard Mervyn it lasted 5 hours including a short stop for lunch. We ajourned for sundowners aboard 'Piano' and I rustled up some spag bog for supper.
Monday after a quick shop we set off for Culebra but that's for the next installment...
