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The Virgin Islands

When you close your eyes, when you imagine a white sand beach with perfect ruffly waves and enough sunshine to tan you in a week - you don’t know it, but you are picturing the Virgin Islands.

The Soggy Dollar, British Virgin Islands


Trunk Bay, St. John, USVI


Salt Pond Bay, with Ram’s Head Point visible in the distance, St. John, USVI

Plan on slowing down, because nothing here is quick and everyone else already knows that.


See this map in the original post

How to Get to St. John

  1. Find a flight into St. Thomas (airport code STT).

  2. Grab the Redhook ferry to St. John’s and arrive in Cruz Bay.

  3. Get bug repellent ASAP - there’s a lovely local herbal concoction that works miracles.

  4. Cruz Bay has all the commerce, but I love Coral Bay and Jeeping across the jungle mountain roads.


Don’t wait at the STT airport if you have a gap in your schedule…

… Not when you could grab a beach side chair or table at the middling Emerald Bay Resort and enjoy views like these.

The Ferry

Wait for the ferry at “The Beach Bar” in Cruz Bay, St. John, The Virgin Islands. Totally fine if you stay until sunset.

It’s noisy, and the diesel smells, but there’s something magical about being in the absolute middle of the ocean and watching as the ocean turns turquoise with the rise of the islands.


Eating in Cruz Bay

There’s chaotic bars, drinks in the street, and some of the finest haute cuisine.

Really, choose your own adventure.