Cathy Cole

This was Immigration morning, and it was the smoothest we’ve ever been through. NO long lines, and we didn’t have to report until almost 8:30. We had breakfast in the Lido, then headed back to our room to prepare for our day ashore.

We were anchored in the harbor, as 3 huge ships were hogging the docks (Princess, Royal Caribbean, and Carnival). We planned to take the ferry to St. John’s and luckily our ship tender docked right next to the Charlotte Amalie ferry, so we got to skip the cab ride to Red Hook. The 45 minute ferry ride cost $7. Once there, we took a cab to Trunk Bay for $4.

Trunk Bay is beautiful, but IMHO, not really any nicer than Maegan’s bay on St. Thomas, and was a lot more trouble to get to. They did have a nice little changing/rest room area, and a place to get snacks. We grabbed a little lunch (hot dogs $3.50, $1.25 pop, $2.00 bottled water, $1.00 chips) and headed down to the beach. It was crowded but clean. By this time, we had only about an hour and a half before we needed to head back, so we tried to soak up as much sun as possible. I walked up and down the beach, about a mile in each direction.

When we were ready to go, we easily found a cab back to the ferry. Lucky for us, we caught the 2:15 ferry back, because the next one to Charlotte Amalie wasn’t until 3:45, and the last tender to the ship was at 4:30. We got back onboard the Volendam about 3:30, and just caught the tail end of afternoon tea in the Explorer’s Lounge. Due to so many people going ashore, we were able to get a seat this time, and it was just what we needed after a tough day of sunning and ferrying around.

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