St. Thomas Virgin Islands

I have to go snorkeling in "Turtle Cove" and search for the shipwreck.

We walk about a 5 minute walk to the catamaran waiting for us, and they give us snorkeling equipment, flippers, and safety instructions before we go in search of the ship wreck. Because of the Hurricanes that have hit this area the shipwreck has moved around a bit. I wear ear plugs in the water so don't get to hear all the information. There are scuba divers down swimming close to the wreck and we are more on the top swimming around. It's very serene to be swimming around with all the different schools of fish swimming alongside you.

Off to another location in search of Sea Turtles and Coral Reef. I'm not going to lie to you, I thought I was going to see Coral Reef like in the Disney movies and Ocean specials with coral, yellow and green fluorescent marine life. Well because of climate change and hurricanes you will only see a little coral and it will be blending in to the ocean sandy grey floor. We only saw a few turtles that were swimming on the bottom. The funny thing was one of the turtles that was on the bottom decided to come up to the surface right below me. As I was swimming towards it and came so close....I could hear the Vangelis "Chariot of Fire" theme song going through my head. I was getting so close I could reach out and touch it!!!! But through by ear plugs I heard far away yelling, and can only guess there were saying "don't touch the turtle!". So as the record scratched, my chariot of fire moment came to a screeching halt, and I never got to touch the turtle out of respect. No bonding with the amazing Sea Turtle but we did have eye to eye contact.
Not a picture of the actual turtle because I didn't have a camera with me and I'm sure it wouldn't of come out quite so vibrant. But it was a little like this.

After all that excitement we climbed back on to the catamaran for complimentary rum drinks, fruit, and more drinks. While my 2 teens tried to re-enact Rose and Jack from Titanic on the front of the catamaran with the wind blowing through their hair, I leisurely sat back to have a rum drink, soaking up the sun and imagining what it would be like to have a private yacht and this was all mine.

Back on shore we walk around the shops and stop off for a Pink Pina Colada drink.
A great day in St. Thomas.

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