Virgin Islands….BVI’s

This summer was the summer of the Caribbean for me!  I love love love the beach…that’s no surprise….so I jump at any chance to see as much of the Caribbean as possible.  Each year my friend Whitney and I take a girls birthday trip and this year we had a hard time deciding where to go!  One day I came across a CHEAP flight to St. Thomas.  We had already decided we were going to Grenada on a pretty good deal for Travel Agents, but then when I found this cheap flight we jumped on it and changed our minds.  We were set…had it all planned out for several months!  While there we visited St. John, Virgin Gorda BVI, Yost Van Dyke BVI, and I FELL IN LOVE!!!!!  This is by far my most favorite Caribbean destination and I have been to quite a few islands.

Day 1:  We had clocked a whopping 4 hrs of sleep getting up for our 6am flight out of DFW.  I had flown in the night before at 10pm and we stayed at the Hyatt at DFW.  We were TIRED, but very excited to get to the beach.  After traveling and arriving in St. Thomas around 3pm we were ready to be at the Hotel (Wyndham Sugar Bay Resort) and get relaxing on the beach….well that did not happen!  After arriving and LONG STORY SHORT told we did not have a hotel room and we had to stay down the road and cab back and forth to the hotel to eat/use beach.  After a VERY LONG DAY…we were headed to our new hotel The Ritz Carlton!  Thank goodness they had rooms available :)  After they heard our HORROR story, they picked up our dinner and drinks while we were there :)  That saved us some $$$  We were exhausted so we headed to bed early so we could be rested to LAY ON THE BEACH all day :)

    View from our room!

 

Day Two:  We decided to head to St. John and spend the day over there!  We started off by eating at Woody’s and then we headed to Trunk Bay Beach!  IT was the most beautiful beach I have ever seen!!!!! We stayed there till it was time to watch some soccer finals!  We headed back to the ferry area where there are fun shopping and restaurants.  We ate dinner and watched the USA women loose :( 

One the ferry ride over to St. John

 

Day Three: Our LAST day and the BEST!!!  We decided to do an excursion to the BVI’s to see The Baths in Virgin Gorda and Soggy Dollar Bar in Yost Van Dyke :)  We took a power boat through the Virgin Island passed by Tortola, and then boated around the BVI’s!  We snorkeled, ate lunch on a private island, and had a blast :)