The Virgin Islands are rad

Justin's brother got married on Magen's Bay Beach in St. Thomas this month. I've never been to the Caribbean, but I'm now focusing all my energy on plotting a way to own a summer home there. It was absolutely beautiful. We stayed at a house, or complex rather, that was once owned by an ambassador. Which, if you have a group of 24 people, is cheaper than staying in hotels there. Plus, there are a lot of food/booze money saving opportunities since the place had 2 full kitchens to prepare meals in. If (when) I return to the Virgin Islands, I will stay on St. John or the British Virgin Islands though. They are less civilized (and not in a rude manner) and cleaner in my opinion (St. Thomas is one of the busiest cruise ship ports in the world, some days getting in eight ships). One thing that surprised me was how hilly the islands actually are, (and all the free range chickens). And this translates into very winding, narrow roads, that make your heart stop at least twice in cab rides where you're certain you're about to have a head-on collision. You'll hear a lot of honking from the vehicles, but it's not NYC style mean spirited beeps. It's necessary "hey, I'm around the bend, don't hit me" warnings. I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking for the trip. Oh, and there were delicious mangoes, it was heavenly.

The bride and groom ran into the sea after their nuptials.

View from a hike we did on St. John, a very earned view as the hike was a steep mile up.

For those that know my fear of sharks, this is a very huge acheivement.

Iguana in a tree!

Dig our digs? This is a view from the upper veranda.

Oh, and we did a SEA LION SWIM!! It was more an expensive photo shoot with sea lions, but I loved it. This is Franco.

Panoramic view of Coki Beach.

We got an underwater digital camera (it was a Fuji and pretty inexpensive, and did a good job with the photos). This is my favorite fishy picture.