First stop on our cruise was the beautiful isle of St. Thomas. To say we were excited is an understatement. Not only would this be the first stop on our cruise, it would be the first stop on our America trip which meant expectations were high. We stumbled out of bed jet lagged as hell, crawled to breakfast and after a few coffees disembarked onto the island of St. Thomas.
Parasailing in the Caribbean
We had booked an onshore adventure through the cruise liner to start our morning. After a brief introduction and life jackets equipped we were high above St Thomas as we parasailed around the beachfront. Our intrigue with the local beach blonde Australian guide lead to many questions on how he scored such an amazing job.
The tour ended just before lunch so we had plenty of time to walk around the town. We continued our day with a Skyride to the top of the town known as paradise point. Here we could see three cruise liners docked and the thousands of tourists walking through the town. Jess being the only one of legal age to drink ordered the local bushwacker cocktail which contained dark rum, Kahlua, Dark Creme de Cacao, milk and ice, it was the strongest cocktail we have had to date.
Even though we had overcast weather, our first day expectations had been met and our cruise was off to a good start.