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Trip report
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01/24/2022 01:41 PM
01/24/2022 01:41 PM
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7 people with arrival on 1/13/2022 in St. Thomas
1/11/2022 -6pm all crew took Emed proctored test to be within the 48 hour window and submitted results to USVI travel portal with green light status in early am of 1/12/2022
1/13- 3:45pm arrival was very painless and efficient , had taxi waiting for us as we used Island Time water taxi , 5:30pm arrived to BVI customs-check in was timely but very painless - Nanny Cay for a 1 night stay with dinner at Peg Legs
1/14- taxi to Manuel Reef dropping off luggage and some crew while others went for provisions , Fly Bye was at dock with A/C and refrigeration on , crew returned with provision's around 11am , Tico deliver arrived at 12pm , briefing with Capt. Brent and off the dock heading to North Sound : Saba Rock Saba - was very nice ,clean and new , HH with feeding of fish , was pleasantly surprised with the second floor being an open bar lounge , water tender was running between Bitter End and Leverick
1/15 and 1/16 -Anegada Hotel - not much has changed , rented a truck with bench seats Beach Club - only the front area around the pool and bar was open , beach bar was shut down Tipsy's - Ann and Andrew have done a great job with a nice beach front bar and food , currently building some cabanas Cow Wreck - Ms Belle was all smiles , still my favorited place Sids- had a wonderful dinner and drinks with Sydney
1/17 - Cooper Island - loved the Rum bar ,great HH pricing , could not make a reservation for dinner as they were full ( thinking staffing issue as the anchorage was not full )
1/18 Norman Island -Bight- Pirates - great beach with snorkeling and drinks
1/19 Jost- Great Harbor - took taxi to White Bay (no cruise ships) Soggy Dollar - painkillers and beach Hendo's Hideout - great bar , outside activities , appetizers Foxy's - same as usual
1/20- Jost - Sandy Spit- Diamond Cay - Little Harbor Taboo- drinks and appetizers Bubbly Pool - very active with swell Abes - excellent dinner and service
Did Emed HH on boat , was able to test all crew with negative results in about 90 minutes - up loaded to USVI portal with some hiccups but everyone got green status after some time
1/21 - back to Norman for some snorkeling and finish provisions
1/22 - Manel Reef - returned boat - lunch at Genes - water taxi picked up at 1230pm was already cleared out of BVI - St John customs - was sitting in airport departures gate area around 330 pm
Lessons learned : USVI portal - calendar is from Monday to Sunday , upload negative results that is not password protected Water taxi - worth every penny (have used ferry and water taxi previously ) had customs forms filled out ,just had to sign and enjoy cocktail with boat ride Provisions- about 25% price increase and limited choices Airport - use porter in STT - tip them - went right thru customs line US customs no paper declaration form
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