Just Cruises Plus

Thanks to all who participated in last week’s photo contest.  Although there were several creative responses, none correctly identified the “location” and “holiday” of last week’s photo.

We took this photo in St. John, one of the three US Virgin Islands (the others are St. Thomas and St. Croix).  The colorful parade shown in the contest photo (and the other photos below) takes place every July 4th,  which is a major holiday in St. John (but not in the other US Virgin Islands).

St. John is one of our favorite places to go. When on a cruise ship, consider taking a ferry to St. John while your ship is docked in St. Thomas.   St. John has the perfect combination of untainted nature (2/3 of the land is protected national park), history/culture and shopping (a miniature version of St. Thomas).  We took these photos while on a sailing trip in the British and US Virgin Islands in 2005.  The parade took place just steps from Cruz Bay, which is where we left our dingy (we had to fight for a spot on the dingy dock, since “parking” is at a premium on July 4th).