Charlotte Amalie for the Afternoon

Only 2 weeks left... Starting to feel nostalgic, had a BEAUTIFUL day, so I thought I would take my last set of "town" pictures...

Even the alleys are beautiful, and convenient rum bars everywhere!

Meeting the needs of pirates for over 500 years.

Here's the bargains, including T-shirts 4 for $10 (just buy them at least a size or two bigger, they will shrink)

All the cool kids get at least one beaded braid in their hair while they are here.

And the tink tink tink of the steel drum band carries for blocks!

Over 200 jewelry stores... And duty free Booze!

It's flowering season for the trees

Don't know what kind of trees these are, but they sure make the island pretty!

the Palm Trees get a Trim

Here's the befores (durings actually)

And here's the after...  I think they took a little too much off the top, but it'll grow out

Blackbeard's Castle

Not much history, but nicely restored, and there are big bronze statues of pirates everywhere...

And the star is this 20 foot tall Blackbeard himself!

And look at these beautiful blue skies finally... After over a week of rain.

A Million Dollar White Castle - I Wonder if He Knows?

Sure, up close, it has an amazing  view of the Caribbean Sea, it is beach front and the porch is as big as my house back in Kansas...

But at some point the architect should have said something.

Is it just me, or is this the same look of a White Castle hamburger joint?

Barracuda infested waters

This is my favorite photo...

Didn't take long to get out of the water with this guy floating around...

About 5 feet long, 4 feet of which are teeth.

Coki Beach and Coral World

There has been some unfortunate activity at one of the beaches here.  I'll let others do the commentary on the fall out (short version, a gang shooting, and an innocent girl was shot and killed by the random gun shots).

Just the day before the shooting, I took my Mother there to see the beauty of the beach and the tourist attraction of  Coral World...

Here's Mom and my step-Daddy watching the shark feeding...

They have a great way for non-swimmers to see the fishies... Well worth the trip.