We are in America and in the USA, because Saint Thomas is a part of US Virgin Islands. Immigration officers came in the morning to the ship to check if we are allowed to land on the USA territory. The line to the immigrationms deck was more then 1000 people long. Can you imagine passengers staying in the hot corridors on the
whole deck 4 and 5? Some of them were waiting more then 2 hours to get the stamp. Ironically all of us we pay the special taxex added to the price of the ticket to cover the cost of this service. They sent only 5 officers and the officers were not in a hurry… It took hours. I was just lucky to come early and to be served on time for my local ship to St John. But many passengers did not.
I have been to St Thomas before so I decided to spent a day on the island of St John, which lies next to St Thomas. It is also US possession and it is connected with St Thomas by small boats and
car ferries. One wey ticket from Charlotte Amalie to Cruz Bay cost 12 USD. 45 minutes sailing gives a chance to enjoy the views of the coast and other, little island.
People on St John (almost all of them are black descendends of Afican slaves) are nice and friendly. It was very hot (30 deg Celsius) and humid when I was walking around.
The island is beautiful, with many pristine beaches (Trunk Bay is probably the nicest) but it is quite expensive: a can of coke costs 1,5 USD, loaf of bread 4 USD and shared taxi ti the beach 6 USD.
