The Baths, BVI

So...we got our water camera's developed from our honeymoon. Actually, we had them developed awhile ago, but this is the first that I have sat down and downloaded the pictures to my computer. Actually, for disposable water camers (that cost $8 in IN and $22 in the BVI) the pictures turned out pretty good! :) The top two corners are pictures of Brian and I jumping from The Baths http://www.thebathsbvi.com/ It was an amazing day and we had so much fun! I would LOVE to go back because we didn't get to spend as much time as I wished we would have!

These pictures are from inside of the baths, so they didn't turn out so well, but the bottom right is me "rolling" down the rock into a pool of water. In order to get to the other side, you had to climb up the rock, roll down the side while you "tucked" down, as to not hit your head....a blind fall and SPLASH! You made it! :) It was quite scary, but awesome at the same time!

Shoes

For those of you wondering...I did not take 15 pairs of shoes on our trip. For those of you who REALLY know me, you know I had to take more than 3! I ended up taking 9 pairs and wore them all except one pair...my tennis shoes. Guess I didn't really need those at the beach.

Here is a picture of my new summer sandels that I got for the trip. Aren't they the cutest?? :)

Magens Bay

Thursday night we had dinner at Agave Terrace. It is a restaurant that sits up on a bluff overlooking the water. It was very romantic! We made reservations...and when we arrived they said, "Good Evening Mr. and Mrs. Cominsky" Ha! Yes, we have gotten that this whole vacation, but it was still nice. They had a gentleman sitting in the one area playing music and singing a bunch of love songs. I had the lobster and Brian had jerk chicken and Coconut shrimp. It was delicious!! The view was amazing and the atmosphere was perfect for a honeymooning couple. ;)

After dinner, we went back to the hotel and got in our jammies...full bellies, we were ready for bed.

Friday - our final full day here in the islands. :( We got up in the morning and took a taxi to K-mart. Brian's "suitcase" AKA duffel bag, had split right down the middle when we arrived here in St. Thomas, so we decided he needed to get some "real" luggage. They K-mart was the first place that really felt like home. There was a McDonald's right next to it. There was a little mall that was connected to the K-mart and there were 3 Foot Lockers and 5 Beauty supply stores. So, we headed back into K-mart and got my man some suitcases! We took them back to the hotel, changed clothes and headed to Magen's Bay. I had read up a lot on places to go and things to do, and everything and everyone said Magen's Bay was a great place to go to. We got there and had lunch...2 cheesburgers, 2 fries and 2 sodas! They had a real nice place to sit and eat, just steps from the beach. We rented a blue raft to float on and found a good space to "park" at. The best place to lay is right by the trees, so you have some shade from the sun. Trust me, you need the shade!! It was so hot, we spent most of our time in the water. Magen's Bay is one of the longest beaches of soft, white sand and crystal clear waters. At the one end of the beach, there were dolphins swimming with some peope who were snorkeling. Just right there in the middle of everyone....dolphins. It was awesome!! We really enjoyed the beach and suprisingly it wasn't real crowded.

We left the beach to go back to the hotel and shower to get ready for dinner.

We went down to Red Hook and had dinner at another highly reccommended restaurant, Off The Hook. Fresh Lobster was one of the specials, so I again had lobster. (I do love my seafood) and Brian had the jerk Mahi Mahi. :)

Honeymoon updates...

Tuesday started with a "downpour" according to the locals. Really it was about a 5-minute shower. They haven't seen the rainy days in Indiana. Anyway, this amazing rainbow had just come out when we were boarding our boat. What a great way to start the day - being reminded of God's goodness!


We took a catamaran to Jost Van Dyke. It was a beautiful day and we had such a great time! We went snorkeling at Caneel Bay - St. John. We snorkeled up to the beach and sat and watched the waves for awhile. There is a resort here and it cost between $1000-1200 a night. It really is beautiful and very secluded. From there we headed to Jost Van Dyke and had lunch at Foxy's...the Foxy's that Kenny Chesney sings about. The food was amazing and there was a great little shop there too. Brian bought a shell necklace and I got a cute t-shirt. We had lunch and then headed over to White Bay for some more snorkeling. We were there awhile and snorkeled some more. The coral is just awesome...you can't get enough of it! :) On the way back to customs, the crew put up the sail and we sailed back to St. John. It was beautiful and when we get home, I will post some pics. Beautiful...that's all I can say!

Wednesday, we got up and ate breakfast...took the ferry over to St. John and headed over to Hawksnest beach (at the recommendation of Mrs. Kim Mast). Of course, she was right. It is gorgeous there and the water is soooo clear! The beach was not crowded at all and it was a nice relaxing afternoon. We headed back to town with a stop at Woody's. After Woody's, we did some shopping....Brian got a new watch and it's pretty sharp! ;) We caught the ferry back to St. Thomas and showered and we to dinner at Tuscany, an Italian restaurant at our hotel. We came back to the room and we were out! A long - but relaxing day! :)

Today - we were to be at the dock at Off The Hook at Red Hook Bay to depart for another day on the Atlantic. We headed out past Caneel Bay, Hawksnest, Trunk Bay (where Kenny Chesney married Renee) and Cinnamon Bay.We stopped in Spanish Town in Virgin Gorda to check into customs. We stopped at the "grocery store" there and bought some Pringles and vanilla wafers. Out of curiosity, we "comparison" shopped...the states v. the islands. Milk at Meijer in Mishawaka - $2.19 Milk at the local mart in the BVI - $8.65!! From there we went to the Baths. Now let me just tell you....this was one of the most incredible things I have seen in my life! The Baths are these amazing granite boulders. We snorkeled from our boat to the shore and our guides took us through the "maze" of the Baths. We crawled, swam and climbed through them. There are many different "rooms" and they cover such a huge area...there is no way to see it all. We climbed up the rock with no assistance from anything but the actual rocks. When we got to the top of one of the areas, you looked down and could see the other islands. Then we climbed down and swam through another area to climb up on a rock which we had to lay on and roll down to "fall" into the pool of water. It was scary and fun at the same time. We then had the option to go back to the beach with one of the guides or take the "challenging" route to climb to the top of another area and then jump off the boulder into the bay. Of course, Brian and I both wanted to jump off the cliff! I was so proud of him...being scared of heights and all...he did an amazing job! You have to always keep 3 pressure points when climbing through the rocks, which was a little challenging for me with my short little legs...but it was so WORTH IT! :) We then swam back to the boat and went to Cooper Island for lunch. We saw such amazing places today...Fallen Jerusalem, Broken Jerusalem, Round Rock, Ginger Island, Cooper Island, Salt Island and Dead Chest all along the Sir Francis Drake Channel. What a day!! :) We had so much fun and Rick and Katie (our guides) extened the trip an extra hour! Our very last stop was to snorkel again and we saw a shark! It was just a reef shark and probably about 3-4 feet long! I told our guides I was going to tell everyone at home...It was 8 feet long and showed me its jaws! ha!! This was the best day for snorkeling and we really saw a lot of different kinds of fish. We also swam to the drop-off point. That was also fuscary (my new word for fun and scary). One second, you are swimming and can see the bottom of the ocean and then you feel the water get cool and just like that....straight down and so blue you can't see the bottom anymore! But the fish were amazing!!

We had a great dinner - but I will write more about it tomorrow....this is already as long at a short-story! :)

Sorry if this bored you - I will try to post more often so they aren't so long! :)

Honeymoon!

Finally...our honeymoon! After 3 1/2 months of marriage, we were more than ready for our honeymoon!

We arrived in St. Thomas yesterday afternoon and met the Apple rep. at the airport. We boarded the shuttle to the hotel and began on our journey! I am glad that someone else was driving us. They aren't kidding when they say the roads are narrow...and they drive on the left side of the road. The only place that is US owned to do so. We went up on top of the island, to head back down to the northeast side to our hotel, Wyndham Sugar Bay! We were told to leave our luggage outside to go and check-in. We got up to the desk and our room was not ready. So the lady (Eva) told us that we had an ocean-view room and the All-Inclusive plan, so we could get a drink while we waited and to check back in 15 minutes. We checked back about 20 minutes later and it still wasn't ready. We looked at some of the books that they had out for you to look at that had menus listed in them. We checked back about 10 minutes later and she said the room was ready. I told Brian we weren't supposed to have AI, so we better check. Eva said - yes, you are AI! He said, are you sure? And she said yes...wow!!! I was shocked!

We got up to our room, unpacked and headed down to the beach. It is absolutely GORGEOUS here!! The pools are huge and the water is amazing!! We headed back up to the room to get ready for dinner. We had not eaten a meal all day and we were really hungry. We had dinner at our reception....showered at mom and Bobby's hotel and headed to the airport. When we got to the airport, we checked in and Brian went to McD's to get something before we boarded...I didn't want something that greasy, that early (5:30am). So really, we had crackers on the plane and Oreo cookies. That was about it! So anyway, Brian took a shower and I said I wanted to rest before we went to dinner...just 30 mintues. When I woke up...5 hours later at 12:30am...I looked over and he was sleeping too. I said, I guess we missed supper! ha! We were so exhausted though, so we needed our rest too! We got up at 6:10 this morning and have been on the go since.

We ate breakfast at the hotel...met with the Apple rep at 10:00am, booked 2 excursions. 1 tomorrow in which we go to Jost Van Dyke! Just like in the Kenny Chesney song...and one on Thur. to go to the British VI! :) We are so excited!! After we met with Joanie, our Apple rep, we came to the room to get our suits on. We went down to the beach...swam some, went out on a kayak...and laid in the sun. We decided to go to the gift shop to get something to put our money in while we swam (all of the money was soaked) and then headed back down to the water. We rented some snorkling gear and snorkled for about an 1 1/2 hours. I had never snorkled before...it was so much fun! We came back up to the room and Brian showered and is now sleeping as I type this! :) We are going to take the ferry to St. John for dinner tonight.

I know this is long...I will try to update more often so it's not a book each time I write. It is just so amazing here, I want to write about it all!!

Oh...and you will never believe this! I am always told that you can't go anywhere with me, that I won't run into someone I know....well, it still holds true to this trip....an ocean away from home!! While at the pool today, we saw my old roommate's uncle!! I could NOT believe it! But yes, sure enough...there was Kevin. Brian was like..."Addi, what was Jamie's uncles name b/c I think that is him over there!" Sure enough....honestly people!

Well, anyway, I was going to post some pics, but the internet is too slow...so it times out. More to come later! :)