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A neat beach setup with inflatble
furniture |
Carnival in St Thomas lasts
a month. There are many activities throughout the month and they occur all
around Charlotte Amelia. So we have been busy seeing the events. We missed may
of the events as they occur at night and the Safaris do not run that late and
taxis are hard to find. There are a number of parades toward the end of the
month which worked out very well as my brother Alan and his friend Annabelle
arrived the 29th of April.
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Leslie spent a week and made a set of chaps for the dinghy
They came out good and should protect it well |
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| The beach slide |
The University had a beach
party one day with a huge blow up slide. We didn’t get to slide down it as it
was inflated then deflated many times and we were always on the beach at the
wrong time.
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| Leslie inspecting the booths |
Another day was a food fair
where there were scores of food booths and souvenir booths. It was fun getting
different foods at the booths.
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| Carl enjoys the party |
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| A mini Volkswagen show |
There was also a water front
day where again there were many food and sound booths, and there were power
boat races in the harbor. They also had come classic cars and bikes on display as well as a bunch of Volkswagens.
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| Some of the boats racing |
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Even the Coast Guard got into the
racing atmosphere |
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| A mini bile show too |
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| There is even a Vet that looks a lot like Eric's |
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The sea weed in the harbor
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Trying to get into the marina
with the sea weed |
Unfortunately the Sargasso sea weed blew into the harbor as the winds switched for a week to come out of the South and West instead of the normal East. The Marina at Crown Bay was choked with the floating weed.
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Alan and Annabelle arrive. Leslie
provides Pain Killers and Rum Punch |
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We have a meet the neighborhood
beach party |
Alan and Annabelle arrived
during the unusual winds and waves and had to endure some rocky days and nights
on the boat.
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| A welcome to St Thomas dinner at the Island View |
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| Some of the parade |
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| Their hats were great! |
We all got to see the
children’s parade, which was short but fun. There were a lot of steel drum
bands and school majorettes.
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| The Queen |
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| They even had Jumbies! |
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| The Carnival Village Stage |
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| We eat at a Carnival Village booth |
The Carnival finale is yet
to come.
