Teknik_DC2
Proud Red Head
- Joined
- Jan 24, 2009
Our next stop on our way down the mountain was a spot called Drakes Seat. This was another spot that we didn't stop at on our 2009 visit. There is a litteral seat here now but it was not so back in the 1500's. This spot was mearly a lookout spot for Drake to spy on enemy ships when they passed by the island. The view of the nearby Virgin Islands and Megans Bay is great from here and you could undersand why he would use this as his lookout as the views were great but it was still close to the waters edge.
I walked up to Drakes Seat but Kiera and Daniel stayed behind on the tour truck since Daniel was sound asleep. In the parking lot there was a guy with a dressed up donkey trying to get people to take pictures of it for a small cost. The view from the parking lot area though was almost as good as from the Seat itself.
The next stop we would be making was the one we looked forward to the most. It was finally time to go to the Beach. When we visited in 2009 we were on a much tighter budget so we decided to go to Coki Beach. However we vowed that if we ever came back to St. Thomas that next time we would go to Magen's Bay which has an entry fee of $4 per person. With Godfrey Tours he once again gives you a choice of what beach you want to go to. Ether Magens or Coki. Needless to say we stuck with what we originally planned to do if we ever went back. We would be going to Magen's Bay. And everyone else going to the beach in our tour group had the same idea.
We pulled up to the gate of the beach where Godfrey took our money to pay for our beach entry. Daniel was free but I don't recall at what age you would have to pay for a child. We were then dropped off in the same spot we would be picked up at. Remember we were originally told we wouldn't end up having the full 2 hours at the beach? Well we were ahead of schedule so Godrey told us we would have the full 2 hours after all. He would be back to pick us up and head back to the ship at 2pm. Which was kind of nervous considering we had to be back at the ship by 2:30pm. But we put out trust in him. Besides he was picking up another tour group to take back as well. He then left to take part of our tour group back to the Ship while the rest of us would enjoy our time at Magens Bay.
We unloaded all of our stuff off the truck and then proceeded onto the beach. We put Daniel back into his stroller to push him but once we hit the sand of the beach that didn't exactly work out any more. I know its been said that Magens Bay can get pretty packed and crowded but it wasn't packed today at all. We were easily able to find a spot to put our spot for the couple of hours that we would be here. Although there were only 2 ships in dock at this time (with the 3rd docking) so I imagine its probably much more packed with people when theres more ships in dock.
Upon stepping foot on the sand the beauty of the beach was apparent. It is gorgous. Much prettier then Coki Beach where we went last time we were in St. Thomas and possibly the prettiest beach we've been to in the Caribbean. Daniel was so excited that he just wanted to run right into the water. After putting some more sunscreen on I went with him and got in the warm water. He loved actually getting completly in the water and float and splash around. He was having a blast.