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\nIt was an easy sail over to Cruz Bay, St John from Jost Van Dyke and we were there within 90 minutes. We anchored in a temporary location while we cleared in and checked with the parks office. Clearing in took a bit more form filling but was otherwise smooth. We then went back to the boat to find an anchorage close to town. Our guide stated there were places to anchor but after three attempts, there really wasn’t any room. We anchored just off a reef to kill a little time while we waited for John to arrive. I was able to briefly acquire an internet connection and was able to upload Sam’s and my logs but not all the pictures. At about the time John’s ferry was due to arrive we up anchored and headed back to the temporary anchoring area. We met up easily enough and all went for a walk around town. The town itself was very much the most bustling place we have visited this vacation.
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\nWe lunched then went to the supermarket to reprovision. Back on the boat we motored out of town and went round the corner to Trunk Bay where we moored for the evening. The guidebook said this could be a rolly overnight spot but we stayed anyway. There was no one else there so it was great to have the place to ourselves.
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\nSam, John and I snorkeled for a while. I saw 4 turtles including one which had lost a rear flipper. Sunset was spectacular. After the sun had set we saw rays of red light streaming over the horizon. I reckoned this was the sun being occluded by mountains on Puerto Rico some 60-160 miles away.
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\nAs we had very little ambient light an no other boats around us, we finished the night off with stargazing. We managed to catch a few shooting stars and pick out a few orbital debris \/ satellites. Today marks the halfway point through our vacation. It already feels like an eternity. Looking forward to the second half. By the way – Ben’s poison ivy rash on his ankles has improved substantially. He’s fully fit and will be able to scuba dive with us when we get back to the BVIs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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