Finally, I had some time to post pictures of Carnival in St Croix. There were moko jumbies to ward off evil spirits and lots of 'wining' (dancing with your bootay in a grinding motion). There were wonderful costumes and lots of RUM! More pictures are on the snapfish link.









Carnival in St Croix...

Pictures of the most fun parade in the Caribbean.

The end is near, I know it now. Gayle, Ethan's mom, bought us two seaplane tickets to St Thomas and a reservation at the National Parks campground at Cinnamon Bay in St John for our Christmas present. Ethan has talked about this place non-stop since I met him over two years ago and has promised to take me there. We knew this was the end of our holiday. On Sunday, we head back to the Continental US and consider what to do next. We both really like St Croix and would love to come back here, but first I have this graduate program I have to work on. We'll see. The world is an oyster right now and there are pearls everywhere! We both feel really secure about our options and life, but we do need to make some money soon.

Oh, St John....forgot. The beach was super fine white sand, with light rolling waves coming in from the bays. The island is mountainous and the drive was steep but the roads were fine. We hiked into the next bay and enjoyed thats one too. We snorkled around an island and man do those fish know they are protected. We lounged, we drank rum, we cooked and we slept in a tent. It was relaxing and wonderful. My only issue is that the sand fleas leave nasty welts on my body. Not everyone, just me and a select few others with sweet blood type.

We are now back in St Croix and thats about it. I promise to load tons of pictures when we get to Florida.

New uses for a Heineken can.



Ahhh, the beautiful crystal clear waters of the caribbean ocean



The beach at Cinnamon Bay


Walking down to the beach, early morning.

Hellluuuuu

St John, USVI

Cheers and Alofa,
Sara and Ethan

The green flash IS real!!!!

Tonight, I saw the sun turn green as it fell into the ocean. Although I didn't get the opportunity to watch the sun drop into the ocean often in Samoa, Ethan did. He never saw a green flash in Samoa, but we did tonight. We went for a late afternoon swim, a bit chilly, but it was nice. Then we got a cocktail and plopped into our beach chairs and watched a cruiseship (a small one) leave right in front of the setting sun. But as we have religiously watched the sunset over the past few weeks, it always seems to get cloudy at the last moment. But tonight there was a little crack in the clouds and thats where the sun fell. I kind of expected the whole sky to turn green but instead the very top of the sun turned green before it droppped down under the horizon. It was damn cool. I think its lucky. I mean its a full moon, the green flash. Good things are gonna happen this year!

So, to everyone:

HAPPY NEW YEAR AND BEST WISHES FOR THE NEW YEAR!