Well it has been a great week in the virgin islands! We had alot of sales in the store this week which was great! On wednesday we had three ships in port and it was the busiest day of the season so far! we took in Del Sol just over $10,200 just in one day it was crazy! i was worked off my feet! so we beat our monthly goal by just over 10% which entitles us to a nice bonus!

Me and houston had our day off today and it was a welcome break from work! We decided to go and find a secluded beach which was meant to be one of the best beaches on the island.

After a 15-20 minute walk on a tiny path through the jungle we finally arrived at the beach. 

Secluded was definately the word to describe it! It was pretty and all but there was seaweed all over the joint!

It was too much work for paradise! ha..Here are some pics from it..

St.Thomas doesn't just house some of the best beaches in the world but has some great old churches and Governement buildings that have been around from when they were happened upon by no other than a bunch of Englishmen in 1607.

                 Yes..we have our own pirate ship! :)

September is the middle of hurricane season here on the island and they weren't joking it rains here like no other! this was the view from work's front door! the heavens literally open and the roads become a bit more like rivers! It means i havent seen to much of the sun this last week but i am sure there is more to come soon!

Of course me and houston at work! i'm not sure what face we were both meant to be pulling!?

This is me and the Del Sol famous Bev! She's a local from the island and she is hilarious! Me and houston sing and dance with her and to her all the time and she loves it! shes great fun and also thinks herself to be a bit of a gangster! ha..

Ships, Sun, Sand and Sleep.

So the last few days have literally flown by and i can feel that my time here in St.Thomas is going to go quicker than i thought it would! Which is a good thing and a bad thing..When i finish here in the caribbean i get to go home for two weeks which i am really looking forward to cause i get to see the fam and my friends back home!
So today i worked 10 till 3...easy! Then we went to explore a new beach. Marriott hotel beach. It was gorgeous and unlike most places on the island it had some waves. so we spent about three hours topping up the tan and catching the waves. Most enjoyable!
I was having lunch on wednesday and i managed to snap a quick picture of two of the three cruise liners that were in dock for the day. When they are here the place is packed and its like downtown London but when the ships aren't here it's dead!

                 View from the top of the Marriott hotel's beach!

    

Haha..This is my roommate houston! He is not always this lazy. He may hate me for putting this on here but i'm sure he will laugh! Let's just say working retail gets the best of him after a long day! He's a funny chap and i love working with him.

Hard Day's Work.

So..this is me and houston on a pretty boring day in the store! haha..yes that is the look of two hard working young men on a tropical island! It was soo slow today! We have 3 Cruise ships coming into port tomorrow which is the most that i have seen so far since being here! so it is looking like a busy day ahead! Got an email from my bro serving his mission in estonia. Love email's from him on Monday's!

Me and houston had family home evening in hooters tonight cause they have all you can eat chicken wings ha! so after that we decided to go up to one of the highest points on the island and this is view from the top! Gorgeous!

Lazy sunday afternoons

Uh! Sunday afternoons.. you gotta love them! So me and houston went to our little branch here on the island and of course there a few interesting characters! But it is nice enough! 

This picture was taken by houston last night after we were meant to have a hurricane here on the island. But! it never came so we were on the slightly bored side so we went outside and he messed around with his camera and this is what he came up with!

Me and the roomates have been watching or should i say been addicted to a show called Dexter. It keeps our nights occupied! It gets dark here at like 730 so we tune in every night to watch some dexter! Next on the T.V watching list is Lost!

Beginnings on the Island...

Hey! so i'm living in the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean for a few months and thought i would keep it all documented on a Blog! I am here working and playing for Del Sol a company that sells T-Shirts that change colour in the sunshine! So far i've been here like 3 weeks and i love it!

These are the 3 other chaps i'm living and working with! they are breck, brandon and houston! pretty much cool guys! we get on super well! me and the utahn jimmy houston holt work in Del Sol and the other guys on the left work at the bamboo softness of Cariloha!

So this is probably one the best beaches for snorkling! we have been here twice now and this beach is called coki beach..you can see all sorts of tropical fish here. We would go out snorkling and not realise that we had been out in the water for like almost 2 hours!

 This is Trunk bay! on the island of St.john which is a 30 minute ferry ride from St.Thomas! this is one of the most gorgeous beaches in the world! the island is so beautiful i could easily live here one day :)