Nadines Travel Blog

The locals had been telling us about Lighthouse Beach which is 22 miles south of Rocksound. They said it was fabulous but when I first laid eyes on it, fabulous is not quite a remarkable enough adjective to use when you see Lighthouse Beach. It is stunning and dazzling and oh so beautiful!!!!!!! My favourite beach of all time has always been Jolly Harbour Beach, Antigua. Now it is my second favourite and Lighthouse Beach has earned the top spot. First of all Lighthouse Beach is isolated, tricky to get to and deserted. The last 2 miles or so take at least 15 minutes of tediously slow driving with a sedan. A four-wheel drive would be much better. When we did make our way there we happened to be the 4th car to arrive. We lucked out and one family had 3 little boys for Dax to play with and they were from our resort. Dax ran and swam for hours with these little guys and Darren snorkelled and got some great underwater photos. I sat on the beach and talked to the Mom of the boys.

We took the car ferry from Red Hook ferry terminal in the eastern part of St. Thomas to Cruz Bay terminal in St. John. No reservation is required; you just drive on and pay for your 45-dollar return trip. You also need to pay 3 dollars per car to get into the terminal area. The trip takes approximately 20 minutes to get to St. John. You can also take a passenger ferry which is what most cruisers would take, but then you don’t have the luxury of having your own car to explore the lovely island of St. John. We drove around the tight road spaces of Cruz Bay where their many shops and restaurants. There is a beach there as well but we were not interested in that. We wanted to check out the views and Trunk Bay mostly. We drove around in the inland areas where you can stop and get great pictures of the views that St. John is full of. We finally made our way to Maho Bay area where there is a development called Peter’s Bay Estates. If I win the lottery I could be inspired to buy o