The long long trip to the caribbean part 2

The trip to New York was not bad, and made it just in time to join the flight to St Thomas. The St Thomas plane made it to the runway, but the engine would not start. Two hours of sitting in the plane on the tarmac later, we begin the 5 hour flight to St Thomas.

We step off the plane to perfect weather and a fantastic 27 degrees. We manage to share a taxi with a bunch of Americans heading to the ritz. One of the ladies in the taxi was a producer from Gossip Girl...if that means anything to anyone. Despite sharing the taxi, the driver ripped us off nicely charging $30 for the 10 minute trip to the ferry building.

We took the fast ferry to Tortola. In usual caribbean style it is clapped out and we sit next to the open cracked window. Unfortunately the ferry attendants also forget to give us the entry and customs forms as we enter the ferry. The very angry customs lady leaves her post to find more forms, resulting in even more angry fellow passengers waiting in line.

We take a taxi to Nanny Cay (pronounced Nunny Key apparently) where we will be spending the
next few days. Confused after the long 45 hour journey, I hand the driver $25 which in my head was the $15 fare plus 20% tip. Gary now laughs at me and says I should have just given him a clean 100% tip. Whoops.

We eat a quick dinner and head back to the room to sleep.