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Article: St. Thomas: queen of the Caribbean.(Port of the Month)
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- Cruise Travel
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- November 1, 2003
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Sailing into Charlotte Amalie, the capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands on St. Thomas, is one of the exquisite pleasures of cruising. Though the island itself is small, its deep-water harbor is one of the world's most spectacular. It makes perfect sense that St. Thomas is the busiest and most popular port in the Caribbean.
The waters are a palette of blues, every shade of the Crayola box--azure, peacock, sapphire, teal, turquoise, royal, sky. The colors vary depending upon the depth, sunlight, and time of day. The naturally perfect horseshoe-shaped harbor is filled with mega cruise ships, sailing yachts, sloops, ferryboats, and fishing craft. Seaplanes regularly ...