We spent March in Alaska and returned to Here and Now for the month of April. The first place we sailed to was Maho Bay in St. John. It was a first for us to clear customs by boat in BVI. We had to get a mooring ball in Soper’s Hole. Then Jeremy proceeded to customs to clear us. It was a little more challenging than we thought because when we got to Soper’s Hole there were no available mooring balls. Only the prepaid Boaty Balls. We decided to risk it for the biscuit and snatched a Boaty Ball. I was left on board and Jeremy said if someone shows up for the ball tell them he’ll be back from custom’s soon. It took longer than we thought for Jeremy to go through customs. Almost 2 hours! I was nervous I’d have to encounter angry people on a boat for taking their ball. Luckily no one came for the Boaty Ball. Once we got to Maho Bay we entered our info to CBP Roam to get checked in for St. John.
Maho Bay is a nice quiet spot to moor at. We had a beautiful sunset every night we stayed there. We saw lots of turtles swimming around the boat. There’s a beach you can dinghy to or what we did was swim to. Many people hang out at the beach and swim. There’s a beach bar and a few little stores right there too.
We were amazed to see White Tailed Deer walking along the beach. We never know there were deer in the Caribbean until we saw them! This was taken after sunset when most people were gone for the day. Not the best video either since it was taken from our boat…but I wanted to share! 🙂
If you are in St. John by boat or land…Maho Bay is definitely worth a visit! You won’t be disappointed!
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