The Virgin Islands in a Nutshell

This photo pretty much describes my whirlwind trip this week to St. John and Tortola in the Virgin Islands to check out sailboats.  It was a non-stop frenzy of scoping boats (ah, the beauty in a 36' Cabo Rico), meeting expats and yacht brokers (what a motley crew), braving hairpin switchbacks and crazy drivers (heart attack x 8 gazillion), tossing down rum concoctions (never agin will I drink something dubbed a "painkiller"), stunning snorkeling (hi, fire coral that stung the whole left side of my body as a wave slammed me into a cave wall), shoving french fries (food--not so great), ogling the scenery (in a word: unbelievable), and basically attempting to figure out if I could live that wild-n-free boating life right now (big hmmmm...).  I've decided I can make no decisions on a thing (at all/in life/period) until I return from Indonesia in December.  It's a little hectic because I just got back early this AM and I leave for Indo tomorrow night.  Yikes...More to come from the road...