{"id":326522,"date":"2025-12-01T19:10:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T19:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/caribbean-dreams-all-over-the-map\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T19:10:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T19:10:06","slug":"caribbean-dreams-all-over-the-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=326522","title":{"rendered":"Caribbean Dreams &#8211; All Over the Map"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong><em>by Gioia Chilton and Tabitha Chilton<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the the midst of the COVID pandemic, my dear friend Gioia came to me for help with a plan. And you know what they say about the best laid plans\u2026. Gioia and her daughter Tabitha tell the story of their trip that almost wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gioia:<\/h2>\n<p>Sometimes the fantasy of travel is so much better than the reality. This semi-post pandemic trip was stressful and difficult and every damn thing went wrong\u2026until it didn\u2019t. Until it was better than advertised, better than the pictures you see in the movies.  Sometimes you have to let the universe paint the picture.<\/p>\n<p>After our collective nightmare of 2020-2021, everyone wanted to get away.\u00a0 I was dreaming of a perfect beach vacation.\u00a0 My husband\u2019s not big on travel, so I decided to just take the girls, Tabitha, 21, and Annie, who just turned 19.\u00a0 We had all been through a lot the last 15 months and could really use a break. An unexpected tax refund appeared in my bank account \u2014 when does that ever happen?! \u2014which made it possible, and I began talking with Paige about the perfect island getaway.\u00a0 Which Caribbean island would it be? Or should we just go to Florida? I grew up in Florida so didn\u2019t think much of that idea.\u00a0 And, I only had a couple extra days to squeeze into a long weekend. Where could we go to be at the beach by noon via a direct flight from Dulles, VA?<\/p>\n<p>The lovely and romantic Turks and Caicos, came to mind \u2013it was perfect!\u00a0 After flying to Providenciales, we could stay at the hip Zenza hotel for a few days, walk to the beaches, and go kayaking on Saturday at the incredible Chalk Sound National Park. As I booked tickets and made a reservation with Paige\u2019s help, I fantasized about this dream vacation I would be experiencing with my daughters, to build our tradition of traveling together, and hoped for a trip that they would remember for the rest of their lives.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alloverthemap.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/6EE440E3-7F32-47FB-96D6-E8C85D77B624_1_201_a.jpeg?resize=1024%2C270&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Panoramic view of blue water\" class=\"wp-image-10385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alloverthemap.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/6EE440E3-7F32-47FB-96D6-E8C85D77B624_1_201_a-980x258.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/www.alloverthemap.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/6EE440E3-7F32-47FB-96D6-E8C85D77B624_1_201_a-480x126.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>All I wanted: blue water and time with my girls.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>But it\u2019s still a pandemic.\u00a0 Though the rules might have changed July 1st, we had to prepare to be allowed into the country.\u00a0 While we were vaccinated, we still had to get COVID tested, via the PMR (laboratory) test and apparently, it cost about $150. Per test!\u00a0 But Paige mentioned that CVS was doing COVID testing for travel though insurance for free, so we were able to book our tests for Sunday (to be within the 5-day window of our trip).\u00a0 I grabbed our passport travel purse to load in the vaccination cards and let Tabitha drive to a local CVS drive-through. Waiting for the lady to pass us our \u201cQ-tip up the nose\u201d kits \u2013my kids having been tested every 10 days at school for months were old pros at how to do it\u2014I glanced through our passports, last used when we went to Melbourne, Australia in 2019. With dawning horror, I looked down at my own passport.\u00a0 Did it say what I thought it did?!! Was my passport expired, as of January 11, 2021??? Noooooooo!!!!!!<\/p>\n<p>I quickly called Paige in hopes she could wave a magic wand and poof away my stupidity. Unfortunately, it was impossible. I called DMV offices and passport agencies, and, of course, no one answered as it was a Sunday. My daughters informed me that they had also learned that this was an impossible feat, based on every website in existence. Can you believe it? No one could renew my passport for travel in 4 days.\u00a0 The Turks and Caicos trip of my dreams was just not going to happen.<\/p>\n<p>What could we do?\u00a0 Could we go somewhere else?\u00a0 What other options were there? Should I just stay home and send my daughters off on an adventure without me? Again, we wanted a direct flight, same travel dates, and that perfect beach. But it had to be somewhere we could go without a passport.<\/p>\n<p>Well, what about St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands? After a painful amount of money spent, we were able to switch our United flight, which left and returned about the same time (leaving mid-morning on Thursday July 1, and returning in the afternoon on the 4<sup>th<\/sup> of July).\u00a0 Annie helped me find a new place to stay (at twice the cost) through AirB&amp;B: a gorgeous resort timeshare called <a href=\"https:\/\/mgvc.wyndhamdestinations.com\/us\/en\/resorts\/united-states-of-america\/virgin-islands\/st-thomas\/wyndham-st-thomas-a-margaritaville-vacation-club-resort\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Margaritaville<\/a>. We would make this vacation dream come true after all.<\/p>\n<p>But between the stressful COVID testing, prepping to get away at work, and the passport mix-up, I decided to keep my expectations low.\u00a0 Most likely, it would not be as nice and the kids would argue a lot. We would not be going to the glamorous T&amp;C, jewel of the Caribbean, but to, as I convinced myself, the grittier and crowded St. Thomas, perennially filled with cruise boat tourists.\u00a0 Only, were cruise boats still a thing, post-pandemic? Also, it looked to be overcast all weekend. But, I told myself, an overcast beach is still a beach, and it will be nice to bond with the girls.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday came and we made sure we had filled out our travel forms and uploaded our test results to get our travel authorizations.<\/p>\n<p>As we wheeled our carry-on bags to the gate, we were informed that, apparently, we were supposed to check these bags at check-in. Crud. The nice lady allowed us to check them as a courtesy, but reminded us we\u2019d have to pay to get them home.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alloverthemap.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Gioia-3.png?resize=1080%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Rolling our suitcases to the Limetree Beach Resort by Club Wyndham\" class=\"wp-image-10352\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alloverthemap.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Gioia-3.png?resize=1080%2C1080&amp;ssl=1 1088w, https:\/\/www.alloverthemap.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Gioia-3-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 1088px, 100vw\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Rolling the suitcases.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After about a 50-minute delay for weather? Late flight attendant? Who knows? We had a fairly uneventful (masked) flight. As the plane descended towards St. Thomas, the girls and I were convinced it was landing right into the ocean. Thankfully, a landing strip appeared, seemingly out of thin air, and we looked up, surrounded by a beautiful island which rose out of the water and stretched its beautiful peaks and hills to welcome us.<\/p>\n<p>Getting off the plane, the girls marveled at the uncovered stairway to the tarmac.\u00a0 Shuffling through the lines, US service members in uniform ensured we showed our green COVID-free QR codes to the agents while another masked medic took our temperature. I thought to myself, <em>these folks REALLY don\u2019t want to get COVID on this island!<\/em> Still, it was comforting knowing that precautions were being taken seriously.<\/p>\n<p>Just when things seemed to be picking up, I got a text from the AirB&amp;B host, who stated that their previous guests had COVID and they needed at least 24 hours to disinfect the room. Great. So much for keeping COVID off the island.<\/p>\n<p>He then wrote that he could provide us with a room at the Wyndham Limetree Beach Resort. At this point, I just laughed. Now, we truly had no idea what we were walking into. Not even the pictures off of AirB&amp;B that I figured had been photoshopped, with my luck. This is how the scam works, I thought. A vision of me and my girls wandering homeless in the St. Thomas streets occurred to me, while this \u201cAirB&amp;B host,\u201d who was actually a mean internet scammer, laughed at us from his underground bunker in Kiev.<\/p>\n<p>When I asked for tips on the best way to travel there, he texted \u201cUber.\u201d The girls quickly informed me the according to Uber (and Lyft) there is no such thing in St. Thomas. Certain proof that we had been scammed: wouldn\u2019t he know that, if it was really his place? But there was something old-fashioned called a \u201ctaxi\u201d and after another line, the kind and loudly instructive St. Thomas tourist wranglers popped us into a taxi along with a few other families (all masked up, of course)<\/p>\n<p>Then, we were deposited at the LimeTree:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"947\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alloverthemap.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/166A97EF-4362-4A7B-B0A0-75612C9A1A39_1_201_a.jpeg?resize=1024%2C947&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"The first view of the water from the Limetree Beach Resort in St. Thomas\" class=\"wp-image-10381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alloverthemap.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/166A97EF-4362-4A7B-B0A0-75612C9A1A39_1_201_a-980x907.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/www.alloverthemap.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/166A97EF-4362-4A7B-B0A0-75612C9A1A39_1_201_a-480x444.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>The first view of the water from the Limetree Beach Resort in St. Thomas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Finding our room blissful, we turned to take in the view.\u00a0 This would do, this would do just fine.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"691\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alloverthemap.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/D77ED1D8-1520-44B8-B1EC-9A4EA558EC6D.jpeg?resize=1024%2C691&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Gioia and her daughters at the Limetree Beach Resort\" class=\"wp-image-10366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alloverthemap.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/D77ED1D8-1520-44B8-B1EC-9A4EA558EC6D-980x661.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/www.alloverthemap.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/D77ED1D8-1520-44B8-B1EC-9A4EA558EC6D-480x324.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Gioia and her daughters at the Limetree Beach Resort<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jumping into the pool, we swam up to the bartender and ordered a round of fruity drinks with wonderful biodegradable straws (to Annie\u2019s delight, the drinking age is 18 in St. Thomas). As long as no one mentioned the words \u2018hurricane on the way,\u2019 I could begin to relax.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"752\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alloverthemap.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/91D6B19D-84A9-4449-9ADD-9DCA14D2BD33.jpeg?resize=752%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"two girls by blue water\" class=\"wp-image-10358\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>This is what I wanted. My girls and blue water and a beach.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tabitha:<\/h2>\n<p>After one of the strongest Pina Coladas I\u2019ve had in my life (not having much to compare to other than a failed attempt to make them from scratch in a college apartment), and a sickly sweet and strong lemonade vodka situation at the on-site restaurant, Lanai, I managed to tell my mom about the boy I had a crush on. I pledged then to drink less over the next few days of the trip. We retreated to the comforts of a split level room in which the bedroom was in a fun loft and fell asleep at 8:30 the first night. I was then rudely awakened by my mother at 8 AM and instructed to seize the day.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alloverthemap.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/34D42BF2-4D48-49EE-8941-3F1D813800A4_1_201_a.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sunrise or sunset? Either way we are seizing it.\" class=\"wp-image-10367\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Sunrise or sunset? Either way we are seizing it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>We spent some time at the pool and beach on the resort but wanted to venture out. Packing only an 8 ounce bottle of water, plastic bag for shells, and a $36 tube of sunscreen, we walked up the steep incline away from the resort, walked two blocks over, and proceeded to walk down a steep incline for another fifteen minutes until we reached Abi beach.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"662\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alloverthemap.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/895905B6-B460-48D0-827C-21AB12DDFC74.jpeg?resize=662%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Annie on a swing on the beach in St. Thomas\" class=\"wp-image-10368\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Annie on a swing on the beach in St. Thomas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>This was a small semi-deserted little beach which was vacant and but packed with interesting shells and coral which I rooted through for almost an hour. We hiked up a steep path thinking it was a shortcut home until we reached a lock gate with a no trespassing sign, and had to turn about to take the long way home.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alloverthemap.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/00832309-2F59-417B-86C1-40B33B10BA47.jpeg?resize=769%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"A sweaty trio of ladies not lost on the trail in St. Thomas\" class=\"wp-image-10370\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>A sweaty trio of ladies not lost on the trail in St. Thomas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Although this ordeal was exhausting and we were definitely dehydrated by the end of it, I had a lot of fun bickering with my mom and sister and making up stories to speed up the drudging walk home. It was also nice to immerse ourselves in the environment a little more and experience the landscape of the Virgin Islands up close, outside of a terrifyingly bumpy cab ride or the seemingly tourist-accommodated comforts of our resort.<\/p>\n<p>On our last full day, we decided to take a taxi to a beach on the other side of the island called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.magensbayauthority.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Magens Bay Beach<\/a>.  The taxi ride was forty five minutes of bumpy winding turns, honking horns, and picturesque ocean views off the side of the cliff we were nearly falling off of that made me think I was going to die.<\/p>\n<p>When we arrived at the beach, the view had us all breathless. It was a crystal blue and turquoise bay which formed a crescent of sand around the beach and was encompassed by two house-sprinkled mountainsides on either edge, which led to an astonishing head-on view of the ocean in front of us, speckled with yachts and sailboats. My mom said she didn\u2019t think water this blue and clear was real and we all agreed. We rented snorkels for twenty dollars and watched the blues, yellows, and oranges of fishes we hadn\u2019t seen outside the animations of Nemo. We swam in the clear water, our backs turning pink from the sun and hair growing tangled from the salt and confines of snorkeling goggles.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alloverthemap.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/F37840E7-3657-472B-8F76-F95C19AD3144.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tabitha in the clear blue waters of Magens Bay Beach\" class=\"wp-image-10373\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Tabitha in the clear blue waters of Magens Bay Beach in St. Thomas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Eventually, we headed back and took the rollercoaster taxi \u2018home.\u2019 Then, almost in the blink of an eye or as if it were playing on a TV show in a montage, we fell asleep, packed, took final glances at the blues of the oceans, said goodbyes to iguanas and chickens outside our room, spent $42 on prepackaged airport sandwiches, boarded the airplane off the stairs, and were on the phone fighting with my dad about where to pick us up within the maze of the Dulles airport parking structure.<\/p>\n<p>Though there were a lot of times in which I complained and threw attitude at people who didn\u2019t deserve it (like my sister) or insulted my mom\u2019s parenting skills when it came to supplying water for a hike she knew was 27 minutes, I\u2019m grateful to have a parent that cares so much about showing her children other parts of the world, bonding with them, and helping them to realize the importance of spending time with family, arguing or not.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alloverthemap.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/0F39A9CF-3F29-42C8-A95D-E971A5608121-1024x769.jpeg?resize=1024%2C769&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Three happy ladies in St. Thomas\" class=\"wp-image-10371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alloverthemap.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/0F39A9CF-3F29-42C8-A95D-E971A5608121-980x736.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/www.alloverthemap.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/0F39A9CF-3F29-42C8-A95D-E971A5608121-480x361.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Three happy ladies in St. Thomas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Gioia Chilton and Tabitha Chilton Earlier this year, the the midst of the COVID pandemic, my dear friend Gioia came to me for help with a plan. 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