The U.S. Virgin Islands represent a comfortable choice for U.S. citizens vacationing in the Caribbean for the first time. They don't need a passport, the shopping is plentiful and the economy is robust.
Swimming with barracuda can be done in the office or in the Caribbean. They bite in both places, but the barracuda in the Caribbean have much bigger teeth.
We stood on the dock by our cruise ship waiting for the morning catamaran to Dunn's River Falls to return so we could take our turn to see the most famous waterfalls in the Caribbean...