SWMBO has decided that we will be spending next week on St. Thomas for our 30th anniversary. we will be on the ground all day Tues-Fri. i know at least one day will be spent on St. Johns. i think she has a laundry list of things to do, but any recommendations on restaurants, activities, places, etc. to do, see, or whatever would be appreciated. any recommendations on what "NOT TO" are also appreciated.
i know Mr. Best is on St. John and would like to hook up w/ him for lunch or something if he has a chance.
thanks in advance
Snorkeling is a must do. Crystal clear water, lots of neat stuff to look at.
Take time to enjoy the beaches. 😀
If you are going to be in Charlotte Amalie when there are cruise ships in port resign yourself to walking everywhere the traffic is an absolute nightmare, and for some odd reason they drive on the wrong side of the road. Walking is fastest! St. Thomas(Charlotte Amalie) is a tourist city but does have some fantastic buys on jewelry. St. Johns is beautiful, at least the Park, you can snorkel anywhere on the lee side. St. Croix used to be a tourist robbers dream but I haven't been there for a while so really don't know what it's like now.
Have fun! B-)
Be careful driving! not only do they drive on the "wrong" side of the road, the roads are quite narrow and traffic can be heavy.
In the early 90's, I ran levels from Charlotte Amalie (the main city) to the ferry landing at Red Hook (east end of island). Scary. At the time, there was ONE SINGLE second order horizontal control station on the island, on top of a pill box structure atop the highest hill on the island. Big microwave antenna sticking out of the top, right beside the disk. GPS was getting wiped out by the microwaves, so we had to traverse off of there and set a point down at the airport that we could then tie our GPS to. And we did it in winter with limited satellites, so all the GPS was done at night. Also scary. We did a lot of GPS at night back then, but at the time there was a lot of crime on the island.
Here is a picture of me occupying T 41 (PID TV0531), which I see from the NSRS is now a GPS station. I was sighting BUCK ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE, an offshore azimuth mark.
I bought a nice Canon film camera there, at the time it was duty free, or something like that.
We sent our equipment by FedEx, and it took me a week to get it out of US Customs. They wanted me to pay $3000 duty, even though it was made in the US, we went from the US mainland to a US territory, and the project was for the US government. I finally got a letter from the contracting agency that let me get it without paying duty.
It was a pretty neat experience, but the trash, etc everywhere (and the locals) made we never want to go back. It may have improved since then.
I wanted to snorkel at Trunk Bay, which is a beautiful beach in St. John, with an underwater marked snorkel trail of some kind, but the weather was bad the day we were visiting and they wouldn't allow it, so it's still on my to do list.
Now hold on just a minute.
If we drove on the right like you do, every time 2 cars passed each other, there would be a little counterclockwise spin in the air and you never know what that could lead to. If everyone in the Midwest started driving on the left tomorrow, lots of lives would be saved. Think about it.
Frank, let me know when you know when you will be here. 95% chance I'll be able to meet you for lunch. Looking forward to it.
Swimming, snorkeling, beaching are the greatest here. Hiking, too, but it's hot, steep and a lot like surveying.
Don't miss Magens Bay it is a beautiful beach.
If there are 6 ships at the docks don't bother to go downtown, 6 x 3,000 = 18,000 tourists in town. If there are no ships downtown will be closed.
The Green Door (or Green House) restaurant downtown was good, 2 drinks for the price of one.
Have fun it is a nice place if you like beaches and the water.
T.W.
I found the south beaches of St. John the best for snorkeling.
Larry,
email me some contact info and i'll let you know something asap. the email address on my profile is current.
a little get together w/ a fellow beerlegger in a far away place would be great.
thanks,
