Blogs from Saint John, US Virgin Islands, Central America Caribbean


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Julia Maria
March 5th 2012

Voici notre 2e publication de blogue ... Qui s'intitule Le mois des Rencontres Québécoises ... Tout à fait bizarre car Nous n'avions rien planifié à ce sujet et Nous avons rencontré tout ce beau Monde ... Que la Vie est Belle !!! Nous sommes actuellement à St-John dans les Iles Vierges Américaines (USVI) ... Ici toutes les Iles sont très rapprochées les unes des autres, maximum 2 heures entre chacune, ce qui fait que Nous pouvons être une journée en territoire Britannique ... les BVI ... ou Espagnol ... ou encore Américain ... Pourquoi au juste, le Canada n'a pas encore son Ile dans le Sud ??? St-John Nous permet de retrouver le calme de la Nature, puisque cette Ile et ses Eaux ont été décrétées Parc National ... Nous Nous adonnons donc au Snorkeling, à ... read more





In May of 2008 we stayed at the Ritz Carlton in St. Thomas and I took a day trip to St. John with another guest (Chris Madden, world famous designer) on the Lady Lindsey Catamaran. Since then we had been curious about St. John so we decided to stay a week at the Westin and look the island over. We arrived via US AIR (first class with miles) on St. Thomas and were met by the Westin staff and quickly transported by shuttle then ferry to the hotel. Make sure your booking includes transportation through the hotel to the hotel dock as this was quick, and efficient. We booked the package through US AIR vacations as I have found it impossible to beat a vacation package with all the tax and so on included versus booking ... read more




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Grand Style
February 15th 2011

Mardi le 15 février 2011, Bonjour, Déjà le 15 février, l’hiver est à moitié fini. Ma sœur Louise a passé son deuxième traitement de chimio la semaine dernière et a malheureusement commencé à perdre ses cheveux mais elle va bien et réagit bien aux traitements. Elle a très peu d’effet secondaire et son moral est bon. Cette semaine, ce sera son troisième traitement et après ils lui passeront un scan pour vérifier si le traitement fait effet. En ce qui nous concerne, tout va bien et la température chaude est toujours au rendez-vous. Nous avons exploré l’île de St-Thomas (Superficie de 32 milles carrés, dont la population est de 51,500 habitants) dans à peu près tous les coins et c’est vraiment l’endroit idéal car tout est à portée de main ou de dinghy!!! Restos, épiceries, ... read more




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WhirledPeas
January 16th 2011

Last night, my parents sat out on our balcony while Oliver slept to allow for Andrew and me to take a late beach walk and swim together. It felt so good to have time to connect and talk with him and enjoy the vacation together. We talked about plans for the following day and decided that we wanted to embark on an adventure and go to Saint John. Saint John is another island in the US Virgin Islands, and it's only three miles from Saint Thomas. My mom and sister joined Andrew, Oliver and me. We took a taxi from our hotel to Red Hook. There are two locations on the island that offer ferries to Saint John. Red Hook is one of them; it's a cheaper and shorter ferry ride, but it was a longer ... read more




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Shaley
March 21st 2010

March 21 - The Ultimate Lazy Vacation Day - nothing to tell really. The day consisted of lots of sleep, deli sandwiches, pool time, more sleep, more food, a bad movie (It’s Complicated with Alec Baldwin & Meryl Streep), and more sleep. Like I said, vacationing at its best. March 22 - Since yesterday was a solid day of what we like to call “filth-wallowing,” we decided that we needed to make the most of our last day of vacation, so we headed to the beach with water sports in mind. Because of our late start (hey, we tried but we are on vacation, remember?), we had to decide between taking a wave-runner or a dinghy out. (http://www.divestjohn.com/dinghies.html). We figured we can always wave-run, so we opted to rent the dingy and snorkel gear and head ... read more






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Shaley
March 20th 2010

March 19, 2010 I woke up early this morning and sat in the living room of our little cottage working to the sound of the waves . . . Sean slept right up until check-out at 11. We said good-bye to Gallows and caught a safari taxi to the Westin Resort about a mile North on the outskirts of town. As we drove away we realized the true benefit of Gallows - being so close to the downtown. But as we drove up to the Westin, we realized its’ benefits as well - being right on the beach with a huge pool and hot tub. Since our room wasn’t ready due to our early arrival, we decided to explore the grounds. Iguanas are everywhere! Though creepy, they seem to be used to people and thus do ... read more




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Shaley
March 20th 2010

March 20, 2010 Today was definitely an entertaining day full of crazy coincidences and connections - most of which happened in the evening . . . We’ll begin with a quick overview of the day: We slept until noon, which meant our day began with a deli lunch followed by beach time. We ventured out on the paddle bikes - 2 pontoons and a bike with a paddleboat paddle. More work than it looks but fun and a decent workout. Since we had to stay in the bay, we got a nice view of all the beautiful homes on the beach front (stay tuned for pics - they were taken from our water camera). From the ocean we jumped to the hot tub and the pool - it was an afternoon of lounging at its best. ... read more




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Shaley
March 19th 2010

March 18, 2010 Okay . . . so we were quick to judge . . . it’s true. Gallows Point is a nice resort if you want to be close to town and is definitely adorable in that bed and breakfast kind of way. That said, there’s still no beach, no pool, and pretty much shuts down around 10 PM. Keep in mind - we are New Yorkers who keep strange hours, and we are water sport lovers who vacation in the Caribbean so we can wave-run, paddle boat, snorkle and surf. So we were lucky, Expedia and Gallows were ever so gracious in allowing us to switch resorts -2 nights total at Gallows and then on to the Westin tomorrow. Today was so much fun. We decided we would go for a run to Caneel ... read more




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Shaley
March 17th 2010

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 Well, off to another Caribbean adventure . . . you didn’t think we’d actually try it again, did you? First of all, we said no ships this time (not sure if we will actually ever cruise again). We decided to go to St. John because we wanted somewhere warm, quick and close. My friend Jane actually made the bold statement that St. John is better than Hawaii . . . that definitely intrigued us, as Kauai is our dream home spot. So we made it out to JFK by 5:30 am . . . both of us on maybe 2 hours of sleep . . . but we were there! It’s a quick three and a half hour flight to St. Thomas with no one on the plane so had our own ... read more




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Yacht Breeze of Weymouth
February 23rd 2010

Puerto Rico and Culebra again. We drove to San Juan to pick Bruce up from the airport…we got so lost coming back, it was about 11.20pm and we did seem to have strayed into a dodgy end of the sprawling city. We stopped by a police car which was stopping another car; Bruce jumped out and told him we were sooo lost. Very kindly he said follow me, and with the siren and lights on we were escorted across the city to the right road. Every hundred yards, there was a police car with some people spread-eagled across the bonnets, and hands up on the roof. We did find the road to Humanacoa, and finally Palmas del mar. It was good to get back, they came with a golf cart for Bruce’s bag and we were ... read more









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