Liamsaunt,

Those weight belts are standard gear at dive shops. I plan on trying one next time - I have too much natural bouyancy.

Buddles

Vie's beach is two hills east of Haulover Beach (as the sign says) on the eastern end of the island. You need four wheel drive out there). She makes the best garlic fried chicken in the biggest cast iron frypan I have ever seen. Her conch fritters are pretty good, too!

I'm going to give you another choice. Spend the day at Vie's beach! It is very out of the way and quiet and has shade, beach chairs, and amazing food. There is great snorkeling way out on the right if that is what you want. Spend some time talking with Vie - she is an amazing lady.

We went out with NHII. For some reason two non-swimmers signed up for the trip. NHII arranged for a taxi to transport all of us to and from the customs pier to the Baths. (I was very disappointed!) When we got to JVD, we rigged up a float with a noodle on each side and the non-swimmers floated in wi...

Sue, I have so enjoyed your trip reports and pictures! We are definitely buying an underwater camera before our next snorkeling trip! I saw a nurse shark at Miss Lucy's beach. My first reaction was, "WOW, I have to show my husband!" He was equally excited. We stayed at Coconut Coast. Liste...

You had a rough year. Put everything aside and have a wonderful time.

Buddles

My husband (the child) is 50, I (the cradle robber) am 56. deejayjay wrote: in the last year, his dad died, both our kids got married and moved out of state, we did breast cancer, and yesterday my dog died (for real. It sounds like a bad country song) DeeJayJay, I certainly understand where you are ...

I found that people on St. John (and seemingly on the forum) drink quite a bit. I take a lot of medication and don't hold my alcohol as I did in my Navy days. On a boat excursion I was amazed at the amount of painkillers that some people drank - then went snorkeling. I ended up drinking fruit punch ...

After years of suffering from blisters while on vacation, it is Mephistos only for me - one pair of sneakers and one pair of sandals - and no blisters.

hi, We were on the NH II tour about four weeks ago. We had a great time. Two people got on at St. Thomas and twelve others at St. John. I thought we were paying $135 each, but it somehow ended up being less. There were two non-swimmers on the boat and the crew made arrangements at the Baths to land ...

Susan, I am a great believer in Sea Bands, available at any large drugstore right next to the over the counter motion sickness remedies. These are stretchy fabric bands with a metallic button. You wear them on your wrists with the button placed over a pulse point. They start working immediately. I h...

waterguy wrote:I know I love my 720 don't know if I should up grade to 770

Waterguy,

Some guy on epinions.com said that he got water in his lens that voided both his warranty and extended warranty. The 770 does not seem to have the 60 minute restriction on underwater use.

Buddles

We've been home three weeks now and I realized that we took hardly any pictures. I think it was a combination of not wanting to leave a good camera in a soft-sided Jeep, there being only two of us at the beach - so we could not leave a camera behind under someone's watchful eye, and every day being ...

hi, We did not rent a dingy, but went on a Sadie Sea snorkeling trip to Henley Cay. There is a strong current from the northwest side of the cay to the southwest side. I would land at the NW side, then snorkel with the current and walk back up on the island. The coral there is absolutely amazing. Re...

Jude, In a perfect world I would want to stay on St. John and in vacation mode as long as possible. With the current way the airlines run, the smallest problem can lead to a large ripple. A large problem can lead to a major disaster. Add to that the fact you are travelling at a very busy time of yea...