Congrats on having it all booked!!! Hope/know you will have an amazing trip!

Thanks for the good read. I loved what you wrote about how you "resent" the villa at Haulover. That's the word, the exact word. Happy Birthday!

Thanks for the info exitzero. That's rotten news. You'd think they would WANT to protect the coral. I always forget how money is, for a majority, the bottom line. Boo! I'm going to skip visiting there this trip. I would probably cry like a baby.

If I had a million dollars, I'd buy a lot on Ditleff Point! Ok, so I've seen the damned entrance gate on the Cruz Bay realty page, but is there a trail to the beach still? Anybody visit there recently? Help please! Love love love that beach!

Hey Linward! As a teen I saw one of the Jaws movies while on a beach vacation (thanks dad! :? :wink: ) and, like you, had some worry about sharks before our first trip. Do yourself a favor and don't waste a single second of your pre-trip excitement! When you get there and finish up your first snorke...

Ok! Count us in for trying it! Underwater light, 2 glow sticks, nothing but towel on the beach, and hoof it to the car lickety split. Anything else before you amazing adventurers get us gobbled up or drowned?

This has probably been posted before, but don't you find it ironic that we all come to this forum to talk about the places we love (thereby publicizing them!) all the while hoping they remain less developed, less crowded, etc. ?????

No stressing over the kids who we are leaving behind in the capable hands of their grammy. Wish me luck on that one!

Have a great trip Toni!!! Our dog paces and whines in excitement to go to the doggie day care place where she plays so hard she wears her pads out and they have to confine her for a while!

My husband needed time to let St. John grow on him. His first impression off the ferry of the drunk bums in the park and on the street seemed to take something away from the overall experience. Me, I just move on past to the glorious beaches. Who wants to see only a resort or crusie ship anyway!?! T...

Hi to Paula! Funny funny question! If you're wrong then my friend is wrong too. Just went for a walk with her and she was talking about her two kids being invited to Hawaii for a week and she is wicked jealous!

hi! didn't read the whole thread so if this is a repeat sorry, my computer is a spazz! Just starting Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri. It was suggested to me by my brother who always has great reccomendations. Anyone read it? Just finished reading I am Charlotte Simmons. If you've read that one, ...

We'll be arriving in daylight (a first) with no kids in tow (a first) so we get to WING IT! We will probably get our car, find the house, dump our bags, head to the nearest beach, have dinner out with a cocktail or three! ooh, can hardly wait!

Great thread! What came to mind for me was my own personal sick leave evolution. Just out of college and still wanting beach time on the east coast meant that a "sick" day morphed into sick days so they REALLY thought you were sick. :wink: Then the years of going to work with all manner of...

ooh your trip looks like it was such fun! thanks for sharing!