I don't know if you've made your decision but I'd highly recommend Casa Bueno. I've stayed twice at Mystic Ridge and although I haven't rented Casa Bueno the owners graciously gave us a tour of the house and CB is hands down a nicer house. Casa Bueno gets a thumbs up!!

We've done varying lengths of time (from ten days to a month) over the twenty some years we've been loving this island. We've decided that three weeks (plus a day or so) is perfect. For us a month is just a little bit too long

Mosquitos are hard to predict. We've more often than not had no mosquitos during our many visits to STJ and we've been going for about 20 years. But we have had a few visits in May where there has been an outbreak. Luckily we arrived at the tail end of the outbreak so we were affected for only a cou...

You're just a little ahead of us. I'm so sick of this snowy cold weather in Michigan. I have to keep looking at my ticker.

That is a beautiful view over Caneel. Did you stay at Spellbound? MY DH and I have discovered Caneel and started to end our villa trips to STJ at Caneel four years ago. For us it's the perfect way to end our stay on St. John. After spending 2 weeks "Jeeping" around the island, we turn in t...

You certainly can bring your own beach chairs to the Caneel Beach. As to shade. There is a little bit of shade but I'd say you could plan on what shade there is being occupied by guests.

Casa Bueno gets my vote. It's got it over the other two with a much better location. It's a great villa with wonderful views. All paved road.

As always, loving your report. That looks like the room we stayed in last trip, up on the hillside. You are right, there are lots of stairs but we liked the location.

I like Petra or Charotte or Coqui but I think I like Coqui best.

Sounds like you had some good meals! I agree that the langoustinos are a little pricy at La Tapa, but they are sooooo tasty. We didn't get there last week and I am a little sorry about it. Becky, are you still at Caneel? I was wonder if Caneel has standup paddle boards at Caneel Beach yet. Last yea...

I pretty sure the answer is "no". You'll need to get the name of a doctor on STT.

We always bring them and only use them for getting into the water where there are urchins (like Haulover North or Waterlemon). I wouldn't wait and buy them there. I'm not sure where you'd buy them to tell you the truth.

Bongi cords, clothes line and clothes pins, spices, kitchen knives, zip-lock bags of all sizes, parachute fabric blankets a various sizes for the beach and we've used them with the bongi cords to rig up a wind block and. of course, a roll of duct tape.

Coral Oasis is just up the road from BRB.

So where is the hold up? Immigration? Security? Shortage of personnel??