:@) My husband27 and i 25 went to St. Thomas and St. John for vacation Sept. 2008. We stayed in Red Hook and rented a one BDRM apt. from a lady, and that ended up being the best decision we made about the trip. If you go downtown, you don't want to be down there at night. All the locals tell you do not walk down the streets at night past like 5 or 6. Plus after like between 5-7 pm the safari buses which are normally 1$ to take you wherever you want to go, turn into taxis that cost upwards of between 7-15 dollars depending on where you want to go. If you stay in red hook you can walk, it's very safe, but be careful when walking along the roads. People drive very fast on the opposite lanes, plus there are lots of blind spots/curves. The best places to go downtown Red Hook were the Caribbean Saloon and Duffy's Love Shack. http://www.pubclub.com/caribbean/stthomasbars.htm Caribbean Saloon has lots of tvs and booth style seating as well as bar seating as well; it's mainly a sports bar, but is has awesome Conch Fritters! SERIOUSLY DELICIOUS! Duffy's Love Shack starts late in the night. So it's a good second place to go, once every starts to come out late at night. Once the music starts playing, the drinks start pouring, people start dancing the party doesn't stop till late in the morning. Once night i didn't get home till 4:30 am. We stayed for 9 days. All we did was go to as many of the beaches we could, took safari buses everywhere for a dollar, went to eat as many places as we could and stayed in Red Hook at night. The Saint was supposed to be a real happening club. It is awesome the way it looks, it seems like everyone would all go there. It is all enclosed, dimly lit, local music and club music and air conditioned. But i heard from the locals that the locals don't like it because the owners tried to make a dress code, no one liked it so no one ever really came back. Beside the Saint is a great cheese and wine shop. You will find some amazing cheeses in there. Across from that is a small grocery store. Kinda pricey, but you can find all kinds of grocery items and fruit in there to get your nosh on. Across the street is the ferry. We took a ferry ride across the ocean to St. John for 12 dollars. for 150 dollars a peice you can take an all day trip to Jos Van Dyke. Downtown you can take a ferry ride for 6$ to water island. That place you better be expected to walk all over, anywhere you want to go. there is a nice beach to walk to, with a food and drink vendor and bathrooms. The best thing to eat is the road side vendors who cook chicken and sell local fruits! One day we were so burnt and tired from walking, we decided to just ride around for an hour or so on the safari bus and just listen and watch people. It was fun. The best thing i've ever done in my life. This was an unforgettable experience. The most memorable thing was being greeted at the air port in st thomas with shots of rum! 🙂 Coki Beach was the locals, it is basically the slums of st. thomas. Trunk bay has an underwater snorkel area and is awesome! get to the beaches early and you will have them all to yourself. Down town charlotte amalie is basically all jewelry. But there is a nice liquor store down town where you can luck out and find some great deals on cruzan rums and some other liqours of your choice.