Hi All,
We got back from STT on May 27 (I know it's been a couple of weeks but I'm finally back to reality and ready to relive it again). Being from Colorado it was kind of a long trip down, we had to stay in Charlotte both ways but overall the flights on US Airways were nice and easy.

We arrived on a Monday afternoon and had rented a car with Avis. Everything we smooth at the airport, got our luggage and off to the car. The car was a joke, not that we needed anything special but considering my husband is an elite member with Avis we were both a little shocked at our beat up, run down Chevy Cavalier that puttered up the hills but at least the A/C worked!! The island is pretty easy to navigate but the driving is scary (thank god my husband did all of it :). We arrived at our hotel, the Marriott Frenchman's, around 3:30 and headed right to the pool. The pool at the Marriott is great...great views of Charlotte Ameile, the ships coming in and out of port and a nice swim up bar. Once we had our umbrella drink we were ready to roll! We ended up just eating at the resort that night at Captain's Cafe, not great and probably won't go back but it was easy and convienent.

Tuesday we went to Megan's Bay and loved it. Although there were 3 ships at port and a lot of cruise excursions so it was kind of crowed until about 2:30 but was still awesome. They have a full service snack bar and bar, prices were fair ($5 for a hamburger, $6 for frozen drinks) and they don't skim on their alcohol. My husband ordered a rum and coke that was basically rum with a splash of coke. If I had a dollar for everytime we heard "whoee, this isn't like my morning swims off the Jersey shore!" It was pretty funny. On the way back we had to stop at Udder Delight for a famous milkshake and boy was it worth it!!

Wednesday we went on a day sail with New Horizons. We made two stops on St John for snorkeling and had f&b all day. It was so beautiful and nice to be on the water for a day. We did, however, realize at the end of the day that we were on the wrong cruise...I signed up online before our trip and signed up for a trip on Thursday that was suppose to go to BVI and soggy dollar bar so that was kind of a bummer but we still had a great time!

Wednesday night we ate at Havana Blue and it was AWESOME!! Our priciest meal of the week but well worth it. The views were amazing and the food was really good...would recommend it to anyone looking for a nice meal out.

Thursday we went shopping downtwon, no ships were at port so it was nice and relaxed. We ate at Glady's and it was a nice laid back cafe with a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Food was good too. After shopping we drove to Mahogany Run to check it out, glad we didn't golf because it was way too hot!! But got a nice shirt and hat for my hubby. Stopped at Udder Delight again for another tasty treat (it is vacation :)).

Friday we took the ferry to St John. Parking in Red Hook was interesting, we ended up parking in a big dirt lot where a lot of locals park and walking to the ferry port which was kind of scary (no sidewalks). The ferry ride was quick, easy and beautiful. Once on STJ we walked around and shopped a little before catching a taxi to Trunk Bay. Nice ameneties (snacks, snorkel rentals, showers) and good snorkeling but it was super windy so we couldn't really enjoy hanging on the beach. We headed back to town and had lunch at Margarita Phil's...a little pricey but our shrimp chalupa was our favorite meal of the trip and the margarita's were yummy! Once back on STT we made a stop at the legendary Duffy's and were just starting to have a good time when we realized that we were out of cash and Duffy's doesn't take credit cards (bummer). Wished we could have partied longer.

Friday night we went to Hook, Line and Sinker in Frenchtown and were extremely disappointed. The service was really bad (never brought us our wine we ordered), the food wasn't very good (they ran out of bread) but the scenery was entertaining...we watch a slightly intoxicated lady crawl into a docked boat to sleep the night away.

Before heading to airport Saturday we stopped at The Greenhouse for lunch, good atmosphere, views and food! We had heard mixed reviews of the airport and going through customs but it was pretty smooth, dropped the car off and to the gate area in about 30 minutes.

Misc thoughts....we really loved our time in USVI and can't wait to go back with friends or family. Liquor is so freaking cheap that we'll plan on making a lot of our own drinks next time and would like to rent one of the many villas. For those that have never been, I compare the islands too....STT is more of a Maui, more developed, crowded, more ameneties where as STJ is more of a Kauai. Less people, crowds, development...just a really cute, quaint island. We felt a little more welcomed by the locals on STJ than we did STT but STJ seemed to be a littly posher as well. Prices were what we expected, most meals between $8-15 unless it was a nicer rest. (Havana Blue was $25-30pp). Drinks were from $5-8, beer was cheaper, especially Heineken which was $2 some places. The beaches were all spectacular and the water simply amazing. I don't know that there is a prettier place anywhere.

Thanks so much to everyone who posts on this board...it gave me so many tips and ideas and I kept referring to it the entire trip. To everyone going later this summer/year....I'm jealous. I don't have to tell you to have fun because you will!! Thanks for letting me relive and bore you with this post (or distract you from work for a few minutes).

ColoSun