Thank you so much for posting. As always, we enjoy your reports and pictures. We are avid snorkelers, so we loved the identification of so many things that we see.

We were on-island in May/June 2016. We arrived on a Sun and went to Starfish. The produce area was very empty and some items were looked old and shriveled. Some were rotting and covered with mold. We bought what looked good - carrots, red peppers, snow peas, FL oranges. Later in the week, they had n...

Hi Marcia, I'm sorry to hear you lost your trip report. Ugh! I was looking forward to hearing about your trip since its been a few years since we've been there, but I completely understand not wanting to re-write it. I will do my reports in Word, then copy and paste them into the forum, just in case...

On our trip this year, we enjoyed several places in Cruz Bay: Lime Inn - yummy grilled lobster, friendly service Sogos - West Indian food, hubby loves their curried goat, super nice owners; we call ahead and order carryout so we can eat on our deck with a wonderful view (villa on Gifft Hill so its s...

Part 1 http://www.virgin-islands-on-line.com/virgin-islands/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=28416 Part 2 http://www.virgin-islands-on-line.com/virgin-islands/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=28426 We enjoy seeing wildlife, both on land, in the air and underwater. We had a few unusual encounters on this trip, so I wa...

We decided to do make an effort to do some different things this trip, in addition to some of the “usual favorites” that we do every trip. My husband has always wanted to visit the library in Cruz Bay as he read somewhere that it also housed a museum with artifacts from days of old on St John. He wa...

I'm sorry to see this financial trouble in the VIs.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/ ... ut-to-junk

We live in the Washington, DC area, so our route to Chincoteague is across the Bay Bridge in MD (near Annapolis), then then head south to Chincoteague. Looking at the map, it seems it should take 3-3.5 hours from Richmond, but we've never been that way. In 2013, my parents took the Bay Bridge tunnel...

Have you considered Chincoteague Island? Its not an upscale area, but we enjoy spending time there, walking, boating, and bicycling around the island. There are a couple of chain hotels on the bay side, Hampton, Comfort Suites, Fairfield (although they are probably 2-3 star as well). We stayed at th...

We had a wonderful 2 week stay on St John in May/June this year. This was our 6th trip to St John and we stayed at Hummingbird Hill on Gifft Hill for the 2nd time. It’s managed by Catered To and we can’t say enough about our positive experiences with them. They were a pleasure to deal with and minor...

Similar experience on Sunday, June 5 for a flight at 1:10pm. Took the 8:45 ferry to CA. It was a lovely morning and we love the longer boat ride and shorter cab ride. Got to airport a bit before 10 and the United desk wasn't open yet. They said it would be an hour, but fortunately it opened at 10:30...

Thanks for the heads up about this, mbw. I know there is debate about whether pictures that are accessible by the general public are "private property" or not. Personally, I think a company or person should have the courtesy to ask before using someone's photo. My husband has started water...

Thank you for taking the time to post your report with pictures. Your trip definitely brings happiness to us as well. We were on island recently and did some of those same snorkels. I think you had mentioned snorkeling the left side of Maho, so we did it this trip and were glad we did. We enjoyed al...

Thanks for the trip report. We always like hearing about other people's snorkel experiences. Can you say more about Carvel Rock and Henley Cay? We've never snorkeled those spots. Which charter boat were you on to get out there? The charters we've been on that go out of Cruz Bay always go to Little S...

We also found St John Market to be great this trip and stopped in several times. It was only minutes from our villa and on our way home if we were coming from town. Their fruits and vegetables looked pretty fresh, compared to Starfish. We got carry out from their hot food counter several times and t...