I know this has been talked about a gazillion times but I have to ask. The NWS is forecasting partly cloudy and 40% chance of showers every day next week for STT and STJ. I have a trip booked on the Stormy Petrel for Wednesday and they said they go to the Indians when weather permits, ~85% of the ti...

I've wondered the same thing. I bought a non-prescription mask and I wear glasses. I have my prescription from my last eye exam and my thought was that if I did need to do something else, masks would be available on STT but I don't know that for a fact. I've read several times that objects are magni...

I used to snorkel at the southern tip of Taiwan at a place call O Luanpi when we lived there in the early '70's. This is where the China Sea meets the Pacific. I was out snorkeling one time with a friend and we looked down and there were four snakes that were orange and white swimming towards us. I ...

Are the weights recommended for snorkeling? My intuition says no, that they're really designed for diving, but I thought I would ask.

Thanks

Nine days!

Thanks Tom and Pia. We're staying at Crystal Cove on Sapphire Beach in STT, one of Dave Paresky's units that I read about on Trip Advisor. I researched quite a bit in November to find a destination to meet what I was looking for and decided on the USVI's so I asked the family, "Any objections?&...

This seems so surreal, I can't concentrate at work. I know we're going but I can't believe we're going! Having been an Air Force brat in the '60's and '70's and living on the Mediterranean in southern Turkey as a teenager for three years and living in southern Taiwan for three years, I sort of know ...

Disgusting pictures! Is this the standard this community is trying to set?