That octupus shot is absolutely fantastic!!! Bet you could make some $$$ with that one!

Great trip report. Your pictures are WONDERFUL, as always. The food pictures have me drooling. Thanks so much for sharing the shrimp recipe. Looks yummy.

Hi all. Our daughter's family travels with 2 other couples and their children every year, and after hearing about the wonderful trip we had to STJ in April, are looking into going there next spring. They have asked us to recommend some villas for them to look at, but all of our research on villas wa...

Bev, Not that you need any encouragement but...
Dance as if no one were watching
Sing as if no one were listening
And live each day (on the island)
As if it were your last.

Sunday, April 5 We woke to a cloudy sky that threatened rain, so decided to do laundry and some packing to prepare for the inevitable W.O.W. day after tomorrow. (A little early to be thinking about “the end”, to be sure, but we figured that way we could spend all of our time playing when the sun ca...

Thanks so much for your positive feedback :D I will pass on your suggestion re. the floatation device to HT. He tried ear plugs, and that didn't seem to help much, but we're open to trying anything that might alleviate this. I make "light" of it in the TR, but it really is an annoyance/dis...

Did you buy the prawns on island? jdw

No, we got them on STT at Cost-U-Less. They come frozen in 2# bags (resealable) 21-25 prawns per #, so they're a good size for throwing on the barbie.

Your "orange thingy" looks like fun

Friday, April 3 Our sleep was interrupted several times during the night: For HT, by his itchy bites; for me, by HT and his itchy bites. :| It would have been nice to sleep in a bit, but the chickens scratching through the leaves outside our window woke us up. And then, the relentless crowing from ...

WONDERFUL pictures!!!!!! SO glad you got your camera back

We saw a police officer at Gibney Beach. He wasn't in uniform, but he arrived in his patrol car and parked in front of the entrance gate. When he pulled up, I thought maybe we were gonna get in trouble for parking in the wrong place, or something. But he just got out of his car and walked down to th...

Tuesday, March 31 Woke to the sound of rain pattering through the trees – relieved that our water cistern was getting replenished, so we wouldn’t have to worry (as much) about having enough water for our much-appreciated end-of-the-day showers. During the night we heard leaves crunching and an occa...

Our camera is a Canon PowerShot A590 IS.

Thanks for the positive feedback. This the first Trip Report we've done.

Sunday, March 29 OH MY GOODNESS, what a WONDERFUL night’s sleep! The trip to the islands from the west coast, is long and very tiring (yet SO worth it). All the stiffness and fatigue just seemed to melt away the minute we sank into the lush softness of our king-size, pillow-top bed. Caressed by a d...

ST. JOHN TRIP – 2009 Waldport, Oregon to St. John Wednesday, March 25 After months of planning and anticipation, “D (departure) day” has finally arrived. The past couple of years have been difficult ones, and we’ve both been SO looking forward to – and needing – this vacation. I mopped our way out ...