More location help, please.

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More location help, please.

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Thought I'd put this in a new post. Maybe some locals can help me with this one? Anyone know the location of Southern Exposure villa (rental through Seaview Homes)? It's somewhere in the neighbourhood of Fish Bay. (Map attached.)
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The seaview website says that villa is off Chocolate Hole, not Fish Bay. From the pictures, it looks like lower Chocolate Hole, not up where, say Bongo Bongo is. If I remember correctly, the lower Chocolate Hole villas are located off first right turn after the Westin.
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Uh oh... I may be more confused than I thought! hahahaha. Are we looking at the same website? http://www.seaviewhomes.com/southern_exposure.html
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Post by mia »

Not sure, but perhaps liamsaunt was looking at Southern Cross which is located at Chocolate Hole :?

http://www.seaviewhomes.com/southern_cross.htm
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I've never been there, but looking at the website and matching the google earth satellite photo, I come up with here as a best guess - 18 19'29.41" N 64 46'01.88" W (plug this in google maps or google earth - voila! It's sooo cool.) If Southern exposure is newer than 4 or five years, it may not be on the map at all.
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Steve S - very cool! Thanks so much, you are a great help with this stuff!
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Oops! :o That's what I get for posting before my morning caffiene infusion. You're right Mia, I was looking at Southern Cross.

NOW, having looked at the correct villa, I think it is on the same road as the Fish Bay villa we stayed at (Golden Dragon), just further down the road. In fact, I think I can see the roof of Golden Dragon in one of the shots. Anyway, the roads out there are fully paved--it's an easy drive. The only issue I remember was when it was rainy, turning onto the road that goes to those villas was a little taxing--it's a steep hill on the turn and sometimes the wheels would slip a little bit.

To get there, take the main road out past the Westin, Great Cruz Bay Rd, etc. turn right onto Fish Bay Road, then a left at Arco Iris villa.
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Thanks, liamsaunt! Friends of ours are staying there, we're just trying to figure out where they will be. You know, so we can drop in for sunset cocktails!
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