I was packing Sunday for my upcoming trip to STJ (leaving Friday) and wondered if any of you usually take a pair of binoculars. Just not sure if it is worth lugging them around.
Our villa has a pair & it was amazing how often I used them....looked at boats on the water, the boat that landed on the rocks in Chocolate Hole, birds..all kinds of things. I have a small pair & didn't take them cause I knew the villa where we stayed had them; otherwise I would have.
If they aren't huge take them. Sometimes it's nice to look at things from your villa (including the naked people sun-bathing at the house below yours... )or out at the beach..
The last few houses we rented had them.
Paul wrote:OK....I'm taking them. Looking at naked people convinced me
Your my kind of guy Paul!!
Makes me wonder how many people have been looking at me though?? I always make sure to suck in my gut, smile and wave just in case someone's looking..
After you said that Bev, I was reminded that 13 years ago when my wife and I were honeymooning on Tortola, we chartered a boat for the day. We were anchored off Jost and there were 4 or 5 other boats moored there as well and there were several naked people on the other boats. All I kept thinking was, man, I wish I had a pair of binoculars.
Paul wrote:After you said that Bev, I was reminded that 13 years ago when my wife and I were honeymooning on Tortola, we chartered a boat for the day. We were anchored off Jost and there were 4 or 5 other boats moored there as well and there were several naked people on the other boats. All I kept thinking was, man, I wish I had a pair of binoculars.
See...you might miss something! With my luck it would be some naked fat guy who looks like he's wearing a cardigan and he isn't....
Sorry, I can't top the naked people story but depending on your location I would definitely recommend taking them. we were above Francis Bay. From our villa we watched turtles surfacing and whitetail deer on the beach in the early morning.
Husband and I got married on STT almost 12 years ago, paid a guy with a boat to drop us and a cooler off on Little Saba for the day and come back and fetch us. While there and naked a boat came up and anchored off shore. I was so miffed I refused to get dressed - kind of like the noisy family who sits right next to you on a deserted beach. Uncool to intrude.
Anyway, many villas have binoculars, you may want to ask the rental company before lugging them down.
So wait a minute...you were naked and so were they??
It's like a "Naked Gun Fight at The OK Corral" Who's going to put clothes on first! Good for you for standing your ground!!
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)or out at the beach.. 
