USVI-On-Line

True story...I swear...

When we tried (the 2nd time) to go to RDU to start our vacation, we ran into a neighbor who happened to be on our flight. We told her our story and mentioned that we were trying to get to St Thomas.

"Really? I'm from St Croix!"
(Finally...I'd placed the accent. Every Redneck nearby assumed she was Jamaican and, despite my explanation that every black person with an accent didn't come from Jamaica, they failed to understand and called her Jamaican anyway)

But I digress...

So, last Friday, I saw her and she asked how the trip was. I told her how we made it to St John after many hours of travel.

"Did you have to stay on St Thomas before you went to St Johns?" (She added the S, not me)
I told of the water taxi adventures.
"I've never been to St Johns"
"Oh it's great (blah blah blah...gushes about the National Park and the beaches)"
"Do they have police and fire departments there?"
"Ummm...yea...they have a police dept in Cruz Bay and a funny little substation out in Coral Bay. They have 2 fire stations too"
"But you have to go to St Thomas to buy your food, right"
"No...we bring a lot but they have stores on St John...not like Kroger, but stores the same"
"Hmmm...I should go some time"
"You should"

Now...this is a person who was raised 40 miles away from St John and didn't know they had fairly basic Civil-type services and grocery stores.

The moral of the story...I'm not sure there is one, but it puts the newbie who asks "Can I buy X on St John?" into a new perspective for me.

pipanale wrote:
The moral of the story...I'm not sure there is one, but it puts the newbie who asks "Can I buy X on St John?" into a new perspective for me.

Just to clarify, I am not currently or was never for sale on STJ

Xislandgirl wrote:

pipanale wrote:
The moral of the story...I'm not sure there is one, but it puts the newbie who asks "Can I buy X on St John?" into a new perspective for me.

Just to clarify, I am not currently or was never for sale on STJ

OK, That was funny!

Xislandgirl wrote:

pipanale wrote:
The moral of the story...I'm not sure there is one, but it puts the newbie who asks "Can I buy X on St John?" into a new perspective for me.

Just to clarify, I am not currently or was never for sale on STJ

OK, That was funny!

Can you rent "X"?

High or low season?

augie wrote:Can you rent "X"?

My aunt has a West Indian friend who was born and raised on STX. She moved to PA in her 30s and lives up the road from us. She and her kids come to our house for holidays and I have gotten to know her well over the years.

She can't understand why we visit STJ over and over again. She has never visited STJ and has no intention of doing so. She has the opinion that there is nothing to do or see on STJ.

She shakes her head and tisks at us, telling us we are missing out by not going to STX.

You actually are missing a lot if you haven't seen STX - people who will only consider St John for a VI vacation are just as uninformed as the local who doesn't see any reason to see St John.

All the years Rachel has been on St Thomas, she has never gone to St John either. She's afraid of the boat ride.

Exit Zero wrote:You actually are missing a lot if you haven't seen STX - people who will only consider St John for a VI vacation are just as uninformed as the local who doesn't see any reason to see St John.

I agree...St Croix is on the list and we nearly ended up there this summer...just waiting for both kids to be old enough to go...