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Overdue TR take 2 on the pics

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:43 pm
by jaycimarie
Hopefully the pics show up this time. Used Kodak last time, Webshots this time. If it doesnt work I don't know what to do! I can see them in my preview so let me know if you can see them

Even though this is a long overdue TR hopefully you enjoy anyway. Im trying to pass the time (20 more days) til our next trip!

The crew from left: Jaime, Maggie, Brandie, Jayci(me), Jasmyne (aka Dark&Diet)
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Also included was my brother collin (IslandChef) who was living on island and working for Stone Terrace at the time. (That's right - we still get to have Terrace dinners!)

Day1
Flew out of MSY (New Orleans) connected in MIA and met Brandie in STT (she flew from Houston through Charlotte) All flight were on time and we landed within 15 minutes of each other. Free rum punch in hand we headed off by taxi to Red Hook. Very hot wait as the ferry terminal construction was not complete at the time. We were amused by the fact that we had to buy our ferry ticket from one lady then turn it right back in to the guy standing to her immediate right... Odd... why did she bother handing it to us at all?? Welcome to the islands!

We stayed at Crow's nest which is located in Wharfside Village. (Its what's behind those big white windows). It was gorgeous and very convienient for newbies like us - just a short walk downstairs brought us to restaurants, bars, shops and the taxis. Downside - no pool, but so worth it - not sure they are renting it anymore. Here's an aside. We had probalems with water presuure - and by this I mean we really had NO running water to speak of for the whole week but they gave us back 1/2 our money and we all said we would do this again! Surprising as we're not much for roughing it, but there was a bathroom in the bar around the corner from the entrance to the apartment and we pretty much showered and brushed our teeth in bottled water! Me and Brandie snuck a rinse off shower at the Gallows pool! Its really funny to us now!
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Back to arrival day... We were exhausted from the long travel day and thought we'd probably take it easy, but we decided to eat at Fish Trap since Collin was working there that night. Fave dish was Tom Yum Goon - basically coconut milk soup. Yummy. The waiter brought us like 3 pitchers of very strong rum punchso we had enough of a second wind to head to Woody's "just for a minute" This is what happened :roll:
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Yep - lots of rum punches later we were singing "King of Wishful Thinking" to the whole bar. Sorry to any of you who may have been witness! :oops:

Doesnt Collin look thrilled to be part of this girls' trip :wink:
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More to come: Northshore beaches, Jost, more Woodys, more rum punch...

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:06 pm
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:14 pm
by iowaguy
Jayci---Thanks for the photos. I've always been curious about Crow's Nest so that was fun to see. No water would have been tough though. Hope you weren't relegated to The Beach Bar bathroom.

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:02 am
by CruzBayB
Looks like tons of fun! I've seriously looked at the Crow's Nest too so I was interested when you said that they might not be renting it anymore... maybe you just meant while they fix the WATER. Geez, yall are brave, I mean I love STJ but after all that time on the island, I would have been missing my shower, big time! I noticed you were from Louisiana... I'm in Texas now but was born there!

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:31 am
by jaycimarie
Jayci--- Hope you weren't relegated to The Beach Bar bathroom.

Actually we found every restroom on the island. Literally. We'd be riding around in a taxi and we say "Oh there's a bathroom! There's one!" There was also one right across the outdoor hall where you enter Crows Nest but you had to get the key fom one of the bars so we could only use that one during business hours. The reason we said we would do it again is that we had split the cost between 4 girls (Jasmyne stayed ith Collin) so once we got back 1/2 our money it was very very cheap. At least it was very well air conditioned! We had called and called every day for someone to fix the water but you know how fast it is to get something done on island. But no worries! :D
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Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:39 am
by sea-nile
The photos are great! Thanks for the report. Looks like fun.

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:14 am
by mrsb
No shower? No way mon! I don't think I could dealt with that all week long. Looks like you all had some fun despite it.

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:11 am
by cptnkirk
Wow what a good lookin bunch of gals. I probably would have joined in the sing along as I always do stuff like that when I drink. My honey just tells me to be quite your embarrasing. Hey it's all about havin fun you only live once! :D :D

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:29 am
by bevm
My philosophy...Go ahead and make an ass out of yourself! You're never going to see those people again anyway!

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:41 pm
by Kentuckygirl
I'm glad that you got your pictures to work. It looks like a lot of fun!