Day Five: Trip to St. John
11/13/2006 08:34 PM Filed in: Honeymoon
Today we decided to head over to St. John Island which is located about 20 minutes by boat from Redhook, St. Thomas. St. John is a much smaller island with a population well below that of St. Thomas. The island is a mixture of residences, boutique shops and resorts; but more than half of the island is dedicated to the National Park Service. This means that most of the island is reachable only on foot. It is an increadibly beautiful place and surprisingly quiet when compared to St. Thomas, or just about any other place.
It didn't take Tracy and I long to decide we loved St. John and that if when we come back to this part of the Virgin Islands we want to stay at one of the resorts on St. John. It is definitely the place to go if you want to relax, but still have access to modern conveniences; including shopping.
The shopping is pretty good too. Not price wise mind you, i can't say I saw many great deal; but the shops are very nice. This isn't a place for power shopping, but more for boutique window shopping. We both had a lot of fun just checking out all of the stores, and I think we did see each and every one of them.
Before we left we ran into the tourist information center which is paid for by the Westin St. John. in talking to concierge we were given the opportunity to return tomorrow to see the Westin St. John time shares. We aren't ready to invest in such a vacation opportunity, but they offered us a bribe (a.k.a. money) to take 90 minutes out of our honeymoon. Enough money that we could get Tracy something nice from one of the many boutiques on the island.
When we got home, we were ready to just chill and do some relaxing. We still have several days left of our honeymoon, but we can feel the end nearing. We are also excited about Monday's day sail. That should be very relaxing and exciting. Tracy has never been sailing either, and it's a chance to do some more snorkling. We even got underwater cameras today so we can take some photos. I don't know what they cost back home, but here we made $24 each. Ouch! That's what we get for not planning ahead.
It didn't take Tracy and I long to decide we loved St. John and that if when we come back to this part of the Virgin Islands we want to stay at one of the resorts on St. John. It is definitely the place to go if you want to relax, but still have access to modern conveniences; including shopping.
The shopping is pretty good too. Not price wise mind you, i can't say I saw many great deal; but the shops are very nice. This isn't a place for power shopping, but more for boutique window shopping. We both had a lot of fun just checking out all of the stores, and I think we did see each and every one of them.
Before we left we ran into the tourist information center which is paid for by the Westin St. John. in talking to concierge we were given the opportunity to return tomorrow to see the Westin St. John time shares. We aren't ready to invest in such a vacation opportunity, but they offered us a bribe (a.k.a. money) to take 90 minutes out of our honeymoon. Enough money that we could get Tracy something nice from one of the many boutiques on the island.
When we got home, we were ready to just chill and do some relaxing. We still have several days left of our honeymoon, but we can feel the end nearing. We are also excited about Monday's day sail. That should be very relaxing and exciting. Tracy has never been sailing either, and it's a chance to do some more snorkling. We even got underwater cameras today so we can take some photos. I don't know what they cost back home, but here we made $24 each. Ouch! That's what we get for not planning ahead.