From: paul.graveline%travel@wugate.wustl.edu (Paul Graveline) 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.caribbean
Subject: CARIBBEAN TRAVEL ROUNDU15
Date: 1 Sep 92 13:19:00 GMT
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Organization: Travel Online, St. Louis, MO
Reply-To: paul.graveline%travel@wugate.wustl.edu (Paul Graveline) 

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they  do.  After  an  hour or so NCL had a tour arrive so we left to  
explore  other  areas  of  the  island. We went to Maho, Caneel, and  
Cinnamon.  Now  I know why there are such die hard fans of St. John.  
I  loved  it  even  the donkeys. I know people think they are a pain  
but sorry, I loved seeing them.  
 
We  explored  some  of  the  ruins  and did a little shopping before  
heading  back  to St. Thomas. The next day we rented a 22' boat from  
Virgin  Voyages  at  our  marina  and explored St. John by water. We  
stopped  at all the beautiful cays and snorkeled whenever we wanted.  
We  then  headed out to the Baths at Virgin Gorda but the seas began  
to  get  rough  and  we decided to turn back. With us renting a boat  
and  exploring  St. John for the day, this is a great way to see the  
island  and  you  have the advantage of getting away from the crowds  
is you prefer.  
 
On  Tuesday we fell prey to in my opinion the "biggest tourist trap"  
offered  in  St.  Thomas ... Coral World!!!!!!! I thought this was a  
second  rate fish tank with a few peacocks and lizards thrown in for  
good  measure.  The  beach  adjacent  to  Coral World is Coki Beach.  
While  we  were  there there was a small intimate crowd of about 300  
people  who  all  seem  to  be learning to scuba dive is 1 hour. The  
beach and area surrounding it were very littered. 
 
The  next  day  we  took  a  drive around the entire island. We left  
Sapphire  and  went around to Red Hook then continued into town past  
the  airport  and got some great pictures of planes landing from our  
vantage  point  on  the  mountain. Then we went on Tofortuna Bay all  
the  way  around  to  Santa Maria bay up past mountain top to Magens  
Bay  past  Drakes  Seat  and  then  back to Sapphire. This gave us a  
great  chance  to  see  different parts of the islands and some very  
nice residential areas. 
 
The  rest of our vacation was spent vacationing. We ate, slept had a  
few  drinks  and  then did it all over again. We had a great tex mex  
at  "for  the Birds" with a nice location on Scott Beach with volley  
ball  net  waiting  for  action.  Finally  after  too  few  days our  
vacation  was  over. My only ray of sunshine is that I'm starting to  
plan  our next trip to the Caribbean for sometime in the late winter  
or early spring. 
 
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