St Thomas US virgin Islands Anyone been there?

[Aquatic Eagle]

I used to live there actually. I lived near Secret Harbour. It does have a dive operation located there and it is a beautiful place. You aren't a great distance from Red Hook on the East End of the island and there are lots of little neat shops there as well as the marina and the ferry to St. John. Coki Beach is nice as well. One thing I would do definitely. The day and time may have changed but when I was there, on Tuesday night after I think it was 7PM, the cable car ride located near Yacht Haven Marina downtown was free to get to the top of the mountain. There's a restaurant up there and it's a great view of Charlotte Amalie Harbour. I would definitely recommend taking a trip over to St. John for a day. It is definitely a gorgeous place to go. It's about 75% national park and has the most beautiful beaches. Also a great place to go on St. Thomas is Magens Bay. It is on the north side of the island. It's a beautiful beach and if you look up to your left from the beach you can see where I used to live. If you drive onto the peninsula on the right side of Magens Bay Beach to a place called Peterborg and drive to the end of the peninsula, you will find a huge area of boulders and in the middle of some of those boulders is a nature-made small swimming hole. It was made from the waves crashing over the rocks and dripping down to fill the hole. It's about 10 feet deep but watch the sides for sea urchins...I learned that the hard way. Let me know if there's anything else you wanna know and I'll try to help. I'm very jealous...I absolutely loved living there and look forward to going back. Take care!!

 

[Aquatic Eagle]

Just to clarify something in that last post, I lived on the East End of the island when I first moved there and later moved to the north side. I didn't write that before and it seemed confusing to me after reading it again.

 

[wjbrandt]

I think everything has been covered for you. I work for Chris Sawyer www.sawyerdive.vi and would love to have you stop by for a visit and maybe a dive. Col Diver was recently here and I believe we had a nice time. Secret Harbor is a very nice location and a lovely place to stay while visiting ST Thomas. You are about 1 mile from Red Hook, where we are located.
I would suggest renting a car if you will be here for a week. The Taxi's eat you alive. If there are at least two of you will will save in the long run and have the freedom to look around at your convienence. Get the cheepest rental and pick it up at the airport.
Remember we drive on the left (I still haven't figured why) but it is no big deal.
Good Luck!!

 

[colo_diver]

. Col Diver was recently here and I believe we had a nice time.





so nice we are planning a return trip....... this time might even buy that condo

 

[Aquatic Eagle]

Remember we drive on the left (I still haven't figured why) but it is no big deal.
Good Luck!!

If I remember correctly from when I lived there, weren't the USVI owned by the British or the French before the US? If owned by the British it would explain the left side of the road.

 

[Aquatic Eagle]

I think everything has been covered for you. I work for Chris Sawyer www.sawyerdive.vi and would love to have you stop by for a visit and maybe a dive. Col Diver was recently here and I believe we had a nice time. Secret Harbor is a very nice location and a lovely place to stay while visiting ST Thomas. You are about 1 mile from Red Hook, where we are located.
I would suggest renting a car if you will be here for a week. The Taxi's eat you alive. If there are at least two of you will will save in the long run and have the freedom to look around at your convienence. Get the cheepest rental and pick it up at the airport.
Remember we drive on the left (I still haven't figured why) but it is no big deal.
Good Luck!!

Was I correct about the ride in the cable car? Is that the correct time and day?

 

[CSD1129]

USVIs was owned by Denmark. We read somewhere that it had to do with livestock in earlier times.

What was it like to live in St.Thomas? I'd really like to live there after I finish school.

 

[Aquatic Eagle]

USVIs was owned by Denmark. We read somewhere that it had to do with livestock in earlier times.

What was it like to live in St.Thomas? I'd really like to live there after I finish school.

That's right...Denmark. It was wonderful to live there. I left because I did not agree with the dive operation I was working with at the time. Unsafe and didn't follow regulations. I also needed to come home before I started traveling more. I cannot wait for the opportunity to live there again. It was one of the best times of my life. Some of the nicest people from all over the world live there. It is like a melting pot of people who just wanted to get out of a boring life. There are a lot of seagoing operations you can try to get hooked up with for work. Not to mention all of the shops downtown to work with. It is a gorgeous place once you get away from downtown. I would most definitely suggest getting a place either on the north or east end. The north side was my favorite place of all. I had a small cottage on the hill above Magens Bay. I had a gorgeous view. Remember though to take into consideration your transportation arrangements before getting a place. If you get a place on the east or southern end then most likely you will have no problem catching a "safari" to work. They are little cabs that charge $1 to go anywhere on it's route. If you live on the west or northern end you will most likely be a good distance off of the safari routes and will need a friend, a car, or a taxi to get into the main areas of the island. Just make sure if you go there to take a trip over to St. John, Tortola, Virgin Gorda...gorgeous places. Good luck if you move there and send us some pics!

 

[CSD1129]

thanks!
It's great to actually hear a postive reply from someone about living on "island time". I was in St.Thomas twice in the last year, (Once on a cruise ship..the other for my birthday). I've always wanted to live somewhere in the caribbean and St.Thomas felt like it would be home. I've even considered going to college there...but I'll probably end up in FL.

Hope there's still work in the diving industry when it becomes my turn. I'd love to become an instructor and eventually be able to open up my own shop.


I was on Magen's bay, but it's a little bit too toursity. Beautiful beach though, loved Coki Beach!

 

[Allison Finch]

I lived on St T MANY years ago, at Saphire Bay (between Tutu and Red Hook). Diving was OK. I really liked diving in Hull Bay, which is only nice during the summer. The big waves in the winter make it a surfers delight, but is too hard to dive then. I thought that I would like living there a long time. However, island mentality can wear on you after a while. It is a wonderful place to visit, but.......
I worked as a bartender at the St T yacht club. The booze sure is cheaper than any of the mixers!!
Good luck if you really do live there. Stateside gets farther and farther away every year that you are there.