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St.Croix is a cool place but a vastly different place as well. 85% of St. John is State Park or marine conservation land. Staying at a resort or villa on the island is generally going to run you $350-$2000 p/n. Maho Bay camps (in peak season) was $125 p/n. Concordia (as nice if not nicer than our resort room on St.Croix) was $175. Both places provide all the cooking implement you will need to eat in, and both places have "general stores" to get "necessities". Granted prices can be a bit high in them. We went into town twice to go to the "real"grocery store or the like. In addition because they contract there own charters prices for a trip out to say The Baths of Virgin Gorda and snorkeling is 2/3 what you would pay in town. So ya I still contend that if you do it right it can be a great way to have a "budget" vacation.
As for St.Croix We stayed at the Palms at Hibiscus Bay or was it the Hibiscus at Palm Bay? I forget now but they are basically two resorts combined into one. It was nice to "live it up" for a day or two at the end of our trip. If you happen to be on St.Croix here is a must do side trips is this. Head up into the rain forest to Mont Pielier Hut. Do not go late in the day or at night it is not open past dark. Why go, you may be asking your self. Well there are two very good reasons. 1) Mamajuana, a home distilled spiced rum/mead. The basically take Cruzian dark rum add a tun of honey and spices let it go for a wile. What you get is pure heaven nectar and only available there. You can get them to bottle it for you with a sealed cap to bring home with you. I promise you wont regret it! The side show there are the three 1,000lb. beer drinking pigs!! The are just AMAZING to see! Any cabbie will know where to take you.....
thats all for now,
Brian D.
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