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Joined: November 2, 2005 7:08 pm
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Re: Villa Location Clues

capt m, there's a large cloud over tha area of gifft hill where coconuts and other "giftt hill villas" are located on google earth site. there a...

16 years ago
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Re: Villa Gardenia

ccbur, reread your post and realized you were inquiring about a villa on st thomas, all my stays were on st john. sorry, i should have read more...

16 years ago
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Re: Villa Gardenia

bride and i stayed 1 nite at gardenia in dec 04 when we had to arrive a day before moonsong was available due to flt loads. g's a large one room lowe...

16 years ago
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Re: Blue Water in my Future

TomB, bad news, the video does not do upper rockridge justice, she's probably one of the toughest one lane paved rds on the island. that said, a...

16 years ago
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Re: west coast flights

delta has has overniter seattle to atl with nonstop to stt leaving 4 hrs later with arrival in stt 2pm+. atl to stt only fri thru monday. fares aren...

17 years ago
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Re: Gardenia (Cloud 9 Villas)

brian, bride &I stayed 1 night at gardenia in dec 04 prior to a weeks stay at moonsong. only 2 things missing from her being a great small villa...

17 years ago
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Re: Last Minute Specials?

bride & I are last minute travelers (fly nonrev/stdby) and have had good luck during our 5 stays with cloud 9 villas. their site is we found c9, sund...

17 years ago
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Re: Dinghy Rental STJ

skil, buddy and i rented from crabby dec o5 and found him very accommodating, but seems like i read a post a couple months ago saying business wa...

17 years ago
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Re: liability insurance

my personal auto coverage and personal umbrella coverage is also with state farm. when i was planning 1st trip to stj involving a rental car i asked ...

17 years ago
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Re: compact, light and sturdy way to pack lotion, sauce, and powder etc.... ?

we put powders, such mixes for tea, lemonaide, coffee, granola, nuts etc, in zip locks and then use a larger to hold several smaller zips so all is do...

17 years ago
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Re: Anyone ever stayed at these homes on STJ??

libra, i'm not familar with eureka but did go to caribe havens web site for a gander. that's chocolate hole in the center of the top picture and...

17 years ago
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Re: Anyone ever stayed at these homes on STJ??

coco, while i have not been in either palm or coconuts, bride and i have stayed in cloud 9 three times and i have toured plumeria. those 4 plus ...

17 years ago
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Re: shade on beach

todd, the amount of shade on stj north shore beaches depends on when you are there. the closer you are to the winter solstice, the more shade the...

17 years ago
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Re: villa

inexpensive is a relative term and hard to find on stj but cloud nine villas has a couple of the nicest "lower" priced villas we have seen. go to and...

17 years ago
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Re: Help Villa choice STJ- family 4?

michelle, not familiar with others but stayed at sundance on our 1st trip to stj in 0ct 04 and have since stayed at c9 3 times. would gladly go ...

17 years ago
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Re: Feeling bummed

gari- ann, i just posted a note about delta discount fares atl to stt on select dates thru march. know wouldn't help you but i just checked and ...

17 years ago
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Re: Cape Air from St Thomas

checking in at cape air is a breeze, couple flts a hr and planes to sju are 8 passenger cessna's so not a lot of people to check in. once you've chec...

17 years ago
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Re: first time villa rental

crickett, bride and i loved both treasure ridge and temptress, next door neighbors on upper rockridge. both have the high western views of sunset...

17 years ago
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Re: allesandra

tom, don't know anything about allesandra but the views. went past her daily in december while staying at treasure ridge which is just about a. ...

17 years ago
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