"Half of the people who post here do not live in VI. Maybe we should have 3 subsections in this discussion board: -- for Native Islanders only -- ...

Agree with your post above Alana. There are important lessons to be learned from the results of his record attempt, as no doubt someone else will wan...

Go and visit. Stay as long as you can and go as often as you can - even though you'll spend a lot of money doing it, it could end up cheaper than mov...

Very interesting on Ahmed Gabr - doesn't seem like he would have made it back had he not been equipped mentally to deal with the symptoms of HPNS and ...

About the recovery - has anyone seen anything other than as reported in the VIC, which really didn't tell much. The police recovered him - how? Did ...

SunnyCaribe - great article. St X, what assumptions do you see in the article? As a 30 year diver and instructor, I think it was spot on.

A few days ago, I saw a youtube video about his preparation for this dive and like OP, I've been looking for updates all day. Very sad and I'm wonder...

Back to the litter - on STX it seems to me that what I notice seeing the most is plastic grocery bags blowing in the wind - caught on bushes or fencep...

I know, I know. I just keep hoping.....

I was disappointed that environmental issues didn't come up at all.

I am a (north) Floridian and I also want to escape our two or three freezing nights in the winter! I just got back from STX a few weeks ago and l...

Had to mention the Indian/roti one out by Kmart West - very good and reasonable! I just can't figure out how to add a picture of it - either here or ...

Hopefully, none of beaches being impacted are turtle nesting grounds as peak nesting season for hawksbill and green turtles is getting under way. ...

I'm sure they'll be glad for any business they get.

Wow, I guess I should be glad my husband hasn't been visiting the prostitutes or shooting up heroin while we're here. Of course, none of that stuff e...

Speaking of Jump Up, it was great last night, IMO. Lots of people - looked like also many locals with kids having a great time.

I've been diving in STX in different years in June, July and November. I don't think I've ever seen visibility less than 60 ft.

Great - thank you both. Didn't know AT&T had go phones.....

Does anyone know if Cricket or Straighttalk have pay as you go phones rather than contracts? I will be in STX almost a month (yay!) in July and I sur...

Thanks to everyone for these explanations. I haven't really seen this subject in depth on the forum before, and my husband and I were recently saying...

I'm a mainland teacher considering moving and teaching in STX. Being a US territory, they follow our federal DOE rules and guidelines. I spent part ...

How feasible/expensive would it be to ship junkers over for parts?

Are there still the minivan bus type taxis that go around the main routes of the island? I remember a couple of years ago I took one from C-sted to F...

Cane Bay Dive shop is very good and have great staff. N2theBlue is another shop in Frederiksted with a good reputation but I haven't personally been ...

I was reading about a summer camp program that Whim is offering that sounds really interesting but I'm a 50's-something woman with quite different tas...