Everyone was so nice - store personnel, hotel staff, people on the street. Everyone we talked to was eager to help.

By the time I was done with this tour I felt it was worth way more than what I paid - it was a true adventure - and I'm not that easy to please - this was really great. You have to be somewhat adventurous.

We drove on terrain I had no idea it was possible to navigate. It was a blast. A virtual roller-coaster. The guides were great fun and it felt like I was being hosted by local friends (no bored guide syndrome here!)

We played in the tide pools, dined and drank and fed the pigs beer at Domino's and much more.

Went to Plantation Bay, which is a tiny island just spitting distance from St. Croix. A little bit of paradise. You take a water taxi to it. The water is clear and turqoise and the food at the restaurant there is delish and the people hospitable. The water sports bungalow has reasonable prices and the owner (American) is super friendly. Snorkeling was great here!

My only lament is that the tours to Buck Island National Park were limited due to the hurricane that had just swept through - couldn't go. :(

I really don't understand how anyone who has been here can give it a good review! The entire island is a slum. Bars on the windows of fast food restaurants, rats frolicking on the roads. It is nothing but government projects everywhere! The locals are so rude and it is so unsafe! I have never felt so uneasy anywhere else. You just feel like your getting ready to be robbed at any moment. There are billboards up everywhere about AIDS clinics and STD's. We booked a 15 night trip at Sugar Beach. It was horrible. The security guard was creepy, it literally sits in the middle of the projects, the beach was the worst I seen on the island. We drove to Fredriksted and witnessed several drug deals happening on the main strip. Bums laid out everywhere on the island asking for money. We ended up leaving after a week and going to St. Thomas and St. John's. I was looking forward to a laid back island experience. That's not what St. Croix is. It's poverty. It's a shame because it could have alot of potential with the history and natural beauty of the carribean. I couldn't believe that the US would let it go to waste. It was literally like being in a third world country, not the US. The Buck island tour was nice as was our horseback riding ( it wasn't with Paul and Jill.) The actual Pier was beautiful and the ocean by the Pier and Rainbow Beach was jaw droppingly beautiful (but you had to walk through the homeless people and drug deals to get there). It also had good snorkeling but it wasn't worth the fear. The entire island is so rundown. I really don't understand how people could see the same Island I did and think it was great. Your supposed to be able to relax on vacation, not be on high alert and constantly worried for your safety. Anywhere would be better than St. Croix