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GYXU > Diving > St. Thomas 23 March 2005 00:39:49

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Ralph S. Hashoian 19 March 2005 04:17:56
 Will be staying at the Sapphire beach resort on St Thomas.

Can anyone recommend a good dive op close by? How about the one at the
resort, any one have experience with these guys?

Heard that St Thomas has "high crime" anyone care to comment on this?
Can it be any worse a threat than in a major US city?

How about driving on the island, any one try this out?

Thanks

Ralph

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Mike Sutton Nospam 19 March 2005 20:30:44 permanent link ]
 I dove with DIve In, the onsite dive op at Saphire beach several years
ago. I liked them. They have a boat onsite at the Saphire Beach
resort marina. But they don't have a shop there. You make
reservations through the watersports/towel hut.

I think that two tanks with eqiupment was $55 to $65.

yes St Thomas has VERY HIGH CRIME. Mostly at night and downtown.
Just stay out of the "dark steets" at night and you'll be ok. stay in
the tourist areas at night.

You are crazy to drive on this island. the roads are very narrow and
very hilly and have many "blind spots". Because of this everyone
drives in the middle of the road and swerves out of the way at the last
minute. If you'll look around, almost every car there is wrecked or
has at least dented fenders. This is because of the way people drive.

If you want to rent a car one day to tour the island, they have a car
rental place at the Saphire Beach resort.

While there, take the ferry over to BVI and also to St Johns. It's a
nice trip.

hope this helps. feel free to email (remove the nospam_ first) if you
have more questions.

mike

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Brien Alkire 23 March 2005 00:39:49 permanent link ]
 My wife and I did two tank dives with Blue Island Divers at Crown Marina. I
think the cost was $80 each, and I think an additional $10 for the rental
gear. The first dive was at Spratt Point, Water Island. The second at Navy
Barges. We were very happy with the dives and the service.

We were probably a bit on the brave side and did a lot of walking at night.
It's probably best not to do this. However, we found that taxi drivers were
very nice and helpful.

We didn't care for St Thomas; it's too crowded with tourists. We spent most
of our time in BVI on a bareboat charter. The diving there was great and we
dove with multiple operators. I noticed the driving in BVI is COMPLETELY
NUTS. We were in a taxi crossing Tortola when the mirror of our taxi hit a
car coming the other way. Glass flew all over the passengers. No one was
hurt, but nobody bothered to stop (in either car).

By the way, cars are left-hand-drive (US standard) but drive on the left
side of the street in both the US and British VI. That's a bad combination.


"Ralph S. Hashoian" <ralph@hashoian.com­> wrote in message
news:423B6FB2.30605­08@hashoian.com...> Will be staying at the Sapphire beach resort on St Thomas.>
Can anyone recommend a good dive op close by? How about the one at the> resort, any one have experience with these guys?>
Heard that St Thomas has "high crime" anyone care to comment on this?> Can it be any worse a threat than in a major US city?>
How about driving on the island, any one try this out?>
Thanks>
Ralph>


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