Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
ConcordiaEco-Tents,StJohn
Here you'll find canvas-sided cottages on stilts, with com-
posting toilets, solar-generated electricity and killer sea views from a forested hillside
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Mt Victory Campground, St Croix
This small working farm has a handful of tents and
cottages that are off the grid but near the beach (
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Virgin Islands Campground, Water Island
Another small tent-cottage facility on an is-
land off St Thomas, with rainwater running through the sinks and showers, and solar en-
ergy heating it (
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VirginIslandsEcotours,StThomas
There's only one way to access the centuries-old fort
ruins on Hassel Island, and this national park-affiliated group is it; you'll kayak, hike and
snorkel along the way (
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Friends of the Park Store, St John
Virgin Islands National Park volunteers raise money
by selling ecofriendly wares like paper made out of local donkey poo (
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Tropical Cocktails
Hmm, what to have while swinging in the hammock? It's a tough choice.
Painkiller
Jost Van Dyke's Soggy Dollar Bar supposedly invented this delicious-yet-lethal
mix of rum, coconut, pineapple, orange juice and nutmeg (
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Alcohol-spiked milkshake
How do you make a milkshake sweeter? Add a smidge of rum
or liqueur, as they do to perfection at Udder Delite Dairy Bar (
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Piñacolada
OK, so it was invented in Puerto Rico, but Virgin Gorda's Mad Dog bar makes
a revered, creamy glassful (
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MangoPaleAle
Little St John Brewers creates big flavor with its flagship suds, which you
can sip at the Tap Room in Cruz Bay and elsewhere around the USVI (
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CruzanRum
The St Croix distillery has been turning molasses into Caribbean happy juice
since 1760, and you can sip it at the fragrant source (
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