Virgin Islands. It will be total change of scenery, weather, etc…..you won’t “miss” Thanksgiving per se. One of my best ever was in St. Thomas.
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It’s all good, but I would say St. Thomas, Frenchman’s Reef Resort. It is self contained, stunning views, fab beach - and there’s a ferry every 30 minutes that takes you to downtown Charlotte Amalia in 12 minutes….where there is shopping and site seeing and restaurants, etc, local flavor.
Combo of resort feel, and local feel, within minutes. And like I said, STUNNING views.
I just got back from living in the Virgins and St. Maarten for a year and one half.
If your going to go to Virgins, you need to have a plan other than just laying on the beach which gets tiresome after the first 30 minutes.
The Virgins are St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. Johns. I lived in all 3. For a single female, I recommend St. Johns. St. Thomas is almost like one big city and congested traffic wise but if you are a shopper there are hundreds of duty free shops. St. Croix is kind of in the country but very limited on things to do other than sailing, snorkeling and drinking. You must be real careful where you go and when you go. After dark, we all got to where we just did not go out.
St. Johns is small and laid back and easy going. Same deal though, after dark your wise to not go out unless in a group and twosomes don’t seem to be persuasive to the bad guys.
I feel compelled to warn you that I left down there because of the fact that The Virgins have the 8th highest murder rate in the World. South Africa is number 9. Strongarm and armed robbery are through the roof.