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Caneel Bay and CruzBay, St.John

Caneel Bay, St.John. (June 2 and 3, 2009)
Our first destination chosen by David was Caneel Bay on St. John. Interesting details about St.John are on St. John History, St. John Traveler web page or on other sites of a similar character, however web sites seem to have a short life span. Charlotte Dean Stark wrote the book "Some true tales and legends about Caneel Bay, Trunk Bay, and a hundred and one other places on St. John", which seem to be out print however.

Caneel Bay is now mainly the home of the flamboyant Caneel Bay Resort, from where we took a taxi to Cruz Bay Town, the main town on St.John. According to David, the buoys in Cruz Bay are all private and they do not welcome visitors. That would make Caneel Bay the best place to stop in order to visit Cruz Bay. To our eyes the most impressive place in Cruz Bay was the "Mongoose Junction", a charming collection of shops and restaurants in Caribbean flavor. Architects of Mongoose Junction tried to copy the Danish style of using small colorful stones in mortar. This looks really unique.

Many rain showers came upon us during this evening, but the nature gave us a break with a brief magic sunset in magenta tone. Early in the morning playful deer ventured to the shoreline and provided us with a stunning visual.

St.John, Caneel Bay
St.John, Caneel Bay
n6371 Arriving in Caneel Bay
n6371 Arriving in Caneel Bay
n6374 Caneel Bay
n6374 Caneel Bay
n6375 Caneel Bay
n6375 Caneel Bay
n6377 Caneel Bay
n6377 Caneel Bay
n6379 Fine art of maritime knots
n6379 Fine art of maritime knots
n6380 Caneel Bay
n6380 Caneel Bay
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n6382 Caneel Bay
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n6383 Caneel Bay
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n6384 Caneel Bay
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n6385 Caneel Bay
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n6387 Caneel Bay
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n6390
n6393 Caneel Bay and the Rainbow
n6393 Caneel Bay and the Rainbow
c3376 Caneel Bay
c3376 Caneel Bay
c3377 Pier of  Caneel Bay
c3377 Pier of Caneel Bay
c3379 State of mind...
c3379 State of mind...
c3381 Caneel Bay
c3381 Caneel Bay
c3382 Plantation ruins at Caneel Resort
c3382 Plantation ruins at Caneel Resort
c3383 Typical Taxi in Cruz Bay
c3383 Typical Taxi in Cruz Bay
c3385 Cruz Bay
c3385 Cruz Bay
c3386 Cruz Bay
c3386 Cruz Bay
c3387 Cruz Bay
c3387 Cruz Bay
c3389 Cruz Bay
c3389 Cruz Bay
c3390 Cruz Bay
c3390 Cruz Bay
c3394 Cruz Bay
c3394 Cruz Bay
c3395 Cruz Bay
c3395 Cruz Bay
c3398 Cruz Bay
c3398 Cruz Bay
c3401 Cruz Bay
c3401 Cruz Bay
c3402 Cruz Bay
c3402 Cruz Bay
c3406 Cruz Bay
c3406 Cruz Bay
c3407 Cruz Bay
c3407 Cruz Bay
c3408 Cruz Bay
c3408 Cruz Bay
c3409 Sunset and Rain in Cruz Bay
c3409 Sunset and Rain in Cruz Bay
c3411 Sunset and Rain in Cruz Bay
c3411 Sunset and Rain in Cruz Bay
c3413 Cruz Bay
c3413 Cruz Bay
c3415 Cruz Bay
c3415 Cruz Bay
n6395 Morning rainbow
n6395 Morning rainbow
n6398 Meet St.John Deer
n6398 Meet St.John Deer
n6403 Chase on a beach
n6403 Chase on a beach
n6404 Chase on a beach
n6404 Chase on a beach
n6407 Our neighbor next buoy
n6407 Our neighbor next buoy
n6410 Morning Shower
n6410 Morning Shower
n6415 Departing
n6415 Departing
n6417 Departing
n6417 Departing
n6418 Departing
n6418 Departing
n6419 Departing
n6419 Departing