The taxi ride to Red Hook is a thrill ride in itself. It doesn't compare to the open air taxi ride from Cruz Bay to Trunk Bay on St. John though. Definitely not a good place to ride scooters.
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the caribbean is no place for a scooters,
I use to have one, an SPREE from honda, but I sell it becuase the traffic don't respect this kind of motorcycles and especially on Puerto Rico.
I only mentioned it becuase is near port, but even carnival recomendations says on the capers excursions:
It's funny when it comes to scooters. They are perhaps the most common vehicle one sees in cities of Europe, and they are respected by the other traffic.
I rented a car on St. Croix once and almost got in a wreck. I was doing fine driving on the left until I got to an intersection where I needed to turn left. Habit intrusion caused me to select the right lane when I turned onto the new street and I almost hit a truck head-on.
I supposed it would be different if I was staying on an island for a week. I still wouldn't rent a scooter but probably would get a car - and be especially careful while driving it. But for a cruise and the few hours one is in a port, it just doesn't make a lot of sense to rent anything.
Originally posted by Dave Beers:
It's funny when it comes to scooters. They are perhaps the most common vehicle one sees in cities of Europe, and they are respected by the other traffic.
I rented a car on St. Croix once and almost got in a wreck. I was doing fine driving on the left until I got to an intersection where I needed to turn left. Habit intrusion caused me to select the right lane when I turned onto the new street and I almost hit a truck head-on.
I supposed it would be different if I was staying on an island for a week. I still wouldn't rent a scooter but probably would get a car - and be especially careful while driving it. But for a cruise and the few hours one is in a port, it just doesn't make a lot of sense to rent anything.
I drive a scooter at home & often rent them in the Caribbean if the price is right & in St Thomas it isn't. The price is almost the same as to that of a small car (which can be split among another couple). From what I understand the high price is due to the high insurance rates they have to pay just in order to do business there. Unless your comfortable driving a bike at home, renting & practicing to drive one in the Caribbean, especially driving on the left side, isn't the best decision.
Yep, I remember that now. I have only been there once. We did a Catamaran/Beach type excursion. They have an ATV excursion on Cozumel that involves a lot of mud. I have never driven on any of the islands except Key West. I almost ran over someone on a bicycle. And this was driving on the right side.
I guess we better steer this back to St. Thomas. I can recommend The Green House for lunch or a drink while shopping downtown. I usually take a break and get an ice tea (or something frozen) there.
I have never taked a taxi on st. Thomas
Don't really know if they are safe.
So I mainly stay on the havensight mall,
Is there is a good recomendation of a restaurant or a piNa colada stand near heavensight mall??
How far??
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