Hi Vic.....well, just back now, and I would say to you , that you are better off celebrating your anniversary in St Barths, than St Croix.
It almost seemed like nothing changed, except the economy is very bad. The bartendar at the Divi, where we stayed, said its only been 10 percent occupancy all season. It was almost empty while we were there.
My husband called it" Anguilla, without the beaches"....which kind of sums up the island apppearance. Our beach in front of the Divi, had a lot of seaweed, and not a real swim-beach.
Luckily, while having dinner at "American Cheeseburger in Paradise" ( more like Marius meets Andy), a waitress told us about Halfpenny Bay....that beach was like Saline, very nice.
The Buccaneer was still very nice, good beach, nice beach bar, but the people staying there seems a little "upitty"......not the employees though, they were great.
We ahd dinner there, and I had mussels in rhum sauce(instead of the usual butter)....they were fantastic!!!!!
Anyway, we put 300 miles on the car, which shows you how far everything was for us at the EAST end, how far the town was and better beaches.
The town had that "not-so'safe' feeling when the sun went down, mongoose run everywhere, and driving on the left in an American country seem ridiculous!!!!!!
To sum it up, we won't be going back.....instead we will go where we know we love; St Barths
Linda