{"id":3790,"date":"2009-12-31T22:08:59","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T03:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=3790"},"modified":"2010-01-18T09:30:35","modified_gmt":"2010-01-18T14:30:35","slug":"a-virtual-caribbean-vacation-on-st-john-usvi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=3790","title":{"rendered":"A Virtual Caribbean Vacation on St. John, USVI"},"content":{"rendered":"

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St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Another two inches of snow fell this afternoon, followed by\u00c2\u00a0icy sleet and rain.\u00c2\u00a0 What further motivation is needed to take a virtual Caribbean vacation to Turtle Journal’s research home in the U.S.Virgin Islands?<\/p>\n

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Private Ferry Dock at Caneel Bay, St. John, USVI<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

From the airport\u00c2\u00a0on St. Thomas, we taxi to the docks of Charlotte Amalie to catch the private ferry to Caneel Bay on the island of St. John.\u00c2\u00a0 As\u00c2\u00a0the boat arrives at Caneel Bay, we are greeted by staff with iced towels.<\/p>\n

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Turtle Grass Beds, Scott Beach, St. John, USVI<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

As soon as we drop our bags in the room, we race across the beach to the exquisite Caribbean waters of Caneel Bay.\u00c2\u00a0 Scott Beach sports healthy turtle grass beds that attract green sea turtles.\u00c2\u00a0 Hawksbill sea turtles forage on the reefs near the point between Scott Beach and Turtle Bay.\u00c2\u00a0 Rays exploit the sandy bottom of Scott Beach searching for conchs.<\/p>\n

Your Virtual Vacation Begins Here<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Welcome to St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Calamari, Fresh and Live, at Honeymoon Beach<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Snorkeling the Reefs of Caneel Bay, St. John, USVI<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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St. John Sea Turtles<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reef Fish of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands Another two inches of snow fell this afternoon, followed by\u00c2\u00a0icy sleet and rain.\u00c2\u00a0 What further motivation is needed to take a virtual Caribbean vacation to Turtle Journal’s research home in the U.S.Virgin Islands? Private Ferry Dock at Caneel Bay, St. John, USVI From the airport\u00c2\u00a0on St. Thomas, we taxi to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[654,402,824,23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3790"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3790"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3809,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3790\/revisions\/3809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}