Our journey from Texas to St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. Our several year plan from planning a move, finding jobs, and building a house in the islands. That was how we started the blog, but we are here now and attempting to build a house. More to come.
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Hi,
Nice Blog. Congratulations on your move. What would you say to someone from the East Coast who was looking to live a simple life on the island? I have heard a vehicle is required to get around and a return ticket is a good idea. Do you see employment as difficult there as is it in other parts of the US?
Hope to hear from you.
Best regards.
Emily:
Just stumbled upon your blog this evening in doing more research in preparation for my 2nd visit to STX this year. Like you both, STX has been on my personal radar for several years for many of the same reasons you mention in your early posts.
I’m an East Coast sailor who’s bare-boated extensively in the BVI’s and The Grenadines, and am now looking to set up my new “base camp” in St. Croix. Will be on island the week before xmas, and would love to pick your collective brains if you’d be willing to meet for coffee or adult beverages one day. Staying at Carambola but will have a car and happy to meet at the place of your choosing.
Looking forward to hearing back from you and btw… love your blog!!
Matthew Tove
Matt, we would love to meet up with you when you arrive. I will send our phone in an email.
Laura and Matt, if you guys haven’t already found the moving center, check it out here: http://www.vimovingcenter.com/talk/list.php?4
You can get all your questions answered and then some.
Employment can be difficult, yes. If you are able to work in the tourist industry you should be fine.
I would consider a vehicle a necessity. There is public transportation available (taxis, buses) but I personally wouldn’t want to rely on them. Some obviously do though.
Thank you so much for continuing to update this blog. I encountered it some time ago and come by from time to time to check on your progress. I think it’s a wonderful resource! I’d like to do this sort of thing (move to an island…) someday too, of course, would wouldn’t?… and while you’ve certainly had to overcome obstacles along the way, you are at the same time sharing such valuable information for others.
My office is going to be relocating to St. Croix in about 3 months and from what I’ve heard there’s not much to do for a single 28 years old. I read the blog that you wrote back in 2007 about how there’s no where to get tattoos on the island and a few sketchy places in St. Thomas. (I have quite a few pieces myself and would like to get more) Have you had any luck with finding a good artist down there? I’m from Chicago so I’m used to really high quality work and extremely sanitary conditions. I hope you’re new home is coming along! SO happy you started this blog!!!
Hi Alexis – if you are an outdoors type of person, there is a ton of stuff to do here. I am so much more active than I ever was in Dallas! For some reason, when we transferred the blog over to this new format, some of the comments to that post did not come with it. I was chastised by another reader because apparently there is a “private” person here who does tattoos. I still don’t know who that person is or anything about him. Another reader posted that she got a tattoo at Ruel’s and it’s one of her favorite tattoos. All that being said, I have not gotten one since moving down here so I can’t really say anything about the quality of the work down here. I do see a lot of people with tattoos here though! Let us know when you get here and good luck!
Hi Emily-I feel like we have met before, but I sure know your house. I am the crazy lady who walks with my kids in a tandem double stroller past your house on a regular basis and my boy always wants to play on the equipment. We have been gone a month in Texas (austin) and noticed TONS of progress when I passed it the other day. Congrats! I get these types of emails all the time and would LOVE to link your blog because it is a totally different “view” than what I blog about.
Good luck and I hope our paths cross soon! Next time-I’ll stop when i see you at the house-
anna holley
thebarefootmom
Hi Anna, please stop by and officially introduce yourself if you see Chad or I at the site. Please do link to our site, that would be great. We will add a link to your site as well when I get some time to add a link section on the side nav.
Emily