Hōʻuluʻulu Manaʻo: kahi hōʻeuʻeu o Frankman ma St. Thomas

No nāʻelima mau kenekulia, ua kālepa nā moku i nā moku Caribbean e pili ana iā St. Thomas eʻimi ana i ka waiwai. No nā makahiki he 40 i hala iho nei, he nui ka poʻe huakaʻi eʻimi ana i kahiʻike kūpono i loaʻa iā lākou ma kahi hōʻoluʻolu o ka Frenchman's Reef & Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort. Hoʻokumu i kahi papa e nānā pono ana i ke kai a me St. Thomas Harbor, ka mea hoʻonohonoho i ka nānāʻana i nāʻike ma kahi kokoke i kēlā me kēiaʻaoʻao.

Ma kahi o 500 mau lumi a me nā suites,ʻo ka Reef Farani ka mea nui loa ma ka mokupuni, a keʻoliʻoli nei i kahi kūlana maikaʻi.

He wahi hana piha piha kēia no ka pilina o kaʻohana akāʻaʻole i'ōpiopio ke nānāʻia (ʻaʻoleʻoe eʻike i ka nui o nā mea hoʻohālike kiʻi nui e hele a puni). ʻO ia keʻano o kahi e ponoʻole ai nā mākua e hopohopo no ka hoʻoweliweliʻana i kā lākou keiki i nā manawa a pau, aʻo ka vibe a pau e waihoʻia ana - hoʻi a hōʻoluʻolu. I nā'ōlelo'ē aʻe, hiki i nāʻohana ke hoʻomaha maʻaneʻi.

ʻOiaiʻaʻole kahi hoʻolaʻa o kahi hui, haʻalele i nā polokalamu o nā keiki, ua hoʻokomoʻia nā hana hana'ōpio i loko o ka papahanaʻana o nā lā a pau, ma kahi o ka wā nui. (He mau punahele ka 'Olumepika Beach a me ka Moana Creative.) He nui nā hana wai, e like me kahi wahi palekana palekana no nā kamaliʻi, a me kahi kahakai maikaʻi. ʻO kahiʻoihana hoʻokipa kaulana loa (aia ma kahi o ka pūnaewele a hoʻonohonoho ponoʻia) ke hāʻawi aku nei i kahi kiʻi nui o nā huakaʻi, mai ka holoʻana a me nā snorkel e hele i nā waʻa holokino.

Ke mākaukau nā keiki no ka haʻiʻana mai ke kahakai, aia kahi waiʻauʻau i hoʻopuniʻia ma hope o nā kumulāʻau.

Ke makemakeʻoe e hana, e hele i ka Morningstar Beach a me kahi kikowaena wai, e hāʻawi ana i nā kayak, snorkels, paddleboards a me Jet Skis He wahi no ka volleyball kahakai.

Inā makemakeʻoe e nānā i ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Charlotte Amalie , hiki iāʻoe ke hopena i ka'auki wai wai ($ 7 no kēlā me kēia kanaka, hoʻokahi alanui) no ka holoholo holoʻokoʻa ma kahakai.

Ināʻoe e noʻonoʻo ana i ka mokupuni i ka wā hoʻomaha, e noʻonoʻoʻoe e hoʻolimalima i ka kaʻa ma mua o ka hilinaʻiʻana i nā hale. He uku pāʻani no nā mea pāʻani,ʻaʻole e holo, aʻo ia hoʻi, hiki i kahiʻohana oʻehā ke maʻalahi i ka hoʻolimalimaʻana i $ 80 no ka pukaʻana i ke kūlanakauhale a iʻole kekahi mea'ē aʻe. Hana i kekahi mau manawa i kāu huakaʻi a hoʻonuiʻia.

ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, me nā kohoʻaiʻeiwa,ʻehā mau loko (e komo pū ana i ka wai hohonu), nā papa hoʻolālā, kahi kikowai, spa, a me ke kahakai me nā hana wai e hiki ai iāʻoe ke hoʻoluliluli i kahi moʻo kila,ʻaʻole pahaʻoe e haʻalele i ka hale nā mea a pau.

ʻO nā haleʻaina ma luna o ke kula nuiʻo Aqua Terra, e lawelawe ana i ka pōkō (a me ka kīʻaha a me ka papa) a me kaʻaina awakea, ma kahi ākea, kahakaiʻo Coco Joe's no ka'ōkōkō kakahiaka nui a Caribbean, kaʻaina awakea a me kaʻaina awakea. Loaʻa nā kāne menus ma nā haleʻaina a pau, koe i ka Havana Blue i luna o Morningstar Beach. ʻAʻole kahi poolside aʻaʻai kaiʻai kaikai, akā aia nāʻahaʻaina e pili ana i nā meaʻelua, no lailaʻaʻole i pilikia ka mālamaʻana i ka makemake o ke awakea.

ʻO nā lumi piha loa: ʻO ka papahele heʻelua mau'āpana'āina: ka Faʻalani Farani, a me ka Beach Morningstar.

ʻO ka hub o ka hale nohoʻo ka Faʻalani Farani, aʻike i kahi hoʻonui he $ 48 miliona i ka makahiki 2012 a ua kūkuluʻia heʻekolu mau hale e pili ana i nā hale he nui: Hale Kūʻali, Tower Cliff, a me Moana Tower.

(ʻO ke kumu nui ma waena o nā hale,ʻo ia kaʻike.) Ke nānā aku nei ka Hale Nui ma luna o ka piko o ka bluff, akāʻo nā lumi ma laila e hiki ke lilo i mea maikaʻi no ka meaʻaʻole lākou e nānā i ka loko a me ka haleʻaina waho. E ho'āʻo e loaʻa kahi lumi ma luna o kahi papa kiʻekiʻe no ka liʻiliʻi a me ka maikaʻi o nā hiʻohiʻona. ʻO ka Haleʻo Cliff, ka mea mālie loa o nā haleʻekolu, e nānā ana i ka Morningstar Beach a me nā'āpuni i nā lā nani. Hoʻohikaʻiʻia nā manuhiri o Ocean Tower e nānā i ke awa a me nā lā nui. ʻElua halekai (Aqua Terra, wehe i kaʻaina kakahiaka a me kaʻaina awakea, a me ka pukaʻana o ka Sunset Grill, kaʻaiʻana i kaʻaina awakea a me kaʻaina awakea), kahi kālepa kūʻai / mea kūʻai, spa, a he nui nā wahi noho ākea i kapaʻiaʻo ka home Towers.

ʻO nā lumi i ka hale hōʻoki, me ka hoʻonaniʻoleʻia, ua hōʻano hou, ākea, a uaʻoluʻolu. Aia i kēlā me kēia lumi he pāʻani, ka lama uila a me ka TV pāʻani.

Morningstar Beach, aia ma kaʻaoʻao hema o ka bluff, hiki keʻae mai i ka Reef Farani ma kahi alaiho, kahi alakana 100-kapuaʻi, aiʻole ka holaʻoihanaʻelua minute e haʻalele mau ana i ka lobby nui. Aia ka waiwai me nāʻanoʻelua "a meʻekolu"ʻano kanu "nā hale i kū pololei ma kahakai. ʻO nā lumi e hoʻolimalimaʻia i ka wā i hoʻohālikelikeʻia me ka poʻe o ka Reef Farani, akā aia ke kahakai ma kou puka. Hoʻohana pinepine nāʻohana multigenerational i nā lumi hoʻokipa e kūkulu i kahi manaʻo hale hoʻolimalima.

E like me nā hale kūʻai a pau, ua hoʻohālikelike ka Reef Frenchman i nā līlū e hoʻohana ana i keʻano o ka hōʻailona hōʻailona. ʻO nā kumukūʻai no ka pō i ka $ 200 a $ 500 i ke kauwela, a mai $ 380 i ka $ 700 i ka wā kiʻekiʻe. ʻAʻole e komo nā lumi hoʻolimalima i kahi kālā he $ 45 no ka manawa kuhi manawa, kahi pūnaewele pūnaewele, hoʻohana i kahakai a me nā wai, a me ka hōʻea i ka hale punawai, nā papa hoʻolālā, a me nā lawelawe kau moku. Pono e nānā i kahi pūnaewele pūnaewele no nā makana kūikawā.

Ka wā kūpono: No ke kauwela kūpono, e kipa iā Thomas Thomas ma waena oʻApelila a hiki i Iune, ke hiki iāʻoe ke manaʻo i nāʻano anuanu, nā hua liʻiliʻi, a me nā kumukūʻai wā. I ka wā o ka makaniʻino , e holo ana mai Iune 1 a hiki i ka hopena o Nowemapa, hiki ke piʻi ka mahana i nā kiʻekiʻe he 80.

I ka wā o ka mokupuni, mai Dekemaba a Malaki, hiki ke kauwela ka mahana ma waena o nā makahiki he 70 a hiki i ke kiʻekiʻe 80 a me nā pō. ʻO kahiʻoi aku ka lōʻihi loa mai ka mahinaʻo Ianuali a hiki iʻApelila,ʻoiai ma nā lā hebedoma kula kulaʻAmelika, aʻo ia hoʻi ka manawa o ka hoʻolālā papahanaʻoihana iʻoi aku ka ikaika loa.

Loaʻa ma laila: ʻAiʻole ka poʻeʻAmelika i kahi palapala holoka holo e kipa aku i nā mokupuniʻo Virgin Virginia . Cyril E. King Airport, e pili ana i kahi 15 mau minuke kaʻawale mai ka hale noho aku, lawelaweʻia e nāʻelima mauʻoihana e lawelawe nei i kēlā me kēia lā i ka US a me ka US.

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