Maho and Cinnamon Bay camping at New Years
Question:
We hope to camp in St John for a week, over New Years. We stayed in a tent at Cinnamon Bay in Feb’2000 and loved it. Are looking at a cottage this time (avoids nighttime donkeys/mongoose raids) but are torn because the tents were so peaceful/private. We are not partiers, but we do enjoy interacting with locals and fellow travelers. Although we experienced Cinnamon Bay, we heard great things about Maho Bay years ago. So here are our questions: 1. What should we know about Maho in terms of noise level and partiers over the New Years period (Dec28-Jan4). Is it mostly a college age crowd, young adults, older folks, families, or a broad range? 2. I saw that Maho Bay has an airstrip with a daily large flight to/from Europe since 2000. True? Has that made camping at Maho less attractive to you who were fans? 3. Is staying in a Maho tent cottage more of a private or a community experience (e.g., are the tent cottage decks mostly private or are they less-private and tightly coupled to adjacent guests). 4. We experienced February conditions before. Are the weather, sea, & temperature much different around New Years? 5. Any other suggestions or favorite things to do would be most appreciated. Thanks in advance. Jim & Patricia
Response:
Sorry for the reply to my own post, but our plans have changed. It will not be over New Years after all, more like mid-January. So here are my updated questions about Maho tent cottage camping (versus Cinnamon Bay cottages): 1. Are the Maho tent cottages reasonably quite from surrounding travelers? 2. Is the Maho Bay airstrip something that makes Maho Bay less attractive to you who were fans of that camping location in the past? 3. Do the Maho tent cottages have private yard spaces/decks for cooking, reading, and relaxing? Or is it more tightly coupled to adjacent cottages and guests. We loved sitting at our tent site at Cinnamon in the morning and watching the birds and sipping coffee. Jim – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > We hope to camp in St John for a week, over New Years. We stayed in a tent > at Cinnamon Bay in Feb’2000 and loved it. Are looking at a cottage this time > (avoids nighttime donkeys/mongoose raids) but are torn because the tents > were so peaceful/private. We are not partiers, but we do enjoy interacting > with locals and fellow travelers. Although we experienced Cinnamon Bay, we > heard great things about Maho Bay years ago. So here are our questions: > 1. What should we know about Maho in terms of noise level and partiers over > the New Years period (Dec28-Jan4). Is it mostly a college age crowd, young > adults, older folks, families, or a broad range? > 2. I saw that Maho Bay has an airstrip with a daily large flight to/from > Europe since 2000. True? Has that made camping at Maho less attractive to > you who were fans? > 3. Is staying in a Maho tent cottage more of a private or a community > experience (e.g., are the tent cottage decks mostly private or are they > less-private and tightly coupled to adjacent guests). > 4. We experienced February conditions before. Are the weather, sea, & > temperature much different around New Years? > 5. Any other suggestions or favorite things to do would be most appreciated. > Thanks in advance. > Jim & Patricia
Response:
I thought I should close out this thread myself by correcting the following error. Apparently, the Maho Bay (or beach) where there is a 747 airstrip is on St. Maarten St. Martin, not the Maho Bay on St. John. Sorry to you future Googlers who are confused by my question (but hopefully you will find this too). -JJ – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->2. I saw that Maho Bay has an airstrip with a daily large flight to/from > Europe since 2000. True? Has that made camping at Maho less attractive to > you who were fans?
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I was wondering about that airstrip, since I can’t remember that much semi-fllat space on St. John. For that matter, I’m not sure that the island is much longer than the necessary length for a runway for a 747. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >I thought I should close out this thread myself by correcting the following >error. Apparently, the Maho Bay (or beach) where there is a 747 airstrip is >on St. Maarten St. Martin, not the Maho Bay on St. John. Sorry to you future >Googlers who are confused by my question (but hopefully you will find this >too). -JJ >>2. I saw that Maho Bay has an airstrip with a daily large flight to/from >> Europe since 2000. True? Has that made camping at Maho less attractive to >> you who were fans?
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