St Croix is very NON touristy. To me, Point Udall wasn't worth the trip. Most people go to Buck Island for a snorkelling trip, although we did not. Not sure whether you can access it from your boat or not, as it is NPS area. Most beaches are without services. There are long areas where you just pull your car to the side of the road and walk through the mangrove bushes onto the beach. If you like that kind of stuff, you'll be in heaven. We loved the Landings at Cane Bay and Rhythms at Rainbow Beach. Both had good food and drinks at reasonable prices. The Landings has $10 burgers on Mondays. Napoleons Pizza has a shop in C'stead and in Frederickstead. We went to the one in C'stead. It is basically a carry out place, but they do have a couple of tables and it is air conditioned. Their pizzas are HUGE, taste great and a good price. They also have fabulous looking desserts, although we didn't try any. You can walk the Boardwalk in C'stead, and get a burger at Shoops on the Boardwalk, while you watch for the occasional ferry or seaplane. There are very few restaurants with a sunset view. We went to the beach restaurant at Sand Castles on the Beach. We thought it was way overpriced, but the food was decent.
There is very little shopping, just a couple of jewelry stores in Christianstead, and they basically have only the St Croix hook bracelets. There is one huge souvenir shop, called Purple Papaya, in C'stead. If you want souvenirs, they have pretty much everything, although I thought some stuff was a little pricy. To get around on the island, you really need to rent a car. It takes a surprisingly long time to get from one area of the island to another and some of the roads are really in bad shape. You really need a GPS to get around. We are spoiled by the restaurants in St. Maarten/St. Martin, so we weren't impressed with the 'fine dining' on island. We went to Duggan's Reef and spent $100 a person. It was OK.
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