St John easy to walk about after ferry?

[Seacreature101]

Husband recently had surgery and is still getting back to normal.  We are booked on St. John On Your Own with the ferry pick up at port.  Have been to St. Thomas but not St. John.  Can we walk around and shop fairly easily?  Should we just go to St. Thomas and the shops there?  Don't care about visiting the beaches here.  Just looking for something enjoyable and easy to walk around.  Are the shops at St. John close to where ferry docks so not a whole lot of hard walking?  Is it better to just hop over to St. Thomas again?  Thank you for your help.  He walks okay, just legs get quite tired and hurt sometimes.  

[Ms411]

There is a shopping/dining area right by the dock; it's called Wharfside Village. If he can do stairs, St John Spice has a fabulous shop upstairs just steps from the ferry. Lots of people love their Kiss of the Jumbie coffee blend, but they have tons of other stuff.

 

Mongoose Junction is another shopping area, but it's a further walk away, maybe 1/4 mile? The Big Planet store there has nice men's shirts and other casual clothes and accessories. Store has steps and there are more steps at Mongoose than Wharfside. Mongoose has more stores and a more artsy feel.