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Fatal Dawn

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Over the holidays I went back to the place of my birth to spend some time with relatives. St. Croix is part of the U.S. Virgin Islands also called America's Caribbean. It's a nice little island with a rich history behind it. A couple of quick things I learned going back to St. Croix.



1. There are two main towns - Frederiksted to the south and Christiansted to the north, both of which are named after Danish monarchs who settled on the island.



2. During slavery, African slaves were shipped to the island to work on sugar cane plantations.



3. On St. Croix they have right-hand drive but drive on the left side of the road.







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Also if you look closely to the hills on the left - on the left hill you can see a house sitting at the tippy top in the distance. This is what they call the castle - which is what most consider the best house on the island. It's very large and magnificent.



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Christiansted shores at daytime.









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Overlooking the shores of Christiansted at sunset. The castle in the distance as well.





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There is a popular tourist attraction in the rainforest where you can actually feed pigs cans of beer.
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The pigs crush the cans in their mouths.







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This was on Frederiksted. Here they have a long pier that stretches out far into the ocean. In this photo there is a cruise liner in the background. Frederiksted has a rich history of slave rebellion and emancipation following. The slaves actually communicated using drum beats or the calling of a conch shell. After fireburn (a violent rebellion) Peter v. Scholten (Frederik) was forced into emancipating the slaves.



Also right there on Frederiksted they have a lot of small sandflies (type of mosquitoes), the locals call them no-see-'ums and are active during sunset. They like fresh blood and harass visitors especially, so if you are ever there beware of them.
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This was taken on a small beach on Christiansted. Usually most of the shores on Christiansted are deep and used mainly for snorkeling and diving, but this shore was quite shallow.



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Overloooking the ocean on a road on Christiansted. Interesting thing about the roads is that they are perched precariously above the ocean at times. So although it is quite a view driving there, if you are not careful you take a dive straight into the ocean.



lol, that's enough pictures and also thanks for reading.
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I thank you so much for sharing these beautiful pictures and your commentary. I learned a great deal from your commentary and I would LOVE to visit St. Croix one day. Gave this post a liked and thank you again!
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It's a really nice place which (like other west indies islands) has its own history. From the artifacts in Frederiksted museum to standing where Columbus landed. And the thing is I was born there but never grew up there. So I had not seen the place or my relatives since.



It was an interesting holiday.

I traded the white snow for crystal blue waters and new year's fireworks for the hot sun.
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Fatal Dawn said:
It was an interesting holiday.

I traded the white snow for crystal blue waters and new year's fireworks for the hot sun.
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I only had the fireworks, could you send me either the snow or the crystal blue waters next year?
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Evil Eye said:
I only had the fireworks, could you send me either the snow or the crystal blue waters next year?
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lol, I'll send you the water and you can freeze it for the winter.
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Sounds like a nice trip. Thanks for sharing your awesome photos with us!
 
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