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St. Thomas Island. Port. The island of St. Thomas is located in the US Virgin Islands, which were discovered by Columbus in 1493. St. Thomas was owned by England, Spain, France and Denmark. And in 1917 the island was bought by the USA for $25 million. The island’s inhabitants have American...	St. Thomas, US virgin islands p.2 The first part about St. Thomas can be found here: " St. Thomas, US Virgin islands p.1 ". The entire group moved to the reef to look at fish underwater, and I decided just to swim without a life jacket: The sun came out and the landscape transformed :) Ha-ha,...
The island of Barbados. Beach. The port Barbados. The liner in the distance is Brilliance of the Seas. To the other side. White sand, clean warm water. A lot of smaller boats crowd the shore: Sailing towards the liner on a large taxi for 3 Euros per person. The gift shop: Walking along the harbor...	The island of Barbados. Bridgetown. Bridgetown is the capital of Barbados . Below is one of the ports on the island. Queen’s Park is home to thousand-year-old baobab trees: The park is quite modest. The main attraction are the baobab trees: Local inhabitant. Then we go to the city center. Trafalgar...
The island of Barbados. St. John Parish Church. Saint John's Parish Church . One of the oldest in the Caribbean. The church is on a hill. There are beautiful views all around. Entering the church. It looks like a castle. Behind the church there is an old cemetery. The Atlantic Ocean is visible from here. The Prime...	The island of Barbados. Atlantic. The island of Barbados is situated between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. A lot of British visitors come to the island on holiday. The Queen of England used to visit the island on a yearly basis, now her grandchildren come to play polo. Cricket and golf are very...
The island of Barbados. Harrison's Cave. The island of Barbados . The whole island is a non-smoking area, breaking this law means jail time. The island of Barbados is a little far from the rest of the Caribbean islands. It was discovered and mapped by Portuguese navigators. Later, a British merchant ship stumbled...	The island of Barbados. Port. A liner sailing towards the island of Barbados . Heading towards the port: The liner pictured is called the Brilliance of the Seas . Busses are to used to transport guests to the exit, although it can be reached in a 5 minute walk. Locals greet the guests with...
The island of Nevis. Lunch and beach. p.4 After the tour we went to lunch. But first I'll show a fire wood, called the flamboyant. This is a local symbol, locals call it shake-shake. Probably, because the seeds in the pods are so noisy if you shake it. Lunch. Before pouring our drinks, they added ice. Knowing how icy the drinks here...	The island of Nevis. Continuation of the tour. p.3 Sugar cane was cultivated on the island of Nevis previously. And the sugar industry was the base of the economy. After the abolition of slavery, nobody wanted to work on the plantations, there were no volunteers. And the plantation buildings were converted into hotels. Our tour guide...
The island of Nevis.Tour. p.2 At 10 a.m. we sailed from the island of St. Kitts to the island of Nevis . Here, we took a tour, lunch break and visited the beach. At 2.30 p.m. we went back to St. Kitts. Clouds always hung above the mountain of the island of Nevis . When Columbus saw this...	The island of St. Kitts. p.1 Our liner's next stop was to the island of St. Kitts . There is also a second ship that comes to this island. We decided to first see the island of Nevis and to leave St. Kitts for next time. The islands of St. Kitts and Nevis is a single independent state. However, they didn't...
The island of St. Kitts. Beach. Evening on the liner. p.3 We arrived at the port of St. Kitts . When the tour ended, we went to the beach! A taxi to the beach cost $12. It was good that there were clouds. After all, we were on the beach from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. . . . The hottest time of day! There were so many shells! We had...	The island of St. Kitts.Tour. p.2 We went to the island of St. Kitts . St. Kitts, together with Nevis, forms an independent federation - the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis . The national language is English, cars drive on the left side of the road and the currency is the East...
The island of St. Kitts. Port. p.1 On this second cruise, we had a tour around the island of St. Kitts . The island appeared clearly at about 7 a.m. Of course, we darted out on the balcony to take photos. And there was our boat, in a hurry to take us to the port. We could see the familiar dock. After...	St. Thomas, US virgin islands p.1 On the fourth day of cruise we visited Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands . In 1916 Denmark sold the island to the US government and since then, St. Thomas has been under American control. The capital of St. Thomas is little town called Charlotte Amalie . Only about...
The Bahamas and Coco Cay p.2 More photos from Coco Cay . The first set can be found here: "The Bahamas and Cococay". Coastal thickets. Sunbeds in the more isolated parts of the island: Cococay Island rocks have very sharp edges. A restaurant on CocoCay: Hammocks hang from...	The Bahamas and Coco Cay p.1 The small island of Coco Cay is often lost among the hundreds of other islands of the Bahamas. Coco Cay Bahamas was bought by The Royal Caribbean Company. Map of the coco cay private island: View of the Cococay cruise line private island early...