Saint John, USVI 2006

St. John pictures taken February 11-13, 2006. Also see corresponding trip journal.


1: Frank Bay (Cruz Bay Beach) looking from the road into Cruz Bay.
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2: Frank Bay (Cruz Bay Beach) looking north from the south side.
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3: Small Pond. Just below the desalinization plant.
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4: Cruz Bay Beach.
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5: The Inn at Tamarind Court, where I stayed.
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6: The building at The Inn at Tamarind Court where my room was.
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7: A panorama looking down at Cruz Bay from the north, near the Virgin Islands Biosphere Reserve Center.
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8: Looking at St. Thomas from above the Virgin Islands Biosphere Reserve Center.
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9: A panorama looking over Caneel Bay. You can see the sugar mill ruins in the right of the picture.
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10: Looking over the grounds of Caneel Bay from their Equator Restaurant. (To get the exposure right I should have taken a center picture first.)
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11: Some of the sugar mill ruins at Caneel Bay.
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12: Some of the sugar mill ruins at Caneel Bay.
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13: Some of the sugar mill ruins at Caneel Bay.
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14: Some of the sugar mill ruins at Caneel Bay.
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15: The beach at Caneel Bay.
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16: The panorama version of the beach at Caneel Bay.
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17: Hawksnest Beach.
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18: The panorama version of Hawksnest Beach. My attempts to get a straight horizon weren't successful.
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19: The sugar mill ruins on Peace Hill.
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20: Denis Bay.
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21: Overlooking Trunk Bay.
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22: Cinnamon Bay.
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23: A panorama looking over Francis Bay and Maho Bay.
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24: Maho Bay.
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25: Francis Bay looking north.
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26: Looking over a salt pond at Francis Bay.
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27: A carton nest made by an arboreal species of termite (Nasutitermes sp.). Found on my walk to the far end of Francis Bay.
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28: Looking south at Francis Bay.
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29: The Leinster Bay trail.
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30: Looking at Tortola from the Annaberg Sugar Mill Ruins.
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31: A panorama looking at Tortola from the Annaberg Sugar Mill Ruins.
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32: The sugar mill at Annaberg.
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33: The factory building at Annaberg. This is where the kettles were.
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34: The rum still at Annaberg.
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35: A panorama of Coral Bay from Centerline Road.
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36: Looking down at Johns Folly Bay.
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37: Looking down at Johns Folly Bay.
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38: A panorama of Salt Pond Bay.
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39: Great Lameshur Bay.
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40: The unnamed pond just inland from Grootpan Bay.
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41: Some of the eco-tents at Concordia [now closed].
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42: Christmas Bush (Comocladia dodonaea). It produces a nasty, itchy rash like poison ivy.
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43: Looking towards Peter Island from a walkway at the Concordia Eco-tents. Leduck Island is the small one in the foreground.
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44: Johns Folly Bay.
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45: Yet another looking down at Johns Folly Bay.
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46: A panorama of Friis Bay taken in front of Miss Lucy's Bar & Restaurant. The land at the far side of the bay is East End.
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47: Taken along East End Road looking west. Down below is Mennebeck Bay.
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48: A panorama of Limetree Cove and Limetree Point.
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49: A panorama from Blackrock Hill looking northwest over Hansen Bay.
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50: Looking east at Hansen Bay.
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51: Taken from Le Chateau de Bordeaux looking over Coral Bay and East End.
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52: A panorama looking at Tortola from a lookout along Centerline Road.
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53: The Catherineberg Sugar Mill.
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54: Another view of the Catherineberg Sugar Mill.
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55: More ruins at the Catherineberg Sugar Mill.
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56: Looking at Chocolate Hole from Blasbalg Point.
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57: A panorama of Chocolate Hole with Bovocoap Point.
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58: Looking at Great Cruz Bay.
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59: Salomon Beach.
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60: Honeymoon Beach.
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61: A morning panorama of Cruz Bay. An afternoon one would have been better.
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62: Looking back at St. John as I leave. Pictures continue in the St. Thomas album.
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