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Some of the boats in the boat parade. My photos came out all fuzzy because I took them from aboard one of the boats.

Judging of deserts at the botanical garden.

Oooh...little guava tarts....

Now this is fish the way I like it - complete with the head and eyes looking at ya.

Virgin Islands International Islamic Society, Inc. I figured that since all the grocery stores, furniture stores & gas stations on the island are owned by Arabs, there must be a mosque somewhere. It was built in the 1960's.

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Overlooking the beach at Carambola Beach Resort.

At the beach, not too far from Sandy Point.

Sitting in a life guard chair at Cramer Park.

Fort Frederik in Frederiksted.

The pier at Frederiksted, where the cruise ship dock and people go swimming and scuba diving.

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Geocaching atop Mound Eagle, the highest point on St. Croix. Compared to the Himalayas, calling this a mountain is almost a joke.

Exiting the "rain forest" at St. Georges Botanical Garden.

A pool of lilies? at the botanical garden.

The botanical garden is at the site of an old plantation ruin.

The eastern end of the island is more dry and has cactus.

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Sunset on the boat ride from Tortola back to St. Croix. We held one funeral service for my mother on St. Croix, then took her to Tortola for a second funeral service and entombment at the same location where my father was buried twenty years ago. In this photo, from front to back, my brother Pierre, two of his sons, my uncle Irvin.

At my mother's house, there are numerous fruit trees. This is one branch of the Avocado tree.

These are coconut trees.

This is a lime tree, but these limes are as big as oranges and very sour.

My mother was a rose enthusiast. The house is surrounded by rose bushes.