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English is spoken by everyone in the shops, hotels, etc.
The port of St. Thomas, , Virgin Islands was our second stop. The island is small, only 13 miles long and 3 miles wide. The scenery was gorgeous with the mountains cascading down to the sea, and sail boats and fishing boats dotting the bright blue water of the quiet harbor.
A tour here took us through the mountains, past beautiful expensive homes, but the roads were very narrow and winding and the driver had to blow his horn at the hairpin curves. Having lived in mountain country all of my life, I was much more at home than most of the tour passengers.
We visited Bluebeard’s Castle which is over 300 years old and is now a hotel. On Through Charlotte Amalie to old Fort Christian, Government House and picturesque 99 steps, ascended to Mafolie Hill and Louisenhoj Castle 1200 feet above the Atlantic and Caribbean, We came to Drake’s Seat overlooking Magens Bay reputed to have one of tTfe^MlfrS findfe’t es. Sir Francis Drake is said to have renewed his fleet among the British and American Virgin Islands nearby. At the Mountain Top Hotel we were treated to a "banana daiquire” made as we watched. Everyone declined a second if they were to get down the steep steps to the car. On through the French Village to a shopping area. In this I was disappointed for the shoppers were many and it was impossible to evaluate properly. This quaint little place has become very commercialized and prices are raised when more than one ship docks. The third port of call, and my favorite, was Barbados, a tight knit, long settled, thop oughly organized West Indian Island. Belonging to Britain, it is one of the few islands which has never been captured or traded back and forth. The people are called Banjans (short for Barbadians). The inhabitants are mostly Negroes of a happy, bustling nature with a rich English intonation in their speech. There are many, many schools and the children looked scrubbed and cleanly dressed as they hurried back to school from lunch. The country is beautiful, peaceful and interesting. The main crop raised is sugar cane, so sugar refining is the major industry. We visited a refinery. The capital of Barbados is Bridgetown which we toured, seeing the Parliament Build
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