Disembark at
St. Thomas dock/Carlos Pueblo
After seven
days on the sea, we disembarked at St. Thomas, USVI. US purchased
The islands
from Denmark-Norway in 1917 after the famous American-Spanish
War of 1898.
I did check the history before I wrote my journal, US paid $25M for
VI in 1898
in peace time while Philippine $20M in 1898 after the war. I always just
walk out of
the ship and walk around and back to the ship. I didn’t go to the famous
Magen’s Bay
Beach.
Right on the
end of a strip mall, I followed the crow to find a coffee shop which provided
free Wi-Fi.
Again, I had had some kind of operational difficulty and then someone helping
me. Most of
the shops are jewelry related, diamonds and jades etc. I kept on walking
toward a
McDonald’s restaurant expecting for a better speed free internet. There was a
small
supermarket called Pueblo and I took
some photos for souvenir because of Pueblo,
my Spanish
last name.
I looked at
a fresh produce stand outside of the market, banana, pineapple, papaya , and
sugar cane
etc. I was very surprised of their outlook for a tropical island like Taiwan.
In
any of the
produce stand in Taiwan or in Hawaii, produces on the street always in top
fresh
condition; therefore, customers cannot resist from buying some at that moment.
In Oahu,
Hawaii, Dole Plantation will sell you a box of pineapple with 4 heads for $32
and
you can
carry on back to the continent US, or you can purchase the same produce on a
fruits stand
on the north highway with same price or a little bit less. This is called
Marketing
while US
rule doesn’t reach Virgin Island yet and no wonder not many new vehicles on the
street of
St. Thomas.
I saw some
mango trees with green mango hanging on the branches in the residential area.
This
reminded me of my childhood area in rural area of Taiwan. This kind of green
fruits
Will be ripe
on the tree within a month and kids can climb up to pick them or eat them on
the tree without
sharing with anyone.
I kept on
walking to the McDonald’s for free WiFi to check on some of my favorite songs
to request
Mr. Taylor to play during the trip to Barcelona.
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