The City of Charlotte Amalie

St Thomas

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January 5th 2004
Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands Capital is Charlotte Amalie Weather overcast and looks like rain. Up early and breakfast at the buffet to get ready for our first excursion. Interesting day. Our tour bus is really a converted pickup truck with bench seating in the bed with narrow steps cut in the side to get in and a makeshift roof on an open frame. Did have roll down plastic windows to k ... read more

Central America Caribbean » US Virgin Islands » Saint Thomas

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During the 17th century, the archipelago was divided into two territorial units, one English and the other Danish. Sugarcane, produced by slave labor, drove the islands' economy during the 18th and early 19th centuries. In 1917, the US purchased the ... ... read more