Saturday, March 15, 2025

St. Croix – Whim Plantation Museum (U.S. Virgin Islands) – August 2012

 I know you’ve seen this standard opening before.  But I just have to note that some of these pictures were posted originally with the travel blog write-up (original link below).  Now instead of a select few, I’m sharing just about all the pictures.  Please be sure to visit the original blog link for more details of the original visit.

 I really enjoyed the beaches here (although they were a little rocky), but I made sure to explore everything that the island had to offer.  One of those was the Estate Whim Plantation Museum.  The term “estate” is what “neighborhoods” are referred to.  This was a sugar plantation that was built when the island was under Dutch ownership to turn the sugar cane into rum.  The manor house was still in decent shape, but many of the outer buildings varied in quality.  Much of this area fell into disrepair before a historical society decided to come along and tried to restore this.  The original blog notes below have a good description of the visit, so follow the link.

 And I tucked in a few pictures of the traditional festival which was put on by the place I was staying.  I spent more time watching what was going on than snapping pictures.


https://traveljournalbydave.blogspot.com/2014/07/st-croix-us-virgin-islands-august-2012.html

 

































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