Delicious soursop
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Our driver and guide served soursop, oranges, sweet grapefruit, coconuts, ginger cake, cocos cake, starfruit, and rum punch!
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Decorative ginger
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Our view from the picnic spot. Check out the small homes for poor people in a former sugar cane field and the pier with the two cruise ships. Ours is the smaller one on the right.
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Tree with bean fruit.
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Sister island Nevis in the background and the airport.
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Gum trees were planted on all plantations sicne their sap provided important "glue" material.
The gardens of the plantation homes have mango trees, here in bloom.
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Mango tree with fruit. Mangos are high in sugar and boast performance when doing the dreaded work of cutting cane (according to our hiking guide in St. Martin).
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This palm protects its fruit.
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Firespike, beloved by humming birds.
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