Write An Essay On St. Janjou

When you see those pictures of clear watered, beautiful, and perfect small paradises, what do you think about? Do you think about where that could possibly be, or how that could exist. I think of the island of St. Croix, a small virgin island just off the coast of Puerto Rico. It is an island of beauty, culture, and color. St. Croix is the most beautiful place I have ever seen, it looks like those pictures you see of small paradises. This tiny island is made up of huge hills covered in forests and surrounded by crystal clear water. The hills are so vast and tall that when you are on them staring into the sun over the clear water, you can see for miles. These giants are covered in deep forests with so many hidden wonders. Mongooses and tourist trees were my personal favorites. Mongooses are a type of animal that are a mix of a squirrel and a mink, they are small and have bushy tails. We didn't see them much but when we did it was a treat. Tourist trees are small trees buried in the forests that get red then peel like sunburn. They are called …show more content…
The culture there is so connected, so fun, so unique. They have a festival with people on stilts in weird costumes whirling in circles with the clapping crowd, faster and faster. Walking on the streets you dance to the chiming music of the steel pans that random people are swaying their bodies with as they play, and are just letting all of their emotions out through music. There are old crumbling down sugar mills where slaves would work all day to make sugar years ago. When the slaves rebelled they smashed all of their masters china, so when I walked along the beaches I could occasionally find an old worn down piece of china, called chainy. So many different cultures and religions and people have lived on and "owned" St.Croix that they all merged together and became one, the locals now speak a language called Creole which is a mix of spanish, french, and