Annaberg Plantation

Okay- so the ruins on St. John aren't anything terrifically amazing, but when the Dutch settled on St. John they prepared the island for growing crops. Sugar Plantations were a popular crop grown on the island. Now that the Dutch and the sugar are gone the buildings and history remain. We visited the bigger more popular ruins, called Annaberg. It was a really hot and muggy day...Fun Fact: The only mammal native on St. John are bats. But you will find wild mongoose, goats, donkeys, cats and rats. The blame for the additional mammals rests largely on the Dutch. The funny story is, they brought the rats with them with all their "stuff" and then to combat the rat population they intentionally brought mongoose. But rats are noctural and mongoose are not- so it didn't help at all...


View from the ruins- the island in the back is Tortola (British Virgin Island)





Another view...




These flowers were blooming on the trees on the property




Jon the tourist




Here's the main building of the plantation




Some more of the buildings on the property



Little opening in the side of the wall




The hill in the back ground was all sugar back when the Dutch came...






Lovely photo of me at the plantation



Awww. There we are using the timer on the camera- and the tripod that I brought with us..