Thanks for a wonderful and rewarding stay

We owe thanks to a lot of people on St Croix. During our stay we experienced a warm hospitality from everybody we met.

 

We thank National Park Service for letting us stay in their pleasant houses at Sion Farm. A special thanks to Mr. David J. Goldstein for inviting us, we hope we fulfilled some of his expectations and are more than willing to continue the work we started on. Thanks to Park Ranger Benito Vegas Jr. as well for some really interesting and rewarding guiding tours in Christiansted and Frederiksted.

V. Celeste Fahie gave us an insight on many aspects on the culture of the island along with the many stories about residents in the gut areas of Christiansted and Frederiksted.

Thanks to Professor Olasee Davis for the wonderful experience of hiking the Maroon Ridge and to Dr. Chenzira Davis Kahina who, together with Professor Davis, showed us campus on VICCC and introduced us to the research center for Caribbean Culture.

A warm thanks to Good Hope Country Day School who invited us to join classes and participate in discussions about the school systems and societies of US VI and Denmark. We look forward to continue the collaboration. We can’t thank our host families enough for letting us in to their homes. We really appreciate what you did for us. 

Thanks to headmistress Charmaine Hobson for letting us visit Juanita Guardine Elementary School. We met a lot of wonderful students and enjoyed the session we had with the 6^th graders.

Mr. George Tyson showed us remains of plantations from the Danish period. He probably gave us the most eye opening experience when he showed us the ruins of the prison for enslaved people in Christiansted. 

Our sincere thanks to Daina King-Sall from InterXchange who tied all the knots in our program. Your commitment is an inspiration to all of us. You made our stay on St Croix memorable.

Thanks to Mr. Duane Howell of Landmarks Society for opening doors and keeping an eye out for us.

Last but not least thanks to Mr. Bannis for taking us around the island. You showed us the Cruzian way…

And a big and direct thank you to our groupmember, Ida.