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Forty miles to the south, St. Croix is connected to its sister is-
lands by 25-minute flights or by high-speed catamaran.
You'll enjoy the largest duty-free allowance in the Caribbean in
the US Virgin Islands, double that found on other Caribbean is-
lands. Each member of your party can spend up to $1,200 with-
out duty, and you may mail up to $100 in gifts daily. All visitors
over 21 years old can return with five fifths of liquor duty free
(six fifths if one is a Virgin Islands product). Tourist items also
have no sales tax.
Festivals
The USVI parties year-round. On St. Croix, partying reaching a
crescendo with the
Crucian Christmas Festival.
The month-
long festival comes alive with costumes as colorful as the tropi-
cal fish just offshore; the two of you can stroll the historic
streets and sample local dishes at the food fair, dance to local
tunes at the music competition, or join in the Three Kings Day
Parade, following the steel pan bands through the streets.
Any visit to St. John is celebration enough, but several times a
year the island parties with a purpose. The biggest blowout is
Carnival,
scheduled for the July 4th weekend. Carnival rocks
the entire island with pulsating parades and live music.
On St. Thomas, Carnival is also the biggest annual event. The
St. Thomas carnival is scheduled in April and the celebration
brings the island alive with colorful parades, calypso, mocko
jumbies, and dancing in the streets. It's a time when vacation-
ers can party with islanders and celebrate during a whole
month of activity.
St. Croix
W
ith the smell of molasses hanging in the humid air, we
toured the
Cruzan Rum distillery.
Along with us, a group of
Danish tourists peered into the giant vats where sugar is trans-
formed into St. Croix's most popular export.
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