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Tour guides in the British Virgin Islands 🇻🇬

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Educating the present of our past, to impact our future.

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We really appreciate you all for joining our Heritage Island Experience, it was so much fun! Lisa, Kim, Owen, Thank you!

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The Anegada Rock Iguana lived as far as Puerto Rico, but introduced Mongoose decimated those populations. Invasive plants like the Neem Tree and Wild Tamarind establish and prevent the growth of many native plants. These types of changes are detrimental to VI habitats.

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Between 80-100 million years ago, volcanic eruptions formed The Virgin Islands. Then, the islands from Puerto Rico to Virgin Gorda were one body, named the Puerto Rican Bank. From then to now, native species have formed sensitive relationships that created an ecological balance.

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In the last 300 years, destruction of forests and introduction of non-native species has disrupted this balance. Non-native species thrive, as natives haven't evolved to control these new species. Invasive species have put pressure on many natives and changed entire ecosystems.

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@Shamahlito Are you sure? 😂

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Can’t choose between gooseberry and tamarind mehson 😭

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@queenincarib Some people can't take the truth 😂

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We already know that Guava Tart is the best tart, but which is the best stew?

Guavaberry, Gooseberry or Tamarind?

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The men plotted to revolt and flee to Haiti where had successfully revolted 17 years earlier. The plan was uncovered and 9 of these men were found guilty of Mutiny and Rebellion. They were sentenced to death however, were pardoned and instead 'deported' to other British colonies.

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On Tortola's north side sits the Mt. Healthy Ruins. These Ruins are remnants of a thriving estate on Tortola during the Plantation era, the Anderson Estate. It was the enslaved people of this estate that started an island wide plot to take back their freedom in 1831.

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They went to these islands and worked seasonally to support their families and save towards assets. When these native sons returned they would purchase land and start businesses. This emigration trend fades after the "70% Law" was established in the Dominican Republic in 1931.

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Some years after emancipation in the VI, plantation owners left the islands and left behind their property. Virgin Islanders saw this opportunity and seeked to acquire these lands. Many young men migrated west to St. Thomas, Cuba but mainly to the Dominican Republic.

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@ChevonTurnbull Oh really? The nest or the termites?

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Have you ever noticed brown mounds perched in tree trunks? These are the nests of Termites or as Virgin Islanders call them, Wood Lice. Around the world, termites build their nests in the ground, but due to our hard volcanic top soil, West Indian Termites prefer to nest in trees.

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They travel via tunnels as a means to protect their bodies from sun exposure. These termites have an interesting means of construction. When building a new or rebuilding a damaged tunnel, the termites would regurgitate eaten wood to mold their new tunnel wall.

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Thank you ladies for adventuring the Shark Bay Nt. Park with us, we had a really great time! See you soon!