Blind Donkey - Downtown Cruz Bay, St. John, USVI

From the porch of the Blind Donkey bar, this camera looks out over Prince Street in Cruz Bay, the main town on St. John in the US Virgin Islands, where visitors and locals stroll past the bars, shops and restaurants.

Cruz Bay is the island's port of entry and its biggest settlement. St. John has no airport, so most visitors arrive by ferry from Red Hook on neighboring St. Thomas, and only about 3,900 people live on the whole island.

Denmark ruled the island until 1917, when the United States bought the Danish West Indies for $25 million. Today the island's economy runs almost entirely on tourism, from day-trippers to sailors anchoring in its bays.

Did You Know? Around 60 percent of St. John is protected as Virgin Islands National Park, much of it land donated by Laurance Rockefeller in 1956.

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