I was raised on STX. I really appreciate how informative this video is to tourist and I hope that when visiting the island they take this video into consideration.

@MasterJediDude

4 жыл бұрын

It really gave me some insight on the people too. I think that I would love it there.

@KingaPhilippsExplorer

2 жыл бұрын

So happy you enjoyed it.

Being from Florida, when I worked down there I fell in love with St. Croix. St. Thomas was nice but I can’t wait to go back. I would love to live in St. Croix. The people were fabulous.

My favorite place on Earth! I stayed on Constitution Hill at a friends house the past 3 summers. I can't wait to go back!

It's been entirely too long since I've been to the place I call my second home. Much of my family has passed on and my childhood memories are invaluable...from going mango picking, getting knocked off my cousins horse, going from one island to the next on the Goose to just walking from Watergut to the beach...so blessed to have that as part of my heritage and longing for my next venture back home...

This is so good. It really did a good job of including locals.

@KingaPhilippsExplorer

4 жыл бұрын

So happy you enjoyed it. Definitely having locals in the program was super important to the show.

Really cool to see a real vid of St Croix. Living here for over a year we've grown to love this island more and more everyday! Great vid!

Thanks for showing my island for others to see. Many years ago cruise ships docked at the pier in West every Wednesday for Harbor Night and the tourists flocked to the local bars, shopping, sightseeing and music as musicians and local vendors would line the streets to welcome them. When the economy changed and new people in power took over, all of this went away. Now, it's cheaper to fly to the neighboring island of St. Thomas than it is to fly to St. Croix. I'm glad that you pointed out that no matter what country or state you live in or go to, there is crime. Some places you go to may be nicer than others but one thing's for sure, on St. Croix, we are family. Thanks Kinga!

@guardiandogoargentinos1385

5 жыл бұрын

I have some questions for you please

@johnphantom

4 жыл бұрын

@@guardiandogoargentinos1385 Yeah notice she mentioned 'no matter where you go there is crime' that is because the USVI rivals the top cities in the States for murder rate and the reason why the cruise ships stopped going to St. Croix is because people were getting robbed at gunpoint on the cruise ship dock: The US Virgin Islands, a US territory that should be compared to States, has a population of 110,000 and a murder rate that frequently rivals the worst city in the US, St. Louis, at over 52 per 100,000k murders in 2017, which was #1 in the Caribbean and #4 in the World. In 2010 it was #2 in the World at 60 per 100,000 murders just behind Honduras' 60.2 per 100,000 that year. I've known multiple people including close friends that were murdered there, including 2 hacked to death with a machete in broad daylight on a beach with a bunch of tourists there by a Voodoo practicing West Indian. You can find more details in this book: Would you like to read about real modern pirates based out of St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands taking place in the end of the cocaine fueled 80s? "THE REAL PARADISE: Diary of a Modern-Day Caribbean Pirate" Paperback: www.amazon.com/dp/1653714360 or Kindle: www.amazon.com/dp/B083C3DD19 (free with Ultimate).

@guardiandogoargentinos1385

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnphantom no1 believed that commercial advertisement you just did 😂

@johnphantom

4 жыл бұрын

@@guardiandogoargentinos1385 Moron: vifreepress.com/2018/01/united-nations-study-u-s-virgin-islands-new-murder-capital-caribbean-fourth-overall-world/

@johnphantom

4 жыл бұрын

@@guardiandogoargentinos1385 (Reuters) "1988 St. Thomas, Virgin Islands St. Clair Daniel was arrested tried and convicted for two human sacrifices. Daniel hacked to death Genevieve Lewis, 53, and Steve Cornish, 29, with a machete on a beach in broad daylight in front of several horrified beach goers. Family and friends told police Daniel had been a practitioner of his own brand of island Voodoo and Satanism. At his trial in 1989, Daniel tried to plead not guilty by reason of insanity but prosecution pointed out Daniel was aware of what he was doing because he followed an ancient voodoo superstition of dismembering a ritual victim so they could not return as a zombie. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.”

Beautiful! Thank you for going to St. Croix!

Thinking about all my friends in St Croix during the hurricane! Hold on lovely humans!

I spent my honeymoon there at Sprat Hall Plantation and have been trying to get back ever since! I loved St Croix, thought about living there also. Great video!!!

St. Croix is where my childhood memories are. I lived there for a year as a kid, and I still remember the address. 9 Pleaseant Hill Lane, Strawberry Hill. I am hoping the next 8 years to go back an live and getaway from the U.S.

That was a fantastic video of the island. I can’t wait to go back and experience some of the things in the video. St Croix is truly a beautiful place.

VERY good content! Actual useful interesting info. Thanks for your hard work.

thanks for coming to st.croix and making this video 😎😭 i mis you st.croix

Beautiful documentary!

@KingaPhilippsExplorer

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Magical place. xx

It's brown everywhere but rainforest in the dry season. The whole subtropics gets brown in the dry. Sad to see the reefs so badly damaged. Cane Bay and Davis Bay were unreal walls of coral back in the day - not that long ago. I miss Pepper, Hilda, Matt, Vivian and all of them at the Buck-an-hour. I miss Mon Bijou and Zion, The trail above Fountain Valley in the afternoon rain, Annaly, the Monk's Baths, the shallows at Envy Bay, the creek at Butler Bay. I MISS CONK AND SALTFISH PATTE, KALALOO, GENIPS. LOVE YOU ST. CROIX.

Just found you absolutely love your show you are an amazing !!

I have visited the Virgin Islands numerous times but have never seen St Croix until last spring for the Ironman Triathlon - I am in love with St Croix! This is the island I will return to! If I'm racing the Ironman or not. Nothing taking away from St Thomas or St John they each have their own beauty and interests. St Croix is more my speed of paradise!

Thanks for visiting the island that saw my birth :)

That was a really nice video! My friend just bought a house there and asked me if i wanted to visit in June and help fix the place up a bit? Heck yeah! I'm disabled with arthritis but I can paint. I'm looking forward to it.

@KingaPhilippsExplorer

7 жыл бұрын

Heck yeah! You're gonna have the best time!

A great inside look on St. Croix, hopefully one day we can see some actual positive change come about. So much is still the same since I was born there 49 years ago. Good to see some childhood friends.

@b17bookie

7 жыл бұрын

Arizona Real Estate #amen

I love this! Thank you for showing both sides of the story... places are just like people, both good and bad in one beautiful package. So many videos just show the beautiful views but I love to know what the locals know about the places they call home. Very refreshing!

@TynadoF5

4 жыл бұрын

Also I can't wait to visit St. Croix, more so now that I know what it's really like there...

I was born and raised in STX. My family and parents still live there. Every time I go home it saddens me to see the island in steady decline. Until the corruption is purged from the local government, i cant see things improving.

Beautiful!

@keithvinson8992

7 жыл бұрын

Keith LaMe

Kinga, this was awesome and very educational. If I had the time/money to go to these places, I most certainly would pick you for a travel buddy. You make everything so exciting and fun! Keep up the great work - huge fan here!

@KingaPhilippsExplorer

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@MasterJediDude

4 жыл бұрын

Kinga Philipps, oh, and I was telling J.J. on his Facebook page how much I’ve enjoyed “Lost in the Wild.” The investigative work y’all are doing is fantastic and so well done. It’s my favorite new show and it could solve these fascinating cold cases. 👍😃

Lion fish were all over the place around St Croix in 1994-5 when I was living on Island.

Kinga you are awesome!

@KingaPhilippsExplorer

6 жыл бұрын

:)

Wonderful video thank you. I’m deeply saddened after watching the damage Hurricane Maria left behind. My wish is to come home and help anyway I can. Peace be with you.

Very well done....

wow. thank u for sharing.

I went in 13' and stayed at the bucaneer.....had a blast!

"Whenever something bad happens in the Virgin Island it's St. Croix". It's not St. Thomas's fault that locals on St. Croix kept robbing tourists to the point that they actually had to stop cruise ships from sailing there. But St. Thomas isn't any better to be honest. St. Croix has somewhat improved, while St. Thomas on the other hand has gotten worse. One of my coworkers was stationed there in the 70s/80s, and said crime has ALWAYS been a problem, so St. Thomas needs to shut it's mouth too! There ARE historical sites and beaches on St. Thomas, but that guy is probably right that it's mainly only shops. There's a Polish family there that owns an entire street. St. Croix is certainly more empty, while St. Thomas is overpopulated. And there are streets in St. Thomas you can't even walk down in broad daylight because you'll get robbed! That's nothing to be proud of! Honestly, the best Virgin Island is St. John. It's extremely safe and is in the perfect location for day tripping to the other islands, but it's also the most expensive. But yeah, a video on the REAL St. Croix, should have talked about the crime problem, but St. Thomas's is still worse. Some girl was killed in a gang shooting while on a tour. That shit shouldn't happened on an American island! With all sincerity, this is an embarrassment to the the U.S. France, Netherlands and the UK have no problems maintaining peace and order on their islands (aside from St. Martin), but the U.S. has allowed their colonies to become infested with crime. Seriously, this is sad and embarrassing! All that being said, one thing I will NEVER understand is why the hell do they drive on the British side of the road? I also think it's stupid that they cancelled the ferry just because it ran aground in St. Thomas. Just because it happened once, doesn't mean it will happened again.

Just spent a glorious week there with my girlfriend. We drove all over the island and never once felt unsafe. Just make sure to lock your car and take valuables with you.

real, human and beautiful; great ending!

@KingaPhilippsExplorer

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

My home your vacation!

Love

How i miss home.

Have you been back to STX, Kinga?? 😁 I miss STX so much, I have to move there. Was there for 3 months back in 2007. Best time of my life.

@Caribbean_King

3 жыл бұрын

Life update: I may have an opportunity stateside to purchase some real estate! Hopefully, in two years, I will be able to live there rent/mortgage free! Purchase property, if you can. Some headaches are worth having!! 🏡

Girl I got a horse too..horse paradise stcroix is what we should be called..I saw a horse parade going past the Hannah's rest intersection a few month ago..there were sooo many people on horses..were you in that horse riding crowd

Very informative. Do you have a journalist background?

I think I would be nervous being that close to the sharks! I lived there for three years. I never saw a shark. Sooo glad!

@KingaPhilippsExplorer

7 жыл бұрын

A few members of our team were nervous too....until they got in the water and saw how beautiful, graceful and calm the sharks are...then they didn't want to get out. :)

Ahhh I miss my home

❤ U2 Scoobee DEW,. PS, nice Dredd'zz

look like I have to upgrade my st. Croix video. 😎

@darinlg1_problemchild153

7 жыл бұрын

RasBookie you do that I would love to see another point of view. when you do share the channel with us here plz

@huwanjulio6895

7 жыл бұрын

RasBookie I'm a local of St croix and a subscriber of yours

can't wait to go!!! quick question, how long does it take to drive the entire island?

@KingaPhilippsExplorer

7 жыл бұрын

You should! Its wonderful. I actually don't know the answer to this. Maybe one of the locals can chime in...

@robertalexander2478

7 жыл бұрын

+Kinga Philipps I wish there was a car ferry to St. Thomas

Ill be in that refinery February 4th 2019 for what is expected to be 3 to 5 years.

@BeautifulGood713

5 жыл бұрын

Doing what?

Me home town. Dis where pah I from

I see Casey!

what kind of scuba mask were you using? awesome!

@KingaPhilippsExplorer

7 жыл бұрын

It's a Neptune Space Predator (clearly named by a badass 12 year old). It was great but it can put a lot of pressure on your face and after repeated dives to 100 feet I came up and threw up from the pressure induced headache. That was not on camera....should have been.

@robertalexander2478

7 жыл бұрын

+Kinga Philipps Any mask suggestions?

@KingaPhilippsExplorer

6 жыл бұрын

I wear a free diving mask. It's the aqua lung sphera. I also use it for scuba even though you have to be a bit more gentle with it.

My ❤ 2 🐎🐴 all oval races trakzz

Ms P: Will be back down in a couple weeks..mid Feb..hope all is well. RH

St. Croix is hurting now. I can't get in touch with my people there and I'm really worried.

@guardiandogoargentinos1385

5 жыл бұрын

Did you get in touch with them?

how o reach there

How do I get in touch with the woman who rescues horses? I would really love to volunteer with her when I move there next month. I’ve been riding since I was 3 and my horse died in a barn fire 7 years ago. They’re my number one passion

@KingaPhilippsExplorer

5 жыл бұрын

www.cruzancowgirls.com

@ThePlumbrmn1

5 жыл бұрын

Ashlyn Lawson I’m relocating there this week. Find me, we’ll saddle up. 😎

lol this did not include many locals at all this was a diving video. I spent 11 days there where's La Reins chicken shack where's the night life the boardwalk the pier all the food places not someone's kitchen. Yes the diving is great but all the ppl are really nice did you not see the coconut man who cuts coconuts for the water. You need to include more than diving if yer going to talk about Saint Croix. here's a question what are ppl from STX called anyone besides me know?

@b17bookie

7 жыл бұрын

Darin lg1_problemchild lol I know the feeling

@KingaPhilippsExplorer

7 жыл бұрын

Diving was indeed great! However there was also a roundtable with all locals discussing local issues and a segment on local history...oh and we featured a local horse rescue.... oh yea, and local restaurants. Local perspective and insight is a core part of the REAL series.

@darinlg1_problemchild153

7 жыл бұрын

maybe your time was limited or you went at a different time of the year. I was there in the beginning of June I to had transportation and I could of showed you a part of STX yer video didn't even show I'm bad at names so I can't remember all the beaches the locals told me about witch 1 to swim in witch 1 to watch the sun set another to rise should you go back let me know I'll show you another side that I think you either missed or didn't want to visit also you don't say how long you stayed it takes time to learn a lot about a place the locals were so friendly sometimes it was hard for me to get around I had so many conversations with so many a lot of times it would take 30 minutes to go from store to car where ya from you must go here or there where to eat oh yeah if you dive did you know there's several places that will cook up yer lion fish for ya. I'm thinking about going back and spending several months there hmu I haven't lived there but I know a lot of really cool places that were never mentioned. Plz don't think I was hating on yer video I just felt you left so much out. If I go to stay for the summer it will be late may or early June I've found a couple condos or apartments to rent.Bless ya gurl Jah love

@leoquest1975

7 жыл бұрын

Kinga Philipps -I recognized my schoolmate Rashidi Clenance in your video. He's older than me, but I remember him. I'm glad you enjoyed STX. I live in New York City and I miss STX so much. Thank you for making a great video about STX.

@KingaPhilippsExplorer

7 жыл бұрын

So happy you enjoyed it!

Is Hamburgers in paradise still there on east side of island?

Hess oil gone? That was a gold mine to the island.

You remember me to Lara Croft from tom rider Kinga

I’m coming soon. We are rebuilding the refinery

I saw you trying to climb a palm tree on Instagram, did your feet slip on the trunk?

Who is Captain Morgan last time I checked he is a rum name that just came to the island and I had vi history and I never hear bout no body that started any slave school and I grow up on st.croix

Now let's see the REAL part of St. Croix

12:30 OMG

I live in south Africa can you help me I keep ripping my skin of my fingers please help me before I get gangirin

At least they have car rentals Bermuda doesn't even have car rentals . I don't know about the British virgin islands.

!@#&!@ lionfish. - They're delicious though.

@KingaPhilippsExplorer

6 жыл бұрын

So delicious...the little jerks

I am baffled why anyone would put on a wetsuit in 80 degree water. I did 600 plus dives all around the island in 1994-5

Pollution kills reefs.

Lady went spear fishing once on a tropical get away and suddenly she's a survival expert.

@KingaPhilippsExplorer

2 жыл бұрын

Ya got me. That one time. 😂

so if the shark would eat a dying lionfish they would eat a dying human or anything dying

i love lion fish they are beautiful. I'm vegan, good for the lion fish.

@KingaPhilippsExplorer

7 жыл бұрын

Being a vegan is lovely Rachel. As are lionfish...in their proper habitat. However, in many parts of the world they are invasive and incredibly destructive. In the Caribbean they are a non-native species that have a devastating effect on local ecosystems. They have no natural predators in the area and are voracious eaters capable of causing extinctions of native plants and animals, plummeting biodiversity, competing with native species for finite resources and ultimately changing local habitats.

@vladtepes7013

6 жыл бұрын

You wouldn't love them if you had any idea what they are. Ignorance is bliss, right? They decimate the local fish population. One lionfish will empty a reef in a few weeks of any and all fishes that fit in its mouth. That means zero new fishes survive, because they are ALL eaten. They have no natural predators in the Caribbean because they are an invasive species (thanks to the A-hole who released them from his aquarium on the US east coast) and they DESTROY the local fish population. Still think they are so awesome?

Mongoose state, zero snakes on Island.

Any city in USA is more dangerous than St. Croix. Follow advice of people who live there - first rule of being a foreigner. I lived there for a time and went everywhere, including the Projects, and had friends everywhere. Yeah, some ban Dreds are around, but there are some badmen anywhere. NO problems. You have to have the right attitude, to being with, some respect, and know your limits The only trouble i ever heard was when Navy ships would come in for shore leave and some newbies would decide to tangle with Dreds over drugs, or get drunk and get out of hand. Getting involved with drugs as a traveller is always a bad idea. We used to have the Moonlight cruise from Hamilton Mews every full moon, and Capt. John would take our drunk asses out to Buck Is., someone would always go overboard (besides those who went on purpose), we'd go to the Main Is. for a cookout and dance, and a few hippies would get naked, and it was all good, and no one made trouble.

Crime? St Thomas was much worse. I had zero problems on Island for the year I was on St Croix.

St Croix needs new industry and jobs..you can't depend on tourism. New technology is the only way.

Crucians bombocloth --- me a don care what the man say just kool out the man

It's funny how anyone can travel the world with no problem but a St. Thomain can't go St. Croix to live, it's a problem. Crusian can come to St. Thomas no problem. Aint that Ironic.

Lady was a smoke show

No offense to the people of St. Croix, but I honestly don't think that forest really qualifies as a rainforest, at least not by what I've seen of it in photos and videos (not only this video). It is certainly a forest, but a rainforest has more vegetation than that, more layers, bigger trees.

Doesn't anyone speak French anymore? I'm not sure what's funnier, the yuppies in the video that mispronounce the name, or the "natives" that do it.

@KingaPhilippsExplorer

6 жыл бұрын

Next time we'll have to make sure to have you on for proper pronunciation! Cheers.

@boofert.washington2499

5 жыл бұрын

@@KingaPhilippsExplorer it would certainly help your channel sound professional...

Boring.

This is so good. It really did a good job of including locals.

@KingaPhilippsExplorer

7 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed. Locals are what make a place special...and the locals in St Croix are some of my absolute favorites. I still keep in touch with quite a few of them.