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Yesterday we got invited by our neighbors to go to an old sugar cane plantation.
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We got a tour of the old sugar mill property that started back in 1789. We tried a bunch of different fruits, sugar cane, coconut, almonds and learned how they used to press the sugar cane. Fun fact for Austin - banana plants are constantly sprouting new plants because each plant only produces fruit once.
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Another fun fact for Austin - the yellow ball in this coconut is a coconut apple. After a coconut falls from the tree the coconut milk starts thickening forming this ball which is where the new palm tree will sprout from.
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After the tour we had lunch and the kids got to use the pool.
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The property was about a 30 minute walk from where we docked the dinghy. Olivia is not a fan of walking unless it is an interesting hike, so she was very excited when a taxi stopped on our way back and asked if we wanted a ride.
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