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- Marigot
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- Euro (EUR)
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- 35,263
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St. Maarten/St. Martin Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Saint Martin
3 Days in Sint Maarten for "Look-See" Expedition
... ; It did the job very well. It also gave us the chance to have a little look around the island. The island of Sint Maarten-Saint Martin is the smallest land mass in the world to be shared by two different nations. Only 37 square miles are owned by France ...
Tortola to Sint Maarten
We had the most amazing experience the day before we were to leave Roadtown. There had been 8 yachts which had come back in from a charter. They must have all been a group of friends who had hired 8 catamarans and sailed around the British Virgin ...
Flight to St. Maarten - Caribbean Island - Holiday
... south side of the Island) it is the smallest island in the world to be divided between two countries. The north is French owned Saint Martin and the south Dutch owned St. Maarten. Great beaches and several mega yachts spotted on the way. Our resort is on ...
St.Maarten week 3
Ok! Week 3! Can you belive I'm here already 3 weeks! I've got a feeling that it's only a week or something! Time is slipping through my fingers, really! Let's start my update then! Well, Tuesday I went with Lindsey and Auchie and a client's to ...
Philipsburg, St. Maarten
Philipsburg, St. Maarten, 3/15/2010 Our second stop on our cruise is Philipsburg, St Maarten. We booked a butterfly farm/Beach excursion here and was glad we did. After shopping for souvenirs, we head back to the ship to prepare for our excursion. The ...
Ocean swimming @ St. Maarten & Story time w. Dora
Today... was a good day! It was our first port stop, and we finally found water wings for the girls. Quite gourmet, and they love them. AND... today was our first successful trip to the ocean with the girls, where they actually ...
Nerding Out In The Caribbean
I apologize for taking so long to write this next blog. I’ve been busy, not with work, but busy hanging out with all of the new friends I’m making. I’ve finally started to hang out with people more. ...
Thjust ings aint what they used to be
Well, it's Fathers day, (20th June) and decided to visit a brand new ice cream parlour not far from where we live. As well as a very modern and swish looking circular counter filled with all the ice creams you could ever want, they also have cakes ...
From SXM with L●O●V●E...
... petite perle nacré de sable blanc, sertie par une mer turquoise. Restaurants gastronomiques, soirées torrides, plages paradisiaques, stars... Saint-Martin fut longtemps surnommée le "St-Tropez" des Caraïbes! <h1>Histoires ...
Week 4&5
Well those two weeks were pretty busy! Didn't have much time to write an update on my well being:PI worked a lot in the evenings also during the weekends! And besides I HAD to go out, ok actually I wanted to. By the way, one more comment from someone ...
What a Day
What a day So there we were, wondering what to do with ourselves for the morning. We knew we had a lunch appointment on the French side, but that was still about an hour and a half away. The morning had started slowly and while leisurely eating ...
Arrival in Saint Maarten
Had work earlier in the day and planned to leave at 1 pm to get a flight later that afternoon. Bid my co-workers in Edison, New Jersey adieu and drove out to Newark Airport. Beautiful, sunny day in New Jersey and I hoped that it would be the same in St ...
Around the island
By Cassie - Today it started off cloudy and windy. So we decided to venture out and see the island. We drove first to Philipsburg, the capital of the Dutch side of the sland, St Maarten. This is the main shopping area. My ...
On Island Time ...
After deciding not to travel to St. Bart's for the day we decided to tour St. Maarten on our own. We took our time getting ready this morning after having so many early morning and busy day's it was nice to relax a bit. We had not seen many ...
St. Maarten
Shopping & Eating
Today we went to philipsburg shopping. We all found our favorite t-shirt store. Everyone found something to buy. We came back to he resort and just relaxed for a few hours before heading out to dinner in Grand Case, which is on the ...
Out with the Pirates!
... clean and nice. Again, there were a number of topless sun bathers. After leaving Pinel island we were off to tour more of St. Martin and a stop at Crowl Rock for some snorkeling. The snorkeling was good, but the diving was better the day before. As we ...
Destination Sint Maarten
... service. Because we would be close to “civilization” and could continue to get internet connections ashore in St. Martin, we decided to defer shipping the radio for repair until we returned to the USVI in late March where we could ...
Rained out :(
Well, today was supposed to be our trip to the Eiffel Tower and the last of the souvenir shopping, but it's been POURING all day. We've had rain in the forecast just about every day we've been together and aside from the showers just as we were driving ...
Racing in the tradewinds
Day 4 I know we are getting close to the island because the birds are starting to escort us in. We managed to get a nice table on deck 14 right at the front of the boat for the arrival. It was fun to watch us come In to port. The Disney Magic ...
Mont Blanc/ Praz de Lys
Competed in Continental Cup in Praz de Lys France. Bad races but a ton of fun.Delicous food and the most beautiful skiing of my ...
Day 5
... guess there are just those places everyone goes to play on certain days everywhere in the world. On Sunday morning in St. Martin, it's La Savane. On Sunday Morning in San Diego, it’s Middlebrook Middle School. I was greeted by ...
Diving & Touring St. Maarten/Martin
Today was an early morning as we were diving with Octupus Diving, in Grand Case, for two more sites in the morning. In the morning the drive to Grand Case took us about 1/2 as long to get there. We were diving with three other people today from France. ...
Then the Mad Orange Woman showed up on the Beach
I just know that she also wanted to meet us, just like the Queen and her entourage. And guess what.. everything was going to plan as far as we were concerned. Had the welcoming committee all organised; the herrings and cheeses all ordered, but.... ...
The "greatest" of the Lesser Antilles
Although Sint Maarten is a well visited cruise line destination don't let it detour you from this beautiful island. Being one of the smaller Caribbean islands St. Maarten can seem, well, overcrowded in areas....especially Philipsburg, the main port for ...
Sailing in St Maarten
Sunday morning dawned with a cloudy sky and lots of wind in Phillipsburg, St. Maarten. Perfect weather for the day’s activity. We participated in a sailing regatta. The Stars and Stripes has raced in the America’s Cup sailboat ...
Let the Racing Begin!
... channel – sailing well past Marigot - and continue upwind just about all the way to the northeast tip of St. Martin before sailing back downwind to Marigot Bay. It was like the first half of the “around the island race” all ...