Golden Era Hotel St. Eustatius

St. Barthelemy (or St Barths), a magical little island about 2 hours by boat from St. Maarten. Small houses, narrow streets, beautiful surrounding, baguettes, crystal clear water and great food... although it is quite pricey. As it is a French island, people speak French and it has a French touch. Many people go skinny dipping and most women are topless on the beaches.

The island had a bit ...

... over 2000 Carib Amerindians were massacred on a hot afternoon in 1626, as they were about to launch an attack on island settlers. My goodness i can still remember the St Kitts history! We also had a chance to see the picture- postcard volcanic crater of Mount Liamuiga from far. We are so pleased with Leroy's information. Above the Old Road Town are the ruins of Wingfield Sugar Estate then we proceed to our next tour to Romney Manor---home of the Caribelle Batik, we ...

... small inlet near the capital Gustavia, it's a popular place to visit. It was so crowded we did two laps of the bay checking out the availability of anchorage space and gawking at the big yachts, then proceeded to another anchorage around the corner. This little anchorage was absolutely beautiful and also somewhat crowded. We managed to anchor close to the beach and ...

... one to the other, French then British, French then British up through the windward and Leeward island ) There were also quite a few good surf breaks on the windward side of the island and a massive Marriot resort. I'm sure lots of people just come to resorts like this and don't actually leave the resort. They just enjoy the beautiful water and resort facilities..... and these resorts have absolutely anything you ...

... za 20 min. Zdjecia sredniej jakosci - zaden z nas - fotografow profesjonalistow - nie wzial aparatu :o),wiec Annie cykala komorka. Buziaczek dla wszystkich. ENGLISH: Colourful people, colourful country and a Sunday - thus we made a trip to a colourful church :). I spent a super nice afternoon in a small town, small country (40.000 population),in the ...

So, having been able to not remember a thing about Pennsylvania (at least nothing well enough to write about), and getting back to matt's place for a rest day, I headed off on the genuine trip.... all by myself :-o!! First stop, St. Kitts in the West Indies for the last 2 one dayers of the Australia/West Indies series. Unfortunately, Australia had already wrapped up the series 3-0, so both games ...

... Carribean side. We had diiner with entire TI team on beach with chicken, roasted beef, grouper and pork buffett. There was a limbo contest and Annamarie and I lasted through a few rounds. Colleen Barneson was the winner with $100 prize! On our way to Catamaran/ snorkle trip on our 9th anniversary.

Zullen we hier maar een huis bouwen? Het is al lang donker als we arriveren op St. Eustatius, daarom zien we pas de volgende de kale, grijze rotswand boven ons opdoemen. We kijken wat teleurgesteld om ons heen: olietankers, een steiger met wat lokale boten en een overslagterreintje. Is dit nou dat pittoreske eiland met de prachtige natuur waarover we hebben gelezen in de pilot? Eenmaal via het steile "slavenpad" naar boven gelopen, zien we een schattig, deels mooi ...

Saba was like, the best place I've ever been, in my life. It's a volcanic island and we stayed at El Momo Cottages, which I would HIGHLY recommend. We walked up an old volcano in a rainforest, and met a bunch of interesting people at the cottage. Also, we walked around and picked up some black sand, then we mostly just hung out in the hammock with more Carib beer.

... that I have been in the field, I have helped with the mapping. It's been really interesting, because I never really had any experience with a Total Station. It's a $15,000 machine that is able to shoot a laser 4000 meters with a maximum error of 5mm! Basically, the machine is set up on a tripod at a known latitude and longitude. Information is entered into a Pocket Computer (and later can be transferred into mapping software on a real ...