Residence Saint-Barth
Travel Blogs from Grand Cul-de-Sac
International Island
... side go to school five days a week and study five different languages: English (primary), Dutch, French, Spanish, and German; the children on the French side go to school four days a week and study only French and patois.
We took a tour around the island that stopped a couple of times for photographs, and one long time in Marigot for shopping at a huge flea market there (although there was also a mall for those ...
Ready about
Life on the ocean wave is proving to be eventful. After a lazy and very gentle introduction to Caribbean island life with Liz in Falmouth, Antigua, I joined Great Escape in Nelson's Dockyard, to set sail for St Maarten. I met Ed, our skipper and Matt, like me, a guest on the boat which would take us up to St Maarten for the Heineken Regatta. First stop was Jolly Harbour, a 2 hour sail around to the south west of Antigua. So far, so good. Jolly Harbour proved to be quite different ...
Day 10
... later. Pashon dropped me off at my gate, like a true gentlemen. After showering and eating dinner at the lolos, I decided to go check out this night fishing business. I walked down to the part of the street where I had ran into Nicholas and right there is a beach entrace with a vacant building. He and some friends Willow and Claudius, along with my buddies Devin and Bernardo, were there chillin’. Claudius was barbequing some ribs and chicken the grill ...
My hurricane emergency plan: Avoid the hurricanes
... li>Safety harness (so I can attach myself to the boat – should I slip off, then I can still come back on the boat even if it’s going full speed)
- A GPS mouse for my laptop – works with my marine GPS navigation application as well
- My phone with built-in GPS
- My GPS logger, which can show ...
Lots of Work on the Yacht
... side of the island on the French side. The swingbridge is a conspicuous structure, currently painted blue. The entrance is down a small channel and is clearly visible from Simpson Bay. The centre of the entrance channel has been dredged to 19 feet, though either side of centre there are spots are as shallow as 15 feet. The bridge is 56 feet wide, and it's quite amazing watching some of the super yachts come in...barely inches to spare at port and starboard sides with some ...
Location
Other places to stay in Grand Cul-de-Sac
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Le Sereno Hotel
Grand Cul de Sac BP 19, Grand Cul-de-Sac | 5 star hotelfrom $610 -
La Paillote
Grand Cul-de-Sac | Hotel
