Welcome to Sint Maarten
28 Ocak 2023, Sint Maarten ⋅ 🌬 77 °F
The beginning of the trip went off without a hitch... we made good time to JFK, reasonably breezed through TSA and took of on time.
SXM welcomed us with slightly overcast skies but typical 80 degreeOkumaya devam et
Oyster Bay Resort
28 Ocak 2023, Sint Maarten ⋅ 🌬 77 °F
Check-in was also very easy; we took a look at some options of activities that we will take advantage of in the upcoming week and went to our room - we have a Marina View, after which we did aOkumaya devam et
Caribbean Night Din din
28 Ocak 2023, Sint Maarten ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
Rice and beans steamed and grilled veggies plantain and creole shrimp
Laurie opted for BBQ chicken and pronounced it amazing so I might go and get me some as well...
And so I did with some barbecueOkumaya devam et
Oh what a beautiful morning
29 Ocak 2023, Sint Maarten ⋅ 🌬 75 °F
Woke up , fell out of bed
Dragged a comb across my head...
Actuallythereisnoneedforthecomb so we simply got up at 7:00AM quite refreshed and having a simple breakfast of cereal and coffee on ourOkumaya devam et
Orientation
29 Ocak 2023, Sint Maarten ⋅ 🌬 75 °F
What could possibly be better after cereal and coffee...why mimosas of course! 😋 ...so we have a couple while we sat through orientation presentation that told us about various tours by theirOkumaya devam et
Oyster Bay
29 Ocak 2023, Saint Martin ⋅ 🌬 75 °F
Some shots of Oyster Bay and our Resort as we slowly start climbing to the French side of the island
Iguanas
29 Ocak 2023, Saint Martin ⋅ 🌬 75 °F
So so there is this whole bunch of iguanas hanging out next to the road at this particular place and of course you can feed them, touch them, pet them, take pictures with them...
we're really didn'tOkumaya devam et
Grand Cage (La Grand-Cage)
29 Ocak 2023, Saint Martin ⋅ 🌬 77 °F
First small town that we stopped at; you know it is a little bit disappointing because these towns, if one can so call them, is really nothing but tiny little villages ...nothing is going on here andOkumaya devam et
Grand Case 2
29 Ocak 2023, Saint Martin ⋅ 🌬 77 °F
Grand Case Beach
YEah - I'll take any of those :)
Cactus almost ready to bloom
King King - La Grand Case style
Lady Liberty
29 Ocak 2023, Saint Martin ⋅ 🌬 77 °F
Theo Bonev is in the Agrément roundabout in Marigot, the capital of French St. Martin.
The “Lady Liberty” statue at the Agrement roundabout was unveiled on July 12, 2007, the 159th anniversaryOkumaya devam et
Marigot
29 Ocak 2023, Saint Martin ⋅ 🌬 77 °F
For a capital of Franch side it really doesn't have a lot;
same thing as the first town - because it's Sunday 80% of all the shops and even restaurants are closed 😑
we took a fast stop at theOkumaya devam et
Sentry Hill
29 Ocak 2023, Sint Maarten ⋅ 🌬 79 °F
Sentry Hill - the highest point on the Dutch side at 341m (1100 ft)
It is overlooking Cay bay beach - a silent, quiet beach at the back of St Maarten’s energy plant, and provides access to SeasideOkumaya devam et
2 4 1
29 Ocak 2023, Sint Maarten ⋅ 🌬 79 °F
Back to resort; sitting on a terrace, enjoying the 2-4-1 happy hour 😀
Laurie is having something called Painkiller and I opted for Sint Maarten Mama 🍸🧉🤗
....and The Birds just scored a TDOkumaya devam et
Aqua arobics
30 Ocak 2023, Sint Maarten ⋅ 🌬 75 °F
So I decided to get up a little early today and went to take an aqua aerobics class while Laurie was still enjoying the Morpheus' Embrace
Surprisingly it was a little bit tougher than I expected butOkumaya devam et
Lazy Day
30 Ocak 2023, Sint Maarten
"Blue sky, sunshine
What a day to take a dip in the pool
Ice cream, daydream....
Lazy day just right for lovin' away
Lazy day made for a stroll in the lane....
To the spa..."
Completely lazy andOkumaya devam et
Evening has broken...
30 Ocak 2023, Sint Maarten ⋅ 🌬 79 °F
Open bar for 2 hours
Salt n Pepper are taking good care of us
These ladies are more than generous with their pours...and just the fact that the booze is free 👌 😉...
...Noticed this rockOkumaya devam et
Hi-ho Hi-ho it's off to hike we go
31 Ocak 2023, Sint Maarten ⋅ 🌬 75 °F
Today we are going to let our legs remember what's it like to be back on Camino and do some light hiking through little gentle Hills to a place called Babit Point.
Bienvenue en Partie Francaise
31 Ocak 2023, Saint Martin ⋅ 🌬 75 °F
Crossing over to the French side and surrounded by many beautiful Villas and just as many beautiful flowers
Babit Point
31 Ocak 2023, Saint Martin ⋅ 🌬 75 °F
Babit Point is a high hill that rises up from the entrance of the bay. There are rock outcroppings and clusters to enjoy along the way to the top. Many hikers opt to use them as places to take aOkumaya devam et
Babit Point 2
31 Ocak 2023, Saint Martin ⋅ 🌬 75 °F
Beautiful views all around and plenty of various cacti
Bread n Butter
31 Ocak 2023, Saint Martin ⋅ 🌬 75 °F
Bread n Butter is a small French Bakery and Supermarket that we heard of from many people in the resort including employees.
We stopped over for some lunch which included a totally magnifique Pizza auOkumaya devam et
Ready, Steady, Go
31 Ocak 2023, Sint Maarten ⋅ 🌬 79 °F
After the hike we went back to our room chilled out a little, had lunch of nice smoked aged gouda cheese and that baguette that we bought and got ready to go on our Sunset Catamaran Cruise.
Here weOkumaya devam et
Bobby's Marina in Philipsburg
31 Ocak 2023, Sint Maarten ⋅ 🌬 79 °F
Waiting to board the Cat
On the boat
31 Ocak 2023, Sint Maarten ⋅ 🌬 79 °F
Our boat's name is Too Rhum Punch
There is only 19 of us so this should be a really good Cruise because they stock up drinks for about a hundred 😊😉
A sunset that "almost was"
31 Ocak 2023, Sint Maarten ⋅ 🌬 79 °F
At the very last moment the sun hid behind the cloud... but the ride was still beautiful and .....(sigh) more of nice boats to look at






























































































































































