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Monthly Archives: February 2013
Our First Volcano
Are we nuts? That thing looks freaking huge! Today we climbed a volcano. St. Eustatius is a volcanic island, with two volcanoes that eventually merged their flows to form the island. The taller, single cone is called “The Quill”, the name of which is a mangling of the Dutch word Read On..
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Welcome to Statia!
View from the top, or at least the town level. Fort Oranje St. Eustatius, or Statia as it is frequently known, is another small island in what is known as the Netherland Antilles, or the Dutch Caribbean. It has a long and storied history with more than a few interesting Read On..
Posted in Parrots, St. Eustasius, Statia
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Saba Flyby
Saba’s highest point is often shrouded in clouds and fog. We’ve finally left St. Martin. After six weeks there it was just time to move on, it’s a lot longer than we expected to stay. There may still be a blog post of two about it forthcoming but we’re off Read On..
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Carnivale in Marigot
This is our first Carnivale in the Caribbean. So far we like it, even if it’s a bit loud. We actually missed most of the French side Carnivale this year. Apparently it started some time in early January and ran up until Ash Wednesday. For this I do sort of Read On..
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That Yoda Guy!
A really neat museum of Star Wars and other movie memorabilia put together by a former creature effects and costumes wizard was one of the more surprising finds in the town of Phillipsburg! Phillipsburg, on the Dutch Side of St. Maarten, has a very similar feel to a lot of Read On..
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Anguilla!
St. Martin is French, Sint Maarten is Dutch. About six miles north of the island of St. Martin is Anguilla, which logic would dictate is…British! From Marigot you can easily see Anguilla (pronounced ahn-gwee-la) in almost any weather conditions, it’s that close. Anguilla boasts an extensive system of national parks Read On..
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The Rainbow of Doom
OK, maybe “Rainbows” and “Doom” aren’t things usually associated together. But we learned our lessons about Caribbean rain storms our first afternoon in the British Virgin Islands, and we’ve now got it down to a science. In short – you NEVER leave the boat with windows open, ever. For five Read On..
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Sint Maarten Yacht Club
We joined another yacht club! One of the sad things about leaving our home in Rhode Island was leaving the East Greenwich Yacht Club where we’d been members for many years. I’d served on the board in various capacities, our kids had spent years in the junior sailing program, and Read On..
Posted in Good Times, Jr. Sailing, Sint Maarten, Yacht Clubs
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Marigot & St. Martin
Saint Martin (or Sint Maarten) is in unusual place, in that it is a single island of not too great of a size that is split in two between two countries. The local legend is that a Frenchman took a bottle of wine and a Dutchman a bottle of gin, Read On..
Posted in Good Food, Good Times, St. Martin
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Updates are Coming!
Given the difficulty with trying to get to the Internet in St. Martin, I’ve decided extreme measures are necessary. I’m falling months behind here and I hate playing catchup. If nothing else trying to reach back through the sun soaked rum-addled recesses of my mind to recall exactly what Read On..
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