Blogs from Saint Martin, Central America Caribbean - page 3

20 mars, 2012 Bonjour de Saint-Martin, Selon les nouvelles que nous avons du Québec, votre hiver est presque aussi beau qu’ici, enfin presque… Premièrement des nouvelles de ma grande sœur. Son cancer a malheureusement progressé de plus de 12 % et elle doit recommencer des traitements de chimio. Ses os, à cause des métastases, sont très fragilisés et elle doit recevoir un médicament quelques fois par semaine afin de corriger cette situation. Elle est très affaiblie contrairement aux premiers traitements qu’elle avait reçus l’an passé. Comme je vous disais dans le blogue précédent le gros problème semble être ces maudites métastases que la chimio et la radio n’arrivent pas à tuer. Son moral est quand même bon mais des nouvelles encourageantes aideraient beaucoup la situation. Louise, nous pensons à toi tous les jours et ne désespère ... read more

“News Release from Philipsburg - The AHEAD Center of Excellence in St Maarten a school for children with learning challenges (autism) and other issues that do not allow them to attend regular public education, received supplies and funds from Dade City Rotary Club which partnered with Rotary International's District 7020 in the Caribbean (Rotary Club of St. Maarten), the East Side 8 (Pasco County, Florida) Rotary Clubs, First United Methodist Church of Zephyrhills and Regent Seven Seas Cruise Lines. School supplies were gathered and shipped to Regent's headquarters for loading aboard the Seven Seas Navigator in January. Dade City Rotarian John Wheeler coordinated the collections and delivered the donated supplies to the school with assistance from Regent and St. Maarten Rotary Club President Rebecca Low, board members Henna Budhrani , Pierre Decelles and Maria Buncamper-Molanus d ... read more

We started out today with a couple of cold showers….humm, does that mean we got up too late, or maybe there is a plumbing problem at the old three star Flamingo Resort. At least the toilet flushed. After our low budget yogurt and peanut butter bread breakfast, we piled into the musty Hyundai Accent for a road trip around the island. The humidity was oppressive today, but since we are Arizonans, maybe it really was not too bad. How can we possibly judge anyway? First stop was Oyster Pond, it is a nice little French town and harbor north east of Philipsburg. Did I mention the traffic and roads suck in Simpson Bay and Philipsburg? Well if I didn’t, they sure do! Next stop was the butterfly farm, which was actually pretty interesting. Other than the ... read more

Exploring the Island of St Martin over the months of January- March 2011 Is amazing. I love this island, from the luscious green rolling mountains on the horizon to the white sandy beaches always accomponied by a rustic, grass hutted bar with the famous rum punches flowing freely amongst the sun kissed locals. The planes flying low over head as you sip your punch at the sunset beach bar and standing in the jet stream of a 747 about to take off was a highlight. After work we would go to the beach across the road and the boys would play touch rugby while us girls watched them all hot and sweaty in the last reflection of light that the caribbean gives off at sunset.. Beautiful island rugid and natural. Taking a secret abandoned path to ... read more

St Martin Beach Resort During a 3 day stay on the St Martin island we stayed at a nice resort called Grand Case Beach Club. It’s one of those resorts thats fenced off, so people can’t just walk into the resort. It was really nice with first class accommodations all around. We did have a hard time finding a place to eat. Some of the restaurants there would make us vegan dishes, while at other times we would have to hit the fresh market and pick up some stuff. Our room was equipped with a full kitchen so we were able to whip up our own vegan meals. ... read more