First visit to St. Maarten

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May 17th 2018

Published: May 17th 2018

I'm back after a long time again!!! Will have to pick up this writing to catch up with other trips I made during the last 1.5 years. It's October 2016 and after a 1 hour 20 minutes flight I landed on St. Maarten for the very first time! This was about 1 year before the category-5 hurricane Irma slammed St. Maarten with full force with the eye passing right over the island. The island, together wi... Read Full Entry

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Elton.

Elton

Bon Biní, Bienvenido, Welkom, Welcome, Benvenuto, Wilkommen! I'm Elton, from the island of Curaçao (Southern Caribbean) where I was born, raised and currently living. I grew up in a local neighbourhood just west of Otrobanda in Willemstad. I speak Papiamentu, Dutch, Spanish, English, regular Italian and a little German. Curaçao is a small but unique Island. It's not the typical Caribbean island with just sun and beaches. It has a rich and interesting history and culture. The capital, Willemstad, is on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Visit Curaçao . com ... full info

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17th May 2018

KLM Boeing 747-400 coming in at Maho Beach

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

The airport is a must-see
I have heard of that airport and it is a must-see for sure. There is one more airport where you can see landing aircrafts almost touching the viewer, on Skiathos Island in Greece. I took some photos and a few films when I was there. You can see it in our blog from Skiathos: https://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Thessaly/Skiathos/blog-893116.html /Ake

1st June 2018

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

What how can this be?
A world traveler like you and you've never been to St. Maarten. We've missed your blogs and hope you will sit down and publish a few more blogs. Please get us caught up. It sounds like we might like the French side better than the Dutch. I've heard of tourists getting killed standing underneath the airplanes flying in.

22nd June 2018

Elton
Elton.

haha yes, well as I said, everything has its first time. Yes, last year a tourist got killed because of the jet-blast from a plane taking off. She was blown away and hit her head. Will try to catch up with the blogs. Have a LOT to write, lol

4th May 2019

Riselle
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So glad you finally made it
I had such a great time meeting with you for the first time on St. Maarten. Who would have thought our encounter would lead to such a great friendship? Thank you for visiting. Come back again soon so we can go explore the surrounding islands. I will be your guide this time ;-)

4th May 2019

Elton
Elton.

Thank you Riselle. I certainly will, and I want to see more of the island and neighbouring islands too. So happy to have finally met you in person there...thank you very much for a great friendship! :-)

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