Viking Cruises returning to St Maarten after Hurricane Irma Cruise ships visiting St Maarten again The Port of St.Maarten is ready for its first commercial cruise ship call since Hurricane Irma’s devastation as the Viking Sea will be arriving today, Monday, December 4. Port St. Maarten Management calls on all stakeholders, businesses and the public […]
TripAdvisor’s annual Travelers’ Choice Awards St Maarten listed 19th Four Caribbean countries have been named among the Top 25 Best Destinations in the world for 2017. TripAdvisor made the announcement on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017 as it released its Top 25 list for this year. Jamaica came in at 12th, the only Caribbean nation to […]
Rockland Estate Rainforest Adventure, Sint Maarten Rockland Estate, SXM St. Maarten’s major new attraction, Rockland Estate, will be opening to the public this Friday in advance of cruise ships returning to Philipsburg in mid-December. Rockland Estate is Sint Maarten’s newest attraction. The eco-park is located on the historic Emilio Wilson Estate just a short ride […]
Naked Boy Hill, SXM Naked Boy Hill, St Maarten Naked Boy Hill. The names comes from a tree that used to grow a lot there, the Parinari Campestrus, locally known as Bois Bandé or Naked Boy tree, because the bark is always peeling of. The bark is said to have aphrodisiac properties, a natural viagra […]
St Maarten News Wednesday Dutch State Secretary of Kingdom Relations Raymond Knops has issued a warning to St. Maarten. The reconstruction will suffer “severe delay” if the St. Maarten Government does not agree with the conditions today, Wednesday. St. Maarten Prime Minister William Marlin had until November 1 to agree to the Dutch conditions of […]
Sunset Beach Bar St Maarten reopens after Hurricane Irma Sunset Beach bar Maho, St Maarten As we have reported in our previous Sunset Beach Bar blog. The Sunset Beach Bar is to many vistors/vacationers the hotspot on the Island and although they have a long way to go, it wil start to resume business this […]
St Maarten and St Martin Villas returning to the rental market Returning villas to St Martin rental market We are all aware it will be a different kind of season this year, but we are looking forward to welcoming guests back to St. Maarten/St. Martin. The island is not the same as before Irma, but […]
Alain Duzant of SXM photography has passed away Im memoriam of Alain Duzant With great sadness in our hearts we were informed about the passing of Alain Duzant. Alain was well known for his beautiful aviation pictures made at the SXM airport and stunning photography of the Island of St Maarten and St Martin. Over […]
GoFundMe St Maarten relief fund update by Natesha Stephenson-Wolfe GoFundMe St Maarten hurricane relief fund Update I would like to share the following message I received from Natesha Stephenson-Wolfe who is helping distributing the gofundme funds to the ones in desperate need on the island of St Maarten. THANK YOU!!! I want to take […]
Life-changing events during Hurricane Irma Life-changing events during Hurricane Irma Published with permission and personally experienced and written in the 3rd person by John B. from Cape Town, SA The following is an account of some life-changing events that occurred between 03 and 14 September 2017. There were many things that took place and many stories and […]