Archive | January, 2012

Where to Stay in St. Martin

By on January 27, 2012 in St. Martin, Travel & Culture

If you’ve read my suggestions on how to find a reasonably priced place to stay while on vacation, you know that I love to stay on organic farms or something similar. Well, in St. Martin this wasn’t possible basically because there are no farms. So we opted for a small apartment-style complex. It was a [...]

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Health Food in St. Martin

By on January 24, 2012 in Culture & Tradition, Health, St. Martin

If you can’t eat just anywhere, then here’s your guide to finding health foods on vacation. In particular, people with severe intolerances like gluten intolerance will need to pack their food. As you know, I like to pack my own healthy stuff to bring on my trips. Usually, a few cans of mercury-free tuna and/or [...]

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Where to Eat in St. Martin

By on January 20, 2012 in Culture & Tradition, St. Martin, Yum Yum!

I was so happy that the food on St. Martin was mainly good. Once I realized that there is virtually no source of fresh water on the island, I was worried what that meant for my 2 week vacation. We are foodies in our family, so going somewhere that has awful food (like Holland or [...]

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Fishing in St. Martin

By on January 8, 2012 in St. Martin, Travel & Culture

Over the last year is so, my husband has been getting into fishing. So on this vacation we decided that we were going to do a fishing trip to mix up the experience a little. He went on the web and found a guy named Richard who does fishing excursions on St. Maarten. We met [...]

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Things to Do with Kids in St. Martin

By on January 2, 2012 in Culture & Tradition, St. Martin

Many people love to leave the kids at home while they go on vacation. But to us, our kids are part of the reason we take vacations in far away places to experience different cultures. There are certain experiences they simply wouldn’t have (or at least wouldn’t remember as well) without having them while submerged [...]

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