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The good news of that they were busy the bad news is they were too busy to handle it and the food was not up to their standards. Staff is very hard to get chefs change every night in the restaurant business can be different
Than the last. Miserable business, I wouldn’t want to be in it! But they generally have good reviews.

You married a good one. Buy her another trinket.

Good deal for $35.00

I agree Carol, but I am curious to see how the claims process works, in case we need it on a future trip where the bills are higher. We'll see how much I feel like battling the bureaucracy when we get home!

Good..keep them away from Emerald Beach ...

You will here the noise from when the planes take off from the runway.
We stayed in Cupecoy but checked out the other beaches regularly. Cupecoy, Mullet bay and Simspson Bay beaches were rough most of the time with not many people trying to swim in them. The waves and swells were very high. We always went to Kim Sha, Pinel, Great Bay or Grand Case, which were calm most of the time.

Hey all,
So as I've been re-planning a visit in June, I just noticed that there is a limited street view on Google Maps for the island. Its limited, but its something, right?

As I clicked around, it looks like it may have been independently submitted and accepted by Google and the date is January 2025 so its recent.

It looks like it runs from the Sixt on Airport Road, down to Welfare, then turns to Brouwer, then Bush, then Zagersgut, then Illidge, then crossing to the French Side on that main road going through Orleans Quarter, then turning by CulDeSac towards the airport, down Hollande thru Marigot, connecting to the Causeway bridge then reconnecting to the Sixt. Its a decent loop with some good street views.

I recall seeing one from 2019 in the Airport/Maho section, but this new view is cool.

Decent wind today for the race.

Due to Todd's recommendation, I, too, am a fan of the filet at The Palms. Glad you enjoyed.

In retrospect, I should have done that.

We had 7pm reservations last Wed. and arrived promptly at that time, just us 3 walking in, no one else. True, that every table was taken. We were seated, gave our order which included the whole red snapper, and then were offered bottled water only until our order came at 8:25!! Everyone around us seemed to still be waiting as well. We had lots of personnel walking by telling us "it was coming", but nothing. By 8:30pm, we had our food, including my whole snapper which was very good. But I'm not sure it was worth waiting 1 hour and a half! They missed 1/2 of the order of the couple next to us as well. They left without that half of the order. The wait left a very bad impression on us. Then we had to beg someone to take our money! Too busy, they said. We've been there many times since they opened, loved their food, but always have something that spoils the experience. Not sure we will return.

We left on February 28th and it was like that since January 2nd when we arrived in St. Maarten.
We stayed at Sapphire Beach club so we saw the beach often, always unswimmable.

I'm sure that snow was culture shock, but glad to hear that you arrived home safely.

For us there was no waiting. Entered one week prior to arrival. Got the approval reply immediately.

I left yesterday and arrived a little less than 2 hours early. That was plenty of time and I had a checked bag and incompetent passengers holding up the line. I will post a report on my departure experience shortly. I would not it too close on a Saturday.

That looks perfect. Thanks.