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What is the extent of damage to Nettle Bay? Does anyone know?

What part? It was badly damaged as a whole. Le Sand, Dreams, Layla's all but gone. Hotels and residences look really beat up. Personally saw nothing open. Debris and cars piled everywhere. Gets worse as you head to Sandy Ground.

It's been posted here several times that Dreams was totally destroyed and Bruno has no plans to reopen the property. Too bad since so many really loved it.

I know nothing about LeSand or Layla's but hoping to hear plans of rebuilding down the road. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />

i drove around the island yesterday and took several pictures ... Dreams , la sand does not exist any more only a broken sign... Terrabase all the villas are being worked on based on all the work that is being done i would say in a few months close to march/ april they should be fuctional...

Nettle bay area total destruction ... it will be over a year before anything there gets back to normal.

Orient bay yes there are damages i think most of the damages are to the restaurants that got completely wiped out ... all the water front homes ate completely destroyed but others are being worked on...

I saw prople around in a few months i think who ever can open will open for sure...

Right now Petie casino , macrons(. brunos place) both out of commision . The neighbouring restaturents like noon the craperie place, the french breakfast place where they sell fresh baquette, the chinese grocery store is open... Bikini beach , Kontiki beach does not exist ... the beach is bare with no restaurent...

Further down grancase 1 lolos is open the other should be open next week. La villa is open and rain bow cafe is open the rest of the places are closed ( lot of destruction there. But from the sign of things i would not be surprised if in a couple of months the restaturents there work hard to reopen...

There is still lot of activity in grandcase but most of the restaurants are currently closed.

Further down i went to happy bay area - la savane mount choisey the villas there look farely intact if there are some damages i am sure it will be fixed in a couple of months ...

French cul desac - total destrction - ferry area to pinel only the small terminal structure left ...

i took a drive down where the madodo rum factory is total destruction in the area, very very sad ... it will take a while for the entire area to be rebuilt. Villa Pizza does not exist ...

Club O i just cried could not take it anymore and stopped and returned back home . Total destruction ...

Dutch side looks much better things are slowly getting back to normal ... slowly but surely the restaurents are opening up...

I have several pictures i dont want to post them it is time to look forward and be positive and help the country rebuild...

if anyone wants any specific pictures send me a private message i will send it...

Rest of the island tour will continue when i feel mentally up to it

Thank you, Jeannie. It had to be hard to see it now and remember it when.... <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />

Jeannie
Although we have never used your service I have admired your attitude toward making your business the best. The reviews on this website have always been 5 star.
I apprciate your post and feel your sense of lost for everything everyone loves on SXM.
Thanks for all you do

I was told yesterday by a friend who lives on the island that the Nettle Bay Pharmacy is open. She and her mother picked up their meds there a couple of weeks ago. She also said the Tropicana is supposed to re-open on Dec 1. She said the waterfront area (Sarafina's, La Sucriere,etc) looks very bad.

There are a coupe resto's open on the waterfront. Arhawak, Bar de la Mer and another I don't remember the name of. Serafinas and everything down that area all closed. At the Marina La Main a la Pate is open and one on the far end from Tropicana. There was no name evident when we went by.

Nettle Bay Beach Club Pics

Hi. The first two pictures show but not the link to the entire album. Do you have a better link?

Weather.com Pictures It appears Weather.com has combined the album with other areas (Cuba / Florida / Puerto Rico / ect..). It is huge now but there are NBBC pictures in it.

Pics This link was posted in the Club O thread and there are a lot of pics of NBBC