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Re: Wheels up up & away
[Re: jeepers]
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01/28/2018 01:02 PM
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Jeepers last days in SXM ![[Linked Image]](http://www.traveltalkonline.com/gallery/40/medium/530.jpg) Rocio massage at club orient ![[Linked Image]](http://www.traveltalkonline.com/gallery/40/medium/531.jpg) Boutique at club orient near perch lite ![[Linked Image]](http://www.traveltalkonline.com/gallery/40/medium/533.jpg) Brown building washrooms other building storage container near perch lite. ![[Linked Image]](http://www.traveltalkonline.com/gallery/40/medium/534.jpg) Friars Bay Beach Café ![[Linked Image]](http://www.traveltalkonline.com/gallery/40/medium/535.jpg) Christmas décor in Marigot still up ![[Linked Image]](http://www.traveltalkonline.com/gallery/40/medium/537.jpg) Final sunset at Sunset ![[Linked Image]](http://www.traveltalkonline.com/gallery/40/medium/536.jpg)
"It is good to do nothing all day, and then to rest"
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Re: Wheels up up & away
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01/28/2018 01:34 PM
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I just want to tell you, I have enjoyed your trip immensely and thanks for all your firsthand information along with the lovely photos, completed with a little help from a friend.
Respectfully,
pat
"Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them."
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Re: Wheels up up & away
[Re: jeepers]
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01/28/2018 01:56 PM
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Thanks for the reports and pictures.
J.D.
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Re: Wheels up up & away
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01/28/2018 02:19 PM
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Thanks Jeepers for sharing your trip with us and thanks so much to Beachkitten for sharing the photos!!!!
Carol Hill
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Re: Wheels up up & away
[Re: jeepers]
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01/28/2018 02:24 PM
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Have a safe trip home! Thanks for sharing your SXM vacation with us and finding a way to post the pictures. It was so nice of Leona to aid in the picture posting. All very much appreciated.
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Re: Wheels up up & away
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01/28/2018 05:55 PM
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Rondon--no, I doubt it. We have often been on SXM when there have been virtual clouds of butterflies on island. The butterfly farm wouldn't have enough butterflies to make any practical difference to the number of butterflies on island, plus the butterflies there would be rather unusual ones, versus the standard ones you see on island.
Carol Hill
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Re: Wheels up up & away
[Re: jeepers]
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01/28/2018 07:29 PM
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Two things to mention there are tons of butterflies here now & very few mosquitoes. Were they the small white ones? I remember some years there are lots of them in January, other years not so much. Missed you guys, see you next January!
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Re: Wheels up up & away
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01/29/2018 03:02 AM
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Hope you arrived home safely! We also want to thank you for the wonderful reports and photos of our favorite island. And thanks to Beachkitten for helping. It did our hearts good to see those pics!
Robin & Ed
One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things. - Henry Miller
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Re: Wheels up up & away
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01/29/2018 07:06 AM
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Tis the season for those lovely little butterflies, they are everywhere!
Enjoyed the reporting and the pictures
Elaine ********************************* God Bless the broken road....
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Re: Wheels up up & away
[Re: jeepers]
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01/29/2018 06:13 PM
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You're welcome. Glad you had a great trip. This was Jeepers experience leaving SXM: "We travelled from sxm through Atlanta to Toronto. These were the luggage tags at sxm. Went straight through from sxm to Atlanta then on to departing delta plane going to Toronto. We did not have to claim the bag in Atlanta. Smooth operation!! So proud of them! We did take our carryons thru security at Atlanta. Easy peasy. People everywhere to direct you." ![[Linked Image]](http://www.traveltalkonline.com/gallery/40/medium/587.jpg)
"It is good to do nothing all day, and then to rest"
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Re: Wheels up up & away
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01/29/2018 06:39 PM
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Last year was the first time in all our many years and trips we ever saw those tiny white butterflies and it was the first time we ever went to the island in January. Someone down there told me they call them St. Maarten snowflakes, and they were everywhere.
Respectfully,
pat
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Re: Wheels up up & away
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01/29/2018 07:42 PM
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The most interesting thing about those butterflies is that they're actually yellow. They do look white, and I always thought they were. Then one day I saw one close up, and it's actually the palest shade of yellow. Regardless, they're beautiful, and I always love to see them. I always thought that too and started wondering if there were white AND yellow ones?
Robin & Ed
One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things. - Henry Miller
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