What's your idea of Paradise?
Ours is a little island in the eastern Caribbean called St. Maarten, 36 square miles of land surrounded by 35 beaches, with the Atlantic Ocean on one side and the Caribbean Sea on the other. Half of the island is Dutch, and the other half is French, making this the smallest piece of land in the world governed by two different nations.
We go to the island for two weeks every June, enjoying our timeshares at two different places. We have beaches at both places, but they're entirely different,
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Back at Pelican Resort, there's the owners' party every Monday...
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Sunset from our condo.
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Another treat is a little sunset boat ride we take from the resort across a...
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We're going from the Dutch side to the French side of the island...
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The boat ride is half the fun.
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It gave us a chance to get our pictures in our local paper. You know,...
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As we arrive at the restaurant, they're already waiting for us !
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The cocktails are fine, but wait 'til the dinner arrives!
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That's the end of our first week, so goodbye, Pelican Resort, for another...
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Over on the Atlantic side is a new residential development that's...
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There they are, down by the water's edge.
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The promise of a nice evening when something in the kitchen looks and smells...
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On their living room wall is an artist's conception of the Lighthouse,...
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The youngest member of the party is Safin. His father is a very fine tennis...
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Safin's father is the man in the yellow & black. He's the second...
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We're now at Divi Little Bay Beach Resort. As you see, Divi has...
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The charming Dutch architecture of Divi Resort. Our condo is in the building...
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And here's the view from the top floor of the very top building at Divi....
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The view of Great Bay is well worth the walk up the hill to our unit.
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From our balcony we can watch the giant cruise ships come in and go...
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The beach at Divi, and our condo at the top of the hill. Beyond our...
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You can see the Fort from our front door. There's an old cannon...
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And there goes the same cruise ship we saw from our balcony.
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And there's a cannon pointing toward Philipsburg. A Dutchman named Peter...
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One day we went to another favorite hotel for lunch and a swim.
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