St. Maarten

Our Posts about St. Maarten

Patrick
Patrick

Sunset Over Grand Case from Our Room at L’Esplanade

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Your Monthly Moment of Zen.

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Patrick
Patrick

Club Orient at Orient Bay: Spend Your Birthday in Your Birthday Suit

Nude on Long Bay Beach St Maarten

Anyone who’s spent any time with me knows I like adventure. In fact, my birthday last year was spent high in the mountains of Morocco on a 22-day trek that consisted of walking eight hours a-day, camping in the wilderness, and braving craggy cliffs at 13,000 feet. So this year, I decided to really expose myself to the harsh elements by visiting St. Martin‘s most famous clothing optional beach at Orient Bay.
My wife, Kathleen and I awoke early at L’Esplanade and started to get ready. We packed a couple bags with towels, sunglasses, hats, and lots of SPF 50 suntan lotion.

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Patrick
Patrick

Feed the Uncommon Caribbean Flickr Pool

saba in the distance

Looking at this photo of the small island of Saba in the distance by Doug Schneider submitted to the Uncommon Caribbean Flickr photo pool makes it hard for me contain my excitement over my first trip to “The Friendly Island” of St. Martin coming up in just one week. Sure Stephen has been there (where hasn’t he been in the Caribbean!?) but as it’s my first time, photos from our Flickr pool members like Captain H and delaphotography sure are helpful for getting me into the right mindset for my trip to uncover the uncommon aspects of this popular island – where some would say uncommon experiences might be hard to find.

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Steve
Steve

Taste of the Caribbean: Enjoy Vegan Delights at De’ Ital Shack, St. Maarten

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Meat is almost always on the menu just about anywhere in the Caribbean. Whether it’s Jamaica’s famous jerk chicken, roast pork in Puerto Rico, or curry goat, beef or even iguana (yes, IGUANA!) in Trinidad, Guyana and elsewhere, we Caribbean people can’t seem to get enough meat.
At the same time, though, it’s impossible to truly experience the islands without a taste of the region’s wonderfully diverse and exotic collection of fruits and vegetables. Within our transplanted Trini household in St. Croix, Saturday’s meant provisions - cassava, dasheen, potatoes, plantains and other veggie treats – good ital food to make you healthy and strong.

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Steve
Steve

Uncommon Beauty: What’s Old is Still Nude in St. Martin

Bujudar aka Mr. Signature via flickr

The swinging sex party at Hedonism III is about to come to a close. The legendary den of iniquity located in Runaway Bay, Jamaica announced recently that it’s buttoning up… literally. In a few months, the wild toga parties, nude pool games and other assorted clothing-optional shenanigans will be gone, replaced instead by a more traditional resort experience and a new name – SuperFun Resort & Spa.
For anyone who was down for the old Hedo III party, this change is anything but super or fun.
Fear not, freaky traveler: the Caribbean still offers a great many places where you can bare all in search of a good time.

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Steve

Wish You Were Here

delaphotography via flickr

Catching some rays at Baie Longue, St Martin.

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