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Jeff Berger's "Everything St. Maarten/St. Martin" Links
Posted June 12, 2007
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The following are links to several other excellent St. Maarten sites:
Jessica Payne lives in St. Maarten and her site has many photographs and interesting facts and links.
St. Maarten "dot org" offers the "Value Guide of St. Maarten" over the Internet. Click http://www.stmaarten.org/ for more...
Robert is the owner of another extensive SXM site, "St. Martin Info," one of the most comprehensive SXM sites on the web. Click here. This one has a lot to offer -- accommodations, lots of links, news. Even some very good wedding links if you're contemplating getting married in paradise. (We have wedding info on our dining pages.)
A growing picture site is here.
Mullet Bay Golf Course is here. It's the only golf course on the island . . .
The AOL Members "I Love SXM" Website . This link changes occasionally so please let us know if you have any connection problems.
Ray Mann's St. Maarten site has personal pages which include vacation pictures, restaurant reviews, FAQs, tourist tips, trip reports, weather/hurricane info, and recipes. Click here.
Cindy & Don Desmond typify the effect SXM has on you. You go, you love it, you come back every year, you bring friends, they love it, they come back every year, ad infinitum. Check out their site at www.cindydesmond.homestead.com .
"GoBeach" is one of the most popular Caribbean sites and has an excellent message board, too (we have two busy boards here as well -- they're mentioned on our SXM home page.) To see the GoBeach site, click here.
The mother of all St. Maarten / St. Martin / Caribbean Message Boards is TravelTalk Online.
Another very good SXM information link we discovered recently is CaribVacation, which covers a number of islands. Click here.
Going to St. Barts? The best St. Barts site is here, it's the Insiders' Guide to St. Barths.
Cricket info: http://www.caribbeancricket.com
Sailing Links: http://www.caribbeanracing.com
Long-time friend, fellow writer and wine expert Jonathon Alsop has a website which will help you maximize your enjoyment of the fine wines in the St. Martin / St. Maarten restaurants featured on our restaurant pages (or in any other restaurants, anywhere). You should visit his site, but don't forget to come back. Click here.
JMB Website Supporters member Mike Esposito gave us these great SXM Cultural Links:
http://www.houseofnehesipublish.com/ features the House of Nehesi Publishers, headed by Mr. Lasana Sekou, with books detailing the history, literature and cultural life of the island. I have the book St. Martin Massive! A Snapshot of Popular Artists ($25) and another recommended book is National Symbols of St. Martin.
http://www.pjlibrary.an/ is the website of the Philipsburg Jubilee Library, which has plenty of links to other St. Martin and Caribbean sites. The library has a bookmobile that visits other parts of St. Maarten.
http://www.speetjens.com, the website of Speetjens and Associates law/notary office, has community pages dedicated to the St. Maarten Museum and to artist Ras Mosera. Jose Speetjens, a resident of St. Maarten since 1976, recently wrote a richly detailed and illustrated book on the history of the island. The book was on sale at the museum when I was there and Mr. Speetjens, whose office is across the alley from the Museum, was there one day to deliver a few copies to some of his friends. If there are any left, I believe the price is $85.
http://www.palacedatours.com provides a tour of the houses of four artists who live on the island. One of these is Roland Richardson, an Impressionist painter who has a house in the French Quarter and has participated in international exhibits.
For general tourist information about St. Maarten: www.experiencestmaarten.com, www.st-martin.org, www.st-maarten.com
The Butterfly Farm
Loterie Farm (hiking trail)
loteriefarm@powerantilles.com
Yacht Club Isle de Sol (Megayachts and Super-Megayachts)
The Guavaberry Emporium
St. Maarten 12 Metre Challenge
Metres12@hotmail.com
Biking
Tri Sport
trisport@caribserve.net
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