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The last day..
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06/25/2018 09:13 AM
06/25/2018 09:13 AM
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Well, we go home today. I actually am ready to go home. After about ten days, I miss my puppies at home and start thinking about all the STUFF that awaits when we get home. I don't think we will get any other sections of the report posted today, so God only knows how long it will be before they are posted. The weather since Wednesday has been very hazy, after the stunning blue skies the first couple of days. I don't see any more seaweed in the water, and the beach is pretty clean this morning. Not really from worrying about crime or anything, but most of our big meals have been at lunchtime, and we have spent a LOT of time here at 'home', and we have vegging down to a science. There's no one coming in here today, so we will stay here until time to go to the airport. Hopefully the AA flight isn't late today, as it has been almost two hours late, the last two days. Over all, it has been a wonderful trip. I missed eating in Grand Case and our best meal of the trip by far was Tropicana. Overall, the Dutch side is in pretty good shape. There are a few places that aren't open yet, like Skipjacks, Liberty Inn, and Lee's is gone, but of course that had nothing to do with the hurricane. We had very little traffic at any point. People have been very warm and open, but have made no secret that they NEED visitors. We've seen lots of damage that has not been repaired, but it didn't bother me nearly as much as I thought it would. Possibly that's because Beachside has come through so BEAUTIFULLY rebuilt, after all they went through. If Beachside were in ruins, I think I would have felt a lot differently, so I guess maybe it depends to some extent on whether your particular "ox" has gotten gored. The French side has a LONG way to go yet, and while no one has said as much to me, I wonder whether many on the French side have just decided to wait until after this hurricane season to even think about rebuilding. Maybe that makes sense to them.. In any event, if you can get air and accommodation and you can manage your expectations, COME. The island is here, battered in some places, but the beaches are gorgeous, the water is blue and it feels like home..
Carol Hill
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Re: The last day..
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06/25/2018 09:19 AM
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Safe travels and thanks for the reports and pictures.
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Re: The last day..
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06/25/2018 10:30 AM
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Thanks for the info -- still here at BSV now. On the AA afternoon flight (well the only AA flight), so have plenty of time. Will be checking later to make sure when the AA flight leaves MIA, as the last two days it has been late. But the beach here is fine, and actually we have gotten a lot of new sand over the last several days. So the beach is wider and no seaweed, and Mother Nature actually buried some of the seaweed with her new sand!!! Do NOT fool with Mother Nature -- that is generally a bad thing to do! We have the vast majority of our packing done, suit cases still open for the last stuff. But we are in good shape and just relaxing. Do you know how hard it is to just relax and watch the waves, enjoy the breeze, etc. It is really hard but somebody has to do it, so we are volunteering!!! Oh forgot about fixing the drink, such effort!
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Re: The last day..
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06/25/2018 10:35 AM
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Safe travels, Carol and Eric. I think we will all anxiously anticipate the final chapter of your trip.
Respectfully,
pat
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Re: The last day..
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06/25/2018 10:45 AM
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pandp--thanks much for the info! I think we will definitely check out Bacchus.
Thanks everyone for the good wishes..
Carol Hill
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Re: The last day..
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06/25/2018 11:35 AM
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Thanks Carol and Eric for sharing your trip with us. Glad to hear all went well and you had no safety concerns. Safe travels as you prepare for a return to reality.😎
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Re: The last day..
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06/25/2018 11:52 AM
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Correct, no safety concerns whatsoever. Of course we never ever leave anything in the car. Only one time we left anything in the car, some wine that we bought before going to lunch. But even then the car was where we could see it, not that I watched it at all even. Car was unlocked and so somebody could have opened the door and popped the trunk and got our couple of bottles of wine. But the wine survived, at least until it got home and was attacked by the cork screw!! But it sacrificed itself for the cause!! But again never felt unsafe or even uneasy at any time. But we went out for lunch more this time..... not intentional, just the way it worked out. Went out for dinner several times, but lunch was the main thing. Nice 2 hour lunches have a place and we really enjoyed them. Had not really done that before and so not only was it a change, but it was nice. Of course having the grill here and doing some of the meals that Carol has posted pictures of is not bad either. Also, neither of us can eat a huge 2 hour lunch and also a big dinner the same day. Have to watch the food intake while on vacation -- NOT!!!
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Re: The last day..
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06/25/2018 12:46 PM
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OK, AA flight from MIami took off, so hopefully we should be on time going home. Got to get a shower and get out of here!
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Re: The last day..
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06/25/2018 02:44 PM
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AA2219 estimated arrival is 2:51.............. Thanks for the reports and safe travels!
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Re: The last day..
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06/25/2018 04:50 PM
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You’ll probably have landed by the time you read this, but hope you had a safe trip home. We’re still here until Thursday and will save our trip report until we get home.
We did have a wonderful lunch at Mary’s Boon today and spent some time sunning and swimming on the beach there. We actually drove to Orient Beach first this morning (Club O end), but left immediately because there was a TON of seaweed in the water floating around and washing up on the shore. Definitely too much to swim in. First we've seen on the Club O end. It was awful and really smelled bad.
Robin & Ed
One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things. - Henry Miller
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Re: The last day..
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06/26/2018 08:53 AM
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Well, we're home. No real issues, other than the standard unpleasantness with flying these days. Arrived home at 12 AM, to two puppies who didn't care it was midnight, they were just so GLAD to have us home, they wouldn't go to sleep!!
Carol Hill
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Re: The last day..
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06/26/2018 10:52 AM
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yes Carol, we were sad to see Grand Case, it was a war zone, but we did eat at bistro caribes (sp) it was amazing, albeit too warm though. We asked to sit by the window, but because it was only 2 of us ,they said no. We wondered why since they were 75% empty, but anyway the meal was delicious. Skip Jack said he will be open November, we saw him at Snoopy's Bar. we also ate a lot of our meals at La Patrona in Simpson Bay Villas (where were staying) the place was immaculate, the service impeccable, the food outstanding, we also spent some days at SBYC That is one of our favorite places for breakfast and happy hour snick snacks ....
lina and piggy
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Re: The last day..
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06/26/2018 11:10 AM
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I'm sorry we didn't eat in Grand Case, it just didn't work out. I honestly really did not want to deal with that road, especially at night. About the only thing I can truly say that I was disappointed with is that we had very few really GREAT meals. Nothing really upscale. I missed something like Dreams, or Temptation or Kakao. I was disappointed in Emilo's and in Antoine's. We probably should have gone to Mario's.
As you said with regard to Simpson Bay Villas, Beachside Villas was immaculate and looked like nothing had happened, other than the vegetation. We went to LaPatrona last time on island and did enjoy it.
Carol Hill
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Re: The last day..
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06/27/2018 08:58 AM
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We have eaten at Moulin Fou before and I thought it was good, not fantastic, but Maho in general just didn't seem appealing to me.
Carol Hill
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Re: The last day..
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06/27/2018 06:55 PM
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Carol. word from people we know on French side isn't that they're waiting for this hurricane season to pass , but that they still await funds. This is true. My parents JUST got insurance money to fix property that was damaged. And they had all their paperwork and all i's dotted and t's crossed. I feel bad for those who didn't have all that info at their fingertips.
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Re: The last day..
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06/27/2018 07:24 PM
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That's just sad. Were they insured with Nagico?? That seems to be their modus operandi, to not pay, regardless of whether one has paperwork or not..
Carol Hill
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Re: The last day..
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07/03/2018 10:37 PM
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That's just sad. Were they insured with Nagico?? That seems to be their modus operandi, to not pay, regardless of whether one has paperwork or not..
Yup, Nagico 😩
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