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Friar’s Bay Beach Cafe erb923 Yesterday at 06:31 PM After surviving the great water outage (~6hr) and power outage (~2hr) we went to FBBC. Truth be told the villa had both a cistern as well as back up solar power…tough life.

The road is still bumpy as ever but the beach was quite full. The beach itself is decent, a little rocky getting in but firm sand after a few feet out. Grand Case still #1 in my book.

Lunch was great with roasted Camembert to start and a Serrano ham/mozzarella salad and the special of the day, Moules Frites. The mussels were fresh from Canada and only a few closed after cooking, very good. Heard a few customers complain the burger was salty….

Also they had a nice live reggae band and they do accept credit cards now.

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Another SXM Trip Done megamania Yesterday at 06:17 PM We travelled Jan 20-29, Westjet from Toronto direct flight. Tix 800.00 cdn return. Party of 7
-had another awesome stay at the Sol Y Mar which is a villa with own pool directly above the Greenhouse in Simpson Bay. Location, location, is the best if you are a person who likes to be in the middle of the action, yet very private when you enter your villa.
IRE vacation manages the place and after 20 years of coming to SXM, they are by far the most cooperative, efficient and friendly bunch to deal with. So pleasing, and that makes a trip so much better, not to mention the accomodation is SO nice.
- arrival day is always fun, we dont get too far, just enjoying the heat from our cold Canadian winters, lol
-we ate out every night, almost.....The Palms never dissapoints, the Yacht Club Happy Hour is fantastic, surprisingly the Buccaneer Beach Bar has pretty good eats, and they have done a lot with that place over the last couple of years. Good nightly entertainment and friendly staff.
-Greenhouse for Lobster Tails,,,and they were excellent , along with their Bang Bang Shrimp and Chicken
-Went to Juggies,, for some [censored] one day and enjoyed a Crave burger - although I think Shrinkflation has hit there as well. Picked up some Magic Spice and Vanilla to bring home
-Jay our jeweller, once again, did not disappoint, got me a beautiful Blue and white diamond ring. He delivered it to our villa in a couple of days after it was sized.
-Tap n Still, by far, the best burger - its the flavour!! and of course I am a fry person, and they have fresh cut fries
-drove out to Friars Bay Beach,,,was looking forward to eating and staying over to the right hand side, but that Beach Bar was closed, and no chairs available. We ended up eating at the beach restaurant which is located right directly from parking lot. They also had no chairs available, service was not that great, and food just alright, nothing to rave about.
- Vesna Restaurant was excellent - most of us had the filet mignon,,,friend had the French onion soup (looked delicious and she said it was - next time for me)
-we did the Sky Explorer - not the zipline, lol, it was really cool to see the views from up there, everyone in group enjoyed that!
-had one newbie with us again, so of course took him to view the planes landing at Sunset Beach Bar-good to see the planes, but the prices have gone way up and the quality of food down, just my opinion Driftwood was so crowded we never stopped there
-We used Hardy's Car Rental for a van for the first time, and I have to say they were excellent to deal with. Will probably use again on our next visit.
-tried the fried chicken at Pollos Hermandez for the first time....wow was it ever good and so much food for such little cost! Definitely will do that again (I love fried chicken) Wish they would sell a barrel and then be able to order sides
-Sun, sand and drinks got in the way of dining at Moulin Fou, which is one of our favourites, lol,,,,maybe next year.
-Went to Huppel the Pub on Monday night- The Real Deal was excellent again, just love that place.
- also went to see Ronny and Lee at 3 Angle Bar on Wednesday - first time for me and definitely not the last!- (guess I had a wee bit too much fun, as the next day was a slow one)

Met so many people from previous years, some new ones too.

The only negative thing I can say about the entire trip is the airport! Last year I had my luggage rifled through and items stolen (learned my lesson)
This year, same thing for my husbands checked bag this time - one item stolen
I honestly feel that the staff should be more closely watched, as this seems to be a common occurrence, from what people say, and I have experienced it twice now.
West Jet really needs to educate their check in staff as well. Some supervision is needed on which line to stand in, etc. Some had baggage tags (they were lucky cause baggage tax kiosks were not working all the time ), some didnt.....we were very early and and soon as they saw we didnt have baggage tags, were told to stand in another line, and wait for a certain check in desk, only to watch others continually go to the line we were told to get out of. 45 mintues of watching people arriving to airport way after us, which was frustrating. West Jet didnt even have their priority desk open. When we finally got to the check in desk, it took at least another half hour to check our group of 6 in, because she was unable to make her baggage ticket machine work either.
The kicker was after all that......I had prepaid for "extended comfort",,,only to receive bording pass without......spoke to westjet people prior to boarding, they offered the emergency exit row....then when I boarded the plane I see clearly that our extended comfort seats were empty and available to us! There were lots of empty seats. The girl downstairs told me too bad, the plane was full. I dont like complaining, but I honestly feel Westjet is going downhill. And no worries, I have written them an email and voiced my concerns.

I always have issues posting pics and I know many of you like that (as do I), maybe its my age vs technology.

Anyways,,,we always have such a grand time on the island and for sure will return.

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Sandy Ground update AUCspouse Yesterday at 01:35 PM I just returned from the Marigot Super U. The road through Sandy Ground is totally open.

As usual, parents were walking their kids to school and municipal workers were sweeping the sidewalks. There are no signs of any debris on the road.

The only thing I noticed is that the hinged barriers on the drawbridge have been removed -- presumably for re-painting, since they were apparently singed by smoke during the demonstration.

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History of aviation on the island BillDauterive Yesterday at 10:33 AM Here's an interesting read for aviation geeks (like me). The history and current state of aviation on the island.

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Happy Birthday Manpot Jeannius Yesterday at 09:52 AM Hi Mal... Happy Birthday and long may they continue.

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Catamaran cruises gitter 01/29/2026 07:04 PM I've researched various cruises and could use help!! Ideally the cruise would have
#1 a Wind powered Cat.
#2 would visit Creole Rock and Tintamarre
#3 snorkeling
#4 Lunch and an open bar

From what I've learned, most of wind powered cats leave from P'burg and see the Dutch side. (I'm guessing their main clientele comes from the cruise ships.)

Mambo cruises checks the boxes but only on Wednesdays
Captain Alan looks perfect except he uses power cats.

Any ideas, comments, suggestions or experiences would be greatly appreciated.

Regards Gitter

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KOHO in Grand Case RonDon 01/29/2026 01:38 PM Has anyone eaten here? What type of foods. Can't find a menu online. IN Grand Case where Heava used to be.

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Double tipping at meals ggffrr11 01/29/2026 12:38 PM Got hit up at Nova/Oil Nut Bay for a requested second tip on a lunch meal. Paid with a credit card / I put a 20% gratuity tip on this. Waiter returned and implied the first tip didn't directly go to her (but instead went to the entire kitchen staff) and a "second, additional gratuity" for her should be considered.

I've read about this in the past at different places in the BVI. Any other current restaurants playing this game?

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Belair Susieville 01/29/2026 12:25 PM Is this timeshare property for sale? Jeff Berger mentioned it in his column but no details.

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no water in Grand Case Remdog 01/29/2026 12:08 AM Staying in Grand Case and the there has been no municipal water since late morning. Just curious how big the outage is? Any information would be appreciated.

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