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Lasagna Lunch Today At SBR Villa Pool
Whale Tail
44 minutes ago
My wife has been busy this morning making lunch for our Villa Pool "Board" members. She has made 3 trays of lasagna and a ceasars salad and we picked up 5 baguettes at Le Sucriere this morning. Of course I had to pick up a couple of treats for me
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Return of the humpback whales
AUCspouse
7 hours ago
Yesterday (Sunday) we joined a group of interested amateur whale watchers for a 2-hour excursion to the lookout on the Grandes Cayes trail near Cul-de-Sac. (We hiked only 10 minutes from the parking area, to a lookout area with excellent views of Ile Pinel and Tintamarre. The attached photo of Ile Pinel was taken from the hiking trail.) Unfortunately, the afternoon was windy and the there were whitecaps on the ocean, so conditions weren't great for spotting the migrating humpback whales. We didn't see any, but we intend to keep our eyes open for the next two months.
The free excursion was organized by a non profit called "Mon Ecole, Ma Baleine," and was led by a volunteer, Amandine Vaslet. About 20 interested whale watchers showed up, many with binoculars. Amandine provided a few extra binoculars for the group to share.
There are about 10,000 to 12,000 humpback whales in the Caribbean, and the months of March and April are the peak months to watch them from shore. They dependably travel between Saint Martin and Anguilla, and between Saint Martin and Tintamarre. A portion of these whales are headed to arctic Canada; another group are headed to waters between Iceland and Norway; and a third group are headed to Cabo Verde off the coast of West Africa.
We learned a lot during our excursion. The free excursions will continue: there is one scheduled for Saturday March 21; another on Saturday arch 28, at Babit Point; and a final one on Satuday April 4. Here is a link for more information (in French):
https://monecolemabaleine.com/Actu/33
All of the participants at the event yesterday were French-speaking, so if you join the group, it would be helpful to know a few words of French.
Even if you don't join one of these excursions, keep an eye out for humpback whales. We saw them last year from Cupecoy. One of the obvious signs of whales is a visible blow or spout (an exhalation), although you may see a fin or even a breach if you are lucky.
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Regatta Day 4 Last Day Bridge Opening
Whale Tail
16 hours ago
We went down to SMYC for the return of the sailboats after the last day of racing for the show. The yacht club was packed with no tables in sight so I saw our favorite waitress and said can we just stand and order from you and run a tab rather than try to order from a very busy bar. She said follow me and took us to a table for 4 that just became available , perfect!! It was not very long before people asked if they could take the 2 empty chairs to another table which we said no problem. Then we saw Kim (Pats Daughter) come in with her friend Joan and told them if she could find 2 chairs they would be welcome to sit with us. Then our favorite waitress went to a storage area and brought out 2 chairs for them. Which made for a very enjoyable afternoon of conversation.
There were fewer boats than previous years and no water balloons thrown from the sailboats into the crowd at the yacht club but the boats got the super soaker water guns treatment from the bottom of the bridge. It was a good time!!
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II Bacio
SXMScubaman
17 hours ago
Has anybody been there? I just saw a reel on Facebook and looked inviting. Located in the Hills Plaza in Cole Bay.
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