Originally Posted by fanprsxm
Hello everyone
I have been subscribed to this site for a while and always enjoy and learn from the contributions of members. Even I don’t contribute much.
I love St. Maarten and is my favorite and happy place in the world where I mentally “escape” when I need solace and peace.
I d visited every ear for the last 30 years even after Hurricanes Luis and Irma. Five months after Irma (even we were destroyed by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico) I went to try to help a couple of friends there.

I was also there Feb 2020 when corona virus was not the most important issue.

Beside that, I’m trying to understand why so many members of this site during the pandemic go through a lot of hardship, procedures, risks, uncertainties to get there. Unless you are assisting with your expertise you are not needed there yet.


Why not rediscover options around our towns, neighborhoods. It will be simpler and easier for everyone even san Martians that have to deal with additional outside contagions.
Thank you for your feed back.

Luis


What makes you think we're not doing both? We've been supporting our local businesses since the beginning of this pandemic, by ordering carry-out meals when restaurants were closed, and later visiting restaurants in person when they opened. We also jumped through all the hoops to spend our usual three weeks in St. Martin this past November/December, knowing that the island economy relies on tourism. We posed no threat to the island residents, as we knew we were healthy, and we contributed quite a bit to the island's economy during those three weeks. The island does need us, and they want us to be there.