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Re: My bad luck island,
[Re: patgrem]
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07/02/2015 10:54 AM
07/02/2015 10:54 AM
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Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 82,887 Central Florida!
Carol_Hill
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Wow, I don't blame you, what a crazy set of circumstances to have all happen to you! That taxi driver should be reported to the taxi association. So sorry that all happened to you and your family...
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Re: My bad luck island,
[Re: Cathyg]
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07/02/2015 12:53 PM
07/02/2015 12:53 PM
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Posts: 82,887 Central Florida!
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I don't think she is blaming SXM, just feels it's kind of bad karma for her. I don't really blame her.
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Re: My bad luck island,
[Re: january]
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07/02/2015 03:14 PM
07/02/2015 03:14 PM
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Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 39 Boston and St. Maarten
ravi
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Agreed that the taxi driver was at fault for making an illegal left turn out of Divi. Having said that, it seems like that intersection is terribly designed. Can the SXM government force a re-design of that intersection? I've heard of too many bad injuries and even deaths at that one spot.
My wife and I live in St. Maarten during the winter and in the Boston area the rest of the year.
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Re: My bad luck island,
[Re: jazzgal]
#60306
07/03/2015 06:52 AM
07/03/2015 06:52 AM
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Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 1,362 Cincinnati area
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I go the long way, through Philipsburg, rather than make the left turn out of Divi, although I have, once or twice, turned left. Shame on me! When returning to the resort we use the Great Bay turnaround so that we can enter by making a left turn into the Divi. The right turn into Divi is illegal and yes, something should be done about this. I was told the property owner wanted a million for the land required to adjust the entrance. Seems to me the government could appropriate the land and then donate it to Divi so that Divi could do the construction work. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Joy.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Joy.gif" alt="" />
Paradise is an island in the Caribbean!
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Re: My bad luck island,
[Re: january]
#60308
07/03/2015 09:27 PM
07/03/2015 09:27 PM
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Posts: 4,892 Portland, OR
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january said: It is okay to make a right turn into the Divi. Uh, I don't think so. And even if it's OK, which I don't think it is, it's not safe as you can't see who/what is coming up the driveway.
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Re: My bad luck island,
[Re: january]
#60310
07/05/2015 08:33 PM
07/05/2015 08:33 PM
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Posts: 1,583 Sacramento, CA, USA
gtaylor
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Well, at least five years ago there was a sign. It is shown at exactly the 15 minute marker in this video that I posted to Vimeo five years ago. (click) gary
Look up and wave!
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