Re: ISLAND REALITY St. Martin/ST.MAARTEN
Posted by:
explorer
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Date: October 19, 2009 10:13PM
Dreaming about sunshine....
Well, i know that well, I AM FROM EUROPE, AND I DO NOT LIKE WINTERS, but after many years on many sunny island, Suth East Asia and Caribbeani, i have lost enjoyment of the sea, the people, the life in generale....
It is not a paradise, it is a struggle.
Struggle to send a R Letter, because of a looong cue in front of the post office , struggel to get a spair parts , the ladie in a computer shop, that sales computers, has rather qualification for selling kinds clothing, the computer shop, repairing your computer, bringgs more problem to you, then before reparation, many shops are only show rooms, you have to pay in advance, without even tuching the good, just from pics, and wait 1 month for delivery........long, long list....
After 3 years on SXM I have made an generale conclusion : Tropical islands are "PARADISE" only when you visit for vacatin, and you stay in the nice beach resort, or holiday rental villa.
If you live here permanently , after a wile you will understend,
PARADISE IS NOT A PLACE, IT IS A STATE OF MIND !
WHEN YOU ARE IN RUSH FOR MEETING, AND YOU STUCKED IN TRAFIC GAME FOR 1-2 HOURS, BECAUSE 2 BRIDGES OPENS 4 TIME PER DAY, FOR THE BOATS TO COME IN AND OUT SIMPSON BAU LAGOON, YOU WILL START SKREAMING FROM HELPLESS UNGER.
WHEN U RUSH TO WORK, OR OTHER REASON, AND YOU SEE, PEOPLE IN THE CAR INFRONT OF YOU ARE DRIVING 20 KM/HOUR, BLOCKING THE NARROW ROAD, YOU WILL WISH TO SCREAM....
WHEN U GO TO THE MODERN CINEMA MEGA PLEX 7, AND YOU SEE ONLY CHEAP, CRAP MOVIES, YOU WILL FEEL, THAT IS ISLAND SELECTION OF THE MOVIES, SO, YOU WILL NOT BE LUCKI TO SEE AN OSCAR MOVIE IN THIS MODERN MOVIE THEARHER, YOU WILL BE VERY DISSAPOINTED FROM THE ISLAND LIFESTYLE.
WEN YOU GO OUT FOR DINNER, IN YOUR LOVELY, QUALITY LETHER SHOES, AND GOING OUT FROM THE CAR,YOU JUMP DIRECTLY IN TO THE MUDY WATER, YOU WILL UNDESTAND, WHAT IS IS THIS, ISLAND LIFESTYLE. YOU WILL NOT FIND PLACE TO HAVE A WALK, YOU WILL NOT FIND NICE WALKSIDES. MAINLY DIRTY COWBOY TOWN ROADSYDES...
MANY FRENCH PEOPLE, WHO KNOWS THE ISLANDS FROM 20 YEARS AGO ARE LEAVING BACK TO FRANCE, BACK TO EUROPE, BACK TO A QUALITY LIFE, QUALITY , PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, BACK TO THE CULTURE.... ON THE ISLAND, IF YOU ARE LUCKI, YOU GET 1, MAX 2 OPPORTUNITY per year, FOR A LIFE CONCERT OF AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL MUSITIEN. ENTERTAINMENT IS VERY POOR. MAINLY CASINOS AND LOW LEVEL ADULT ENTERTAINMENT...NO ONE POPULARE COMES TO SXM. ANDREA BOCELLI, IL DIVI, KENNY G, THEY GO WITH CONCERT TO CASA DI CAMPO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. THEY ARE NOT ATTRACTED TO COWBOY TOWN CALLES SXM, WHICH CONTINUE TO DEGRADE....
I AM SORRY , IF , WITH MY HONESTY, I DID DISTROYED YOUR BEAUTIFUL DREAM. according me, DREAMS ARE FOR TEENS, WHO DOES NOT KNOW THE life. MATURE PEOPLE NEED TO BE A REALISTIC, BECAUSE NO MUCH LIFE TIME LEFT, FOR EMPTY DREAMS.
IF YOU WISH TO RETIRED IN SXM, THATS FINE, YOU DO NOT CARE ABOUT TRAFIC GAM, YOU GO OUT NOT IN A RUSH HOURS, YOU WALK BARE FOOT ON THE BEACH, AT HOME, YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE DRESSED UP FOR BUSINESS MEETINGS. YOU CAN AFFORD SPENDING TIME MOSTLY ON THE BEACH AND AT HOME. BUT YOU NEED AIR CON FOR ASUGUST , SEPT, OCT. very hot and humid! AND YOU NEED HURRICANE PROTECTED HOME AND SPETIAL INSURANCE.
AND TAKE IN CONSIDERATION, ALL FRUITS AND VEGGIES ARE IMPORTET, NOT GOOD QUALITY AND VERY EXPENSIVE. THERE IS NO AGRICULTURE HERE, because NO RIVERS, NO GOOD SOIL. if you like a good fruits and veggies, u need to cultivte yourself. but than again, if you love gardening, on your retirement, you have to buy a soil, to create your garden, it will be very expensive garden, wwhich will need waterring even in a long , dry season.....need to think seriousely, chosing the right island. All depend of your priorities.
SXM IT IS REALLY NOT A DREAM PLACE ! tHE ONLY THING GUARANTEED IS THE SUN.
better MAKE MONEY IN A BIG CITY OF YOUR CIVILISED COUNTRY AND COME OVER FOR 2 WEEKS DREAM VACATION . ENJOY SUN, WATER SPORTS, FRENCH QUISINE, ENJOY SPENDING YOUR MONEY, DO NOT DREAM of making MONEY HERE.
ALL THE BEST FROM SXM !
explorer