Glad to hear Bernadine and her critters made it through the storm okay.We heard from Sandy Molloy (Molloy Travel) that Bernadine was fine and had gone home to Trinidad for a visit. Now if Judy and I could just find a member who can give us info on Guadeloupe.
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We found out about this forum from SXM Norm and we too check in often. Other than having questions about Guadeloupe...nobody seems to have any info ...and wanting to find out if Bernadine at View Point made it through the SXM hurricane okay....also nobody seems to know..we have few questions but we check in weekly anyway.
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We have stayed at Blue Beach as well and, as well, we were totally satified with the location and the premises.If you are on an upper floor the view is fantastic but ground level units have their advantages as well - we have stayed in both. E mail us at...gasman@idirect.com and we will give y
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We too will hoist a drink in honour of your birthday Norm. Of course as Canadians living near Toronto and shivering in 40f temps it will have to be a beer! All the best...Jimnjudy
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For all you people bent on getting SXM voted as number one island..a word of caution. SXM gets voted #1..everybody in the world knows about it and decide to visit. Phillipsburg becomes so congested neither people nor car traffic can move. Lodgings are all full so the up their prices,,,pubs don't have "happy hour" because they have more customers than they can handle., and findin
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It seems a little unreasonable to criticize the board for being "dead' when, in fact, the activity of the board is directly related to members contributing in one way or another.In other words instead of criticizing put fingers to keyboard and start an interesting topic...make a comment or reply to a posting. The board is just like your computer...nothing in...nothing out! AND... as f
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At the risk of appearing prejudiced you can record our vote for the French side..resoundingly. We love the area near Captain Olivers and we were told nearby is a 3 storey house where 10 Gendarmes live..on a 3 month rotation from Paris. I would suspect a lot of people know this and we felt very safe and the evenings were quiet except for the odd dog. As for the French side we would not stay in
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If you are replacing the water tank often the ph of the water may be a consideration. High ph means calcium buildup and tankless water heaters have zero tolerance for high or low ph and they are expensive to replace...because cleaning them is difficult to impossible. Tankless heaters are also very picky about incoming gas pressure - measured in water column inches - pressure too low will cause
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It sounds as though you have had the wrong rental agency. We have dealt with Michael Unity of Unity car rental and he has been on time picking us up and the cars are worry free. Unity rental is not the cheapest but they are reliable and dependable. We also rented a car from Maryse Gachot when we rented a unit from her at Blue Beach near Captain Olivers...Oyster Bay.. and it was an almost new c
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