If you check the MSN St. Martin web sites, you'll see plenty of recent pictures that show that Orient Beach is back! You can also get the cruise schedule from Ray Mann's personal St. Martin/Maarten web site (click on the cruise ship):
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You might want to check out the Philipsburg Jubilee Library web site, which has a tremendous amount of information about the island and its history and culture:
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Suzanne: In case you don't know Neil, he's a business owner on St. Maarten--his bar, the Buccaneer Beach Bar, is on the beach next to the Atrium. When he says he knows the folks involved, he's not fooling around. It's worth the cost of the e-mail...
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Ed, Get stuffed. I can't help it if your paranoia drives to to assume that I'm criticizing you. What a dark and scary universe you live in, you pitiful, attention-demanding, wanker.
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"Who gives a sh*t what you think. You're a prattling moron." Right back at you, sunshine.
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Well, this is interesting. I actually did think that Ed had taken the picture and that's why I was asking about how you got the shot. You will also notice that I said the photo was gorgeous, which it is. Ed doesn't talk about his personal trips, but it was entirely possible that he went to Anguilla during the Anguilla Day celebration and snapped the shot. I disagree with Ed's
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How did you get the shot? Where was the picture taken (from what vantage point)? Gorgeous!
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