yes insurance is required. an you must have sxm plates on it. If you do not have a residency you will not be able to register your bike though..
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many stores stay open late on xmas eve..always last minute shoppers..most places are closed on Christmas day..its a pretty quiet day with most people staying at home with their families. you can always find a restaurant open though and yes I would make reservations. you can probably make them when you get on island. the 26th is Boxing Day, celebrated on the Dutch side, not so much on the French
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here is the link to AUC classifeds also you can check The Daily Herald classifieds try this link too
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I think he opened up his own car rental. His local number is 1-721-580-2561. his email address is mickey67@justice.com
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The forecast for Danny is further south on each update. Checking stormcarib How Close Can it Get tool: Results for St.Maarten/St.Martin (18.05N, 63.12W): The approximate Closest Point of Approach (CPA) is located near 16.8N, 63.4W or about 88.7 miles (142.7 km) from your location. The estimated time of when the center of the storm will be at that location is in about 1 day, 6 hours and 45 minu
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Danny! yes, the whole island is concerned... people are raiding the supermarkets. We have even started to board up our house ( after getting caught with our pants down last year with Gonzalo) NHC has Danny basically heading right at us. The good news is he is losing a lot of his power and is forecast to be a tropical storm with 50 MPH winds by the time he gets here. Hopefully we will get some m
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I do not know if Verizon works here. If it does, you probably have to pay roaming charges. You should check with Verizon and see what international plans they offer. You can always rent a phone from Sharon Harris. cheap and easy with good service.
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yes, you can find all of that here
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these are very reliable
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no, no restrictions. but i order to drive the car it has to pass inspection.
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this is the web site for the Catholic church in Philipsburg which is closest to the cruise ship terminal. I believe you could contact them for mass times on the 31st. As far as I know, there would only be a midnight mass. I don't think any of the other churches on the island would be a consideration for you if you are coming in on a cruise ship. The traffic is very high on that day.
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OH man, Norm, I am hungry again! LOL thanks for posting!
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for those of you who don;t know, Alec and Carlo are gert's twin boys. I believe they turned 13 yesterday. Augie knows for sure. I think it is wonderful that he remembrances birthdays. I sure don't. Some of us here have know Gert and Annemariek's boys since they were toddlers. Happy Belated Birthday Alec and Carlo!
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Happy St Patty's Day to you too. Hope you are doing OK
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aha! I got it! the twins, right? LOL 13 already! wow!! Now, how did you remember that, Augie??
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I'm hungry! I always get hungry reading your trip reports Norm! :-)
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thanks Norm great pictures glad you had a good turn out
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and I a the last... didn't even make it to the party. so sorry Norm. I am still down with the flu.
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I don't have any information but I heard the same thing.
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it would be very difficult to do it on the Dutch side, yes
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As far as I know he is still in business. his email is tripaaa@caribserve.net if you are using comcast as your email, he might not get it since comcast does not recognize a lot of sxm email addresses. he has a USA number also I believe. 1-201-793-3667
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I'm surprised the Queen in training hasn't answered you yet Norm LOL so let the Queen Mother here be the FIRST to say I will be there. LOL
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I agree. Maho area. Orient seaweed is coming and going.. Grand Case is really nice but it is pretty quiet at night.
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Looking forward to that, Larry hopefully the garden will have grown back by then. Gonzalo destroyed a lot.
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Norm, it was fun to see you and Betty and have lunch with you. Thanks so much for the beautiful plates you made for Be the Change. They are gorgeous and it was so thoughtful of you. I didn't know you were so talented :-)
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I have never heard of any of the Italian restaurants doing the traditional 7 fishes. Perhaps you could try to contact Spiga in Grand Case to see if they do it.
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unusual for a hurricane to hit the Hawaiian islands, isn't it?. hope it misses you. Be careful
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Happy Birthday Neil!!!
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everything is ok pat... lots of trees down but no major damage. biggest problem now there is that Philipsburg has no water yet..
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