I'll do mine chronologically rather than the "Letterman" routine Assumption is that I have already arrived and stocked up OK? #1-Awake and start drinking #2- Go to SSBB for drinks and lunch #3 - Go out for drinks and dinner #4- Repeat Day One #5 - Repeat Day One and Two #6 - Repeat Day One, Two and Three #7 - Repeat Day One, Two, Three and Four #8 - Repeat Day One, Two,
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I'm a little confused on this one-- at least about saving time--as I recall the last time I was in Aruba (1997 I think) I cleared customs at the Aruba airport---- however in San Juan- I still had to go through Immigration--then get my checked luggage- and then exit through the customs line to get my checked luggage transferred to the plane for Hartford---I don't think I saved any time a
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My Bad--- read this thread before your trip report- sorry-- Clark
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Maybe you should share your experience---not that I was on that flight---but a bad experience is of interest to other people who fly- whether it's United or not-----Clark
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There are robberies and there are robberies. Robberies of items stupidly left on the beach while you take a swim- or in your car are one kind of robbery--- a robbery at knife or gun point is quite another thing -since the post is about mullet bay BEACH-- it does not sound like a snatch and run (which is also another type of robbery) my point IS-- please be specific in your post- or at least prov
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Just a thought- from someone who has never done it-- BUT if the drive is 45 minutes--- and maybe more if the traffic is bad----might be advisable to have a cooler- with ice---keep the fish as fresh as possible--but you being a fisherman probably already figured that out--I'm not being a wise guy---it was just a thought-- chbpod
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Customs in SXM?-- what is that?-- you go through immigration get your passport stamped and then pick up your bags at the carousel-- then go to pick up a cab or your rental car--there is no customs------ that being said--- do not pack food (especially non-frozen) in your checked in luggage-----you never know for sure that your luggage will be there when you are---I heard the tale of a couple who
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I don't like to "cross" boards-- but since your question hasn't been answered on this board within the last week-- try posting on TTOL--I know there are some time share owners at Caravanserai who are TTOLers----I was at SSBB at the end of May-- and there were big dump trucks exiting the Caravanseai property that were hauling concrete debris--other than that I have no info---ch
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Restaurants?? everyone raves about the restaurants on the French side-- notably Grand Case---and tightfully so-----but there are a number in the Cupecoy/Maho area wirth considering-- for up-scale I read that Temptation at the Atlantis Casino is very good---I haven;t tried it-- but love Monmartre also at the Atlantis Casino---in the Maho Village-- Pizza Pasta is low key and excellent--and there ar
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Flameboy- I haven't stayed there recently (did back in 1987)---but it is nice--and I know that they have done some refurbishing since then---if this is your first time to the island-- the advice almost everyone gives is to rent a car--so you can see the island-- Summit is close to French Beaches such as Baie Longue and Plum----probably closer to Marigot than to P'Burg-----I read from o
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