Garet and I had the first week in July off and for months we kept thinking how cool it would be to go on a backpacking trip for the entire week! Imagine how lost we could get with 7 days to explore the wilderness. I did some research, called some ranger stations, and found us a cool trail around a big lake. So... 2 days before the break started we were having dinner. Garet turns to me and said “Boyfriend, you can stop planning for the mountains, cause I bought us tickets to the Caribbean.” Woah! A Surprise Adventure to the Caribbean?! Not much could make this better except the fact that we were leaving in 48 hours!
As excited as two little school girls we landed on the beautiful island of St. Martin and immediately changed into our swim shorts and went to our favorite beach in the world, Cupecoy. With plenty of time to spend in the warm turquoise water, we drank some rum punch on the beach till the sun set.
We stayed at a little gay friendly hotel called the Royal Turtle Inn. Our room was awesome with a king sized four poster bed and a huge tiled bathroom to die for. With endless adventures waiting for us outside, it was hard at times to leave this comfortable room.
This was our second time to the island so we had a pretty good idea of what we wanted to see again and what new things we wanted to do. At Orient Beach we sat and enjoyed some Carib Lagers and saw tons of boobies. We also took a water taxi to Ilet Pinet, a small island/nature preserve off the northeast coast of St. Martin. Being on the Atlantic side, the waves were huge and crashed just feet in front of us.
At 1500ft, the highest point you can get on St. Martin, you've reached Pic Paradise. This was a hike we did last time, but could not resist another chance to view the island and water from such a high elevation. It was clear enough that day for us to see some of SXM's sister islands: St. Barts and Anguilla.
By mid week, we had nice tans setting in, our hair was lighting and we still had a few days left in the Caribbean. Part 2 of this adventure coming soon.
Your best video ever! Can't wait for part 2!
Sylvia
Posted by: Sylvia | July 14, 2008 at 10:50 AM
You have outdone yourselves. Just phenomenenal. Loved the sea urchins, the zoo, and the palm tree with the pink/red clouds. Every entry is better than the one before. How do you do it. PLEASE keep sharing these wonderful adventures. Could almost taste the rum punch. Many thanks, Bart
Posted by: Bart | July 14, 2008 at 08:07 PM
Looks like paradise to me.....and you say there's a gay nude beach, wow......were there many visitors?
Posted by: Mark | July 15, 2008 at 10:08 AM
That looks amazing. You always have the best photos. What type of Camera do you use?
What a nice surprise. Glad you had a nice time. Great post!
Posted by: dit | July 15, 2008 at 02:17 PM
Seriously, call the Travel Channel and show them this video and ask to work for them, Loved it and I got so much more from that than the TC, although if you try and incorporate more food into your next video...win win! Thanks! ;) peace
Posted by: Leonard | July 15, 2008 at 10:36 PM
Wow so much fun! Those urchins look incredible. I wish I could have been there. I'm liking the haircut Dusty. :) Can't wait to see the rest... Big Love, Yx
Posted by: Ragasha | July 16, 2008 at 06:03 AM
wow, that was so incredible. Ive been to Orient beach once. We are going to St Maarten in November and will have to check out Cupecoy.
Thanks for sharing the video. Looking forward to part 2.
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