ST. MAARTEN
HERE WE ARE, WE LEFT VEGAS AT 11:30 PM. AND ARRIVED IN MIAMI AT 7AM. WHILE IN MIAMI, WE RENTED A CAR AND DROVE AROUND. FIRST WE HEADED TO OCEAN DRIVE. I WAS AMAZED AT ALL THE TALL BUILDINGS, BUT ALSO THE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON. BLOCK AFTER BLOCK, CRANE AFTER CRANE BRINGING UP MORE BUILDINGS. UNLIKE HAWAII THOUGH, THERE WAS HARDLY ANY TRAFFIC CONGESTION. FOR THE AMOUNT OF HIGH RISES, IT DIDN'T ADD UP. THIS TELLS ME, THIS IS A PLACE OF INVESTING. MEANING, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE OCCUPACY, THESE INVESTORS ARE SIMPLY JUST BUILDING REAL ESTATE. THEY DON'T CARE IF IT'S OCCUPIED, IT'S JUST A BUILDING. BECAUSE, WHERE ARE ALL THE PEOPLE? WHERE ARE ALL THE CARS? HARDLY ANY.
WHILE IN MIAMI, WE ALSO HEADED TO FORT LAUDERDALE, AND TO THE LIGHT HOUSE ON THE KEY.
AT 7PM WAS OUR FLIGHT TO ST. MAARTEN / ST. MARTIN- DEPENDS HOW YOU WANT TO SAY IT, FRENCH OR DUTCH? HALF THE ISLAND IS DUTCH, AND THE OTHER HALF IS FRENCH. BUT THEY ARE VERY WELL INTERMINGLED, AND YOU CAN DRIVE COMPLETELY AROUND THE ISLAND WITHOUT A PASSPORT. ALSO, THERE ARE NO TRAFFIC LIGHTS. AND MOSTLY ROUNDABOUTS , INSTEAD OF STOP SIGNS, THAT TAKE YOU IN THE DIRECTION YOU WANT TO GO.
OUR FIRST NIGHT WHEN WE ARRIVED AT 11:30 PM, WE TOOK A CAB TO THE RESORT. WE WERE HUNGRY AND MOSTLY EVERYSTORE WAS CLOSED. I HAVE NOT SEEN A 7-11 OR ANY HUGE STORES. OF COURSE THIS AIN'T AMERICA. SO WE WALKED ABOUT HALF A MILE DOWN THE ROAD AND WE FOUND A RESTAURANT THAT WAS OPEN. WE ATE THERE AND WENT BACK TO THE RESORT.
THE FIRST DAY -SUNDAY, WE WENT GROCERY SHOPPING SINCE OUR CONDO HAS A FULL-SIZED KITCHEN. BOUGHT SOME GROCERIES AT A FRENCH MARKET. DROVE AROUND A LITTLE.
SECOND DAY- DROVE AROUND THE ISLAND, AND VISITED A FEW BEACHES KAY BAY, OYSTER BAY, ORIENT BAY, DID SOME SHOPPING, AND ATE DINNER AT A CHINESE RESTAURANT. I LOVE HEARING THE FOREIGN LANGUAGES. IT'S LIKE MUSIC TO MY EARS.
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