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St, Maarten VS Saint Lucia
08-18-2009, 09:32 PM
I was in St. Maarten last week. It was a disappointment. I stayed at the Hotel Marquis, which was awful. The island caters to the Florida cruise market, and is therefor flooded with insurance salesman and their families from Naperville. The ships give vouchers for local restaurants to their passengers. The five spots I went to were overly processed and low quality. All nightlife seems to center around the casinos, which were also incredibly low class. The island is just too small for the volume of people the ships bring in.
And I missed cigarette week.
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St, Maarten VS Saint Lucia
08-19-2009, 05:42 PM
No.
The only girl I saw that was worth a crap was working in a little jewelery store. I started to chat her up (maybe Estonian?) and realized the store was owned by her and her husband. He was right there behind the counter.
The budget travelers were everywhere. The island was just too crowded.
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St, Maarten VS Saint Lucia
08-23-2009, 03:34 AM
Did you spend any time on the French side? What was that like?
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08-23-2009, 04:42 PM
Did you spend any time on the French side?
No.
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