St. Maarten, Caribbean

April 20th, 21st, 23rd, 25th, 26th, 27th, 2017

Today we arrived in St. Maarten and rented a car to drive to our hotel at first we were kind of disappointed with the hotel. We were staying in our Hilton Time Share RCI (Resort Condominiums International) so far they haven’t been the best accommodations but I’m on vacation on a beautiful island we have to make the best of it. The name of the hotel was The Royal Islander Club La Terrasse which was on the Dutch side. The only cool thing about the hotel was that we got a suite and it was right next to Maho airport beach, and our balcony overlooked it, so we got to see the planes landing and taking off very close to our room. We did our usual and settled in and decided to go to the local supermarket to get a couple of bottles of wine and some snacks for the room.

One of the evenings we had dinner at this fantastic restaurant called Le Santal. We ended up staying there 2 hours after our dinner was over talking to the owner Nada. She was so sweet, and we had such a great time that we didn’t want to leave. The dinner the service the atmosphere everything was top notch.

The rest of the time on the island we decided just to drive around and be our own tour guide.

While here we visited Anguilla and St. Bart’s which were also amazing.

Follow us on our journey the next destination is Anguilla, Caribbean.

John
Maria

Pilot’s view of landing at airport beach

Maria & John

Grand Anse Mahe, Seychelles

June 18th – 22nd, 2016

June 18, 2016
Today we arrived in Mahe, Seychelles. This was the tail end of our adventurous trip to Africa. We decided to take it easy and hang out at the hotel and the beach. We stayed at the Hilton which was a nice hotel. The room we had was amazing we had a private pool and an excellent view.

June 20, 2016
One of the days we hired a boat and just rode around on the water and ended up going to a someone’s house for lunch. It turned out to be a nice lunch the family was friendly and made a killer meal.

We got on the little boat and went to a private island that had huge turtles on it. We hiked around the island which took about an hour, and after that, we headed back to the hotel.

June 21, 2016
The next day we took a private driving tour around the island, and we ended up meeting this french guy named Jean-Louis Marchesseau. He was commissioned by a museum in Paris to build a replica of one of the French ships. We ended up purchasing a ship called La Maquette. Every piece on this ship is handmade which is amazing.

Once again we are excited to pack and get ready to go home. There’s no place like home!

John

Maria

Maria

Jean-Louis Marchesseau & John

Our private dinner on the beach.