# On my way to St Martin (Sint Maarten)! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 12, 2013, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-my-way-to-st-martin-sint-maarten/646955 "2013-01-12T11:11:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-my-way-to-st-martin-sint-maarten/646955/1 "2013-01-12T11:11:00Z")
Yay! Even TSA went smoothly. Anyone else there? ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-my-way-to-st-martin-sint-maarten/646955/2 "2013-01-12T14:00:30Z")
When come back, bring pie! Enjoy the vacation. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-my-way-to-st-martin-sint-maarten/646955/3 "2013-01-12T18:19:17Z")
Make sure to visit Orient beach, especially the east side of it! ---
**Author:** ![azraiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@azraiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/azraiel)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-my-way-to-st-martin-sint-maarten/646955/4 "2013-01-12T23:28:29Z")
There’s a neat little museum of archaeology, if that’s your thing–lots of stuff from the slave trade. It’s towards the eastern end of Front Street in PhilipsBurg. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-my-way-to-st-martin-sint-maarten/646955/5 "2013-01-12T23:42:19Z")
All of those islands must have a Front Street. I spent five months on St. Thomas, which had one on the waterfront. The next street back was called, oddly enough, Back Street. Good times to be had there, from what I can recall through the alcoholic haze. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-my-way-to-st-martin-sint-maarten/646955/6 "2013-01-13T13:06:03Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Make sure to visit Orient beach, especially the east side of it! Been there in seasons past. Way to crowded. Prefer Isle Pinel, Dawn Beach, and Friar’s Bay. Any beach on the French side of the island will have a few topless sunbathers.🆒 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-my-way-to-st-martin-sint-maarten/646955/7 "2013-01-13T13:08:33Z")
> [@azraiel](#): > > There’s a neat little museum of archaeology, if that’s your thing–lots of stuff from the slave trade. It’s towards the eastern end of Front Street in PhilipsBurg. Phillipsburg is our go-to rain day town. Haven’t seen the museum, but if we get a rain day we will check it out! P-burg is where the cruise ships dock. To commercialized except as a rain day activity. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-my-way-to-st-martin-sint-maarten/646955/8 "2013-01-13T15:43:46Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Been there in seasons past. Way to crowded. Prefer Isle Pinel, Dawn Beach, and Friar’s Bay. Any beach on the French side of the island will have a few topless sunbathers.🆒 Really? I’ve never had problems with crowds on the nude side of Orient. Of course maybe they saw me approaching and ran. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-my-way-to-st-martin-sint-maarten/646955/9 "2013-01-14T19:25:03Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Dawn Beach Damn you, get off my beach! Check out the dinghy Dock in Oyster Bay. Fun, chill hangout, seems there were always cool people to meet. Pinel is great, bring your snorkel gear. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-my-way-to-st-martin-sint-maarten/646955/10 "2013-01-14T21:23:16Z")
> [@Isosleepy](#): > > Damn you, get off my beach! > Check out the dinghy Dock in Oyster Bay. Fun, chill hangout, seems there were always cool people to meet. > Pinel is great, bring your snorkel gear. We were headed to Pinel today (one of our favorite beaches) but the ferry wasn’t operating and the kayak rental dude wasn’t there. Went to Dawn Beach instead. Great time at Busby’s (Grey and Marc are old friends). This is my sixth consecutive year coming here, my gf’s 12th. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-my-way-to-st-martin-sint-maarten/646955/11 "2013-01-16T12:30:10Z")
If **Colibri** happens by, I have a bird ID question. We feed sugarbirds on our balcony and give them water. Dozens at a time stop for a bite. But there are also a few sparrow-like birds. Dark color with red patch on chest. ID? Saw Caribbean Mockinbirds and a Green Monkey on our hike up to Pic Paradise yesterday!