Joy and I have been going to this island many times over the last 20 plus years.  I calculated in up once and we have spent almost a year of our lives on the island, that is how much we love it.  When you combine with the number of people we have met there and became great friends it makes it even more special.  If you go to our vacations in Australia, New Zealand, Africa,  Mediterranean and Caribbean cruises and Great Britain was with folks we met years ago in St. Maarten.  It is a very special place to us.

The Island is actually two countries, one Dutch(St. Maarten) and one French(St. Martin) with wide open borders.