The "A Collage of St. Martin/Sint Maarten: Part I" Story

It was an ordinary day.  I just finished making a slide show from the nearly 2000 photos I took while on vacation in the Caribbean.  Most times I do a chronoligical show so our family and friends can see what we did every day, but this time we spent almost every day on the beach so the show had to take on a different vibe this year.  Broke the photos down into categories such as people, creatures, beaches, food, buildings, flowers, unusual features and textures of St. Martin.  I have picked out some of the best of each category and put together some photographs to share with you.  I have joined all categories together so you don't get bored looking at just the same thing for an entire story.  Have enough that I will spread it over three days with a fourth day showing just the colors and textures of the island.  Hope you enjoy the photos as much as I enjoyed taking them.  Part I will follow.  It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.

Sunset over Grand Case

Pinel Island

Sugar Birds

Island artist Sir Roland Richardson

Snails that are everywhere on the island

Fantastic rooftop design

Colorful Caribbean houses 

World famous Orient Beach

Strays are a problem everywhere

Probably the only snake on the island

The market in Marigot

Our "waitresses" at Grand Case 

The beach at Philipsburg 

My evening meal

Colorful mailbox