spring break '06 in st. maarten

a view of the ocean on the flight down...

st. maarten

the water when we were flying in

welcome to st. maarten

people would actually stand behind the jet blasts and get blown over...they looked exactly like they do in this picture

our rental car

if you look closely, you'll see the "lost" island...at least it looks like the lost island

lights behind the hotel

colette and me

colette and me watching the sunset the first night

dinner the first night

thats some gooood water

dad and mom

the neon sign is supposed to say "cheri's cafe"

mmmmm...soup

me and my chocolate mousse

sailboat

waves crashing

birds on a rock

a wave hits colette

the beach was right next to the airport...

we're in the water and american airlines is flying over

the nose of the delta flight

driving to dinner

colette and me at dinner

the inside of the restaurant

my parents and colette

mom's dinner (and reflection in wine glasses)

thats one big looking sun

sunset at dinner

dad and dessert

setting behind the mountains

ships in the bay

last sunset picture

acting silly

mom and dad in front of some bananna plant tree thing

on the boat

dad and mom

colette and me as we're setting off on our two hour trip to prickley pear island

our hotel

the cove where we had dinner the night before

me and colette on our voyage to prickely pear

dad in front of the boat

mom and dad going to snorkle

the coral reef off prickley pear

colettie and me

mom and dad hiking back from snorkling

prickley pear beach (and my parents in the lower right)

mom coming in from the beach

the rather large sail