Sint Maarten & Saint Martin 🇸🇽 (15 Things to do in this Caribbean gem!)
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- Опубліковано 10 чер 2024
- We traveled to St. Maarten/St. Martin for the first time and explored the best things to do on the island! Our travel vlog includes their airplane beach (Maho Beach), nude beach (Orient Bay Beach), some seriously incredible Caribbean cuisine, a few historic sites, and more!
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Planning your own trip to Sint Maarten/Saint Martin? Add these to your itinerary!
1. Hike the Devil's Cupper Trail (and if the weather is good, take a dip in the Natural Pool!)
2. Explore the capital of the Dutch side, Philipsburg!
3. Into Urbex? There are a lot of interesting ruins from hurricanes on the island.
4. Check out Fort Amsterdam for 360 degree views of the Great & Little Bays!
5. Snorkel the secret spot by Fort Amsterdam!
6. Eat at one of the local "lolos"... do it for us because we failed to :,)
7. Get close up to the wildlife at Iguana
8. Change countries at the French Border (or vice versa with the Dutch border!)
9. Admire the views at the Rotary Lookout Point! (Also nearby is a cool birding area)
10. Head to the most popular beach, Orient Bay Beach!
11. Feeling daring? Go "au naturel" at the nudist beach!
12. Watch the Airplanes land at Maho Beach! DO IT! It's a BLAST! ;)
13. Hike up to Fort St. Louis for sunset.
14. Try some Caribbean Cuisine at a local restaurant! (The food here is AMAZING!)
15. Visit Marigot, the charming capital of the French Side.
A bonus #.16, but unfortunately not featured in this video: Visit Grand Case, it's supposed to be an awesome laid back beach area!
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Welcome to St. Maarten/St. Martin
0:42 Devils Cupper Trail (Natural Pools)
1:35 Philipsburg
3:16 Fort Amsterdam
4:40 AMAZING Caribbean Cuisine
6:26 Iguana
7:10 Iguana Art and Our First GIVEAWAY!
8:50 French Side Fails
9:36 Rotary Lookout
10:52 Orient Bay Beach (Our 1st Nude Beach Experience)
12:32 Maho Beach (aka Airplane Beach!)
15:32 Fort St. Louis
16:56 Marigot (& more Caribbean Food)
18:25 Thanks for watching! Subscribe for more adventures! :D
Didn't realize Saint Martin was two different countries! So happy you brought your art with you on the road! YES show us more, especially when it's inspired by your travels! Thanks for showing us around the island.
Yeah, it's an interesting little quirk! If I recall it's the smallest shared island! hahaha.
Thank you guys! Definitely plan on doing more art... even considering doing a separate channel for it just for funsies! lol
I’m so happy to see such a beautiful place in the world!
Your smiles make that paradise-like island even more beautiful!
I appreciate your detailed explanation of historical relics. I believe you have done a lot of research!
Looking at the iguana from your videos, I don’t know if they are scary or cute. Brandi’s paintings are so realistic!
Brandi is definitely a hot chick, but I still have to admire your courage to go to a nude beach!
I've seen the news about the airport beach.
Just standing there can make people's adrenaline increase rapidly. I think it's interesting but also scary!
The waitress's response in the scene where the rice fell was so funny.
She must have seen the camera lens, so she wanted to resolve the embarrassment. So cute!
I was completely attracted by Brandi's plate of shrimp rice, they seemed to tell me with their bright colors that they were delicious!
Thank you for sharing this beautiful and awesome video, well done! 👍🥰👏🌹❤🎈🎉
Wow, thank you so much for writing this out!! I'm so happy you have appreciated this video and place as much as we have!
As far as iguanas go - whatever you think of them, they have to much character!! lol.
So many great moment. Thanks for watching & sharing them with us!
@@IfWeGoTo It is my pleasure, thanks to you too! Take good care! 👍🥰🙏
Can we take a moment to appreciate Alan’s shirt that says “Koalafied to Party”. You both are so incredible! We hope to cross paths with you both someday!
Hahaha, I love that shirt on him! Wish we had bought two when we saw it!!!
Thank you guys, we hope we do too! We're starting to lay out our plans and ideas for this year, definitely keep in touch with your plans!!
I really enjoyed your video. It made me feel good to see you both enjoying my island 🏝 ☺️.
Thank you both so very much for visiting.
Hopefully, ya'll visit again. And go to the lolo's in grand case.
Also, you both can come back in the month of April to March, Carnival time. 💃
This video made my day. It made me happy. Thank you both. 😊
Wow thank you so much, so happy you’ve enjoyed it! You’re so luckily to live there, it’s such a beautiful little island!! 😊
We definitely want to visit again one day! We’ll have to be sure to visit Lolo’s! Thanks for your recommendations!!
Thanks again, it means so much to know that it brought you happiness, and that makes us happy too! 😃
“You can do your selfie stuff too” 😂😂😂 Alan’s amazing. Loved the airplane beach chicken, your nervousness at the nude beach, and the food looked delish!! Happy vacation!!
It wouldn't be a show without him!!
It was a lot of fun!! We miss having you guys along!! Hopefully this year we can cross paths again! we're starting to make some bookings and lay plans for the next couple of months!
Thank you for sharing this! My family and I are visiting for the first time and this is super helpful!!! Amazing! Can’t wait ❤to
Thank you so much, I am thrilled to hear you found it helpful!! Happy travels!
If you want to go to Orient Bay on the French side it's not private. There is a guard shack but you can drive right in. Best beach and restaurants on the island. You can also find the best beach bars and one spot that makes incredible high end mixed drinks.
Thank you for your tips!!
Beautiful iguana I would love to have it. Thanks for sharing and cheers for daring to go to the nude beach 🏝️
Thanks so much for coming along!! I am so excited to send him to a good home!!
It was definitely pushing our comfort zones, but had to experience it one day right! lol
I'm going in 4 days! So glad for your video to show us some of the cool places to stop by!
Have an amazing trip!! So happy to hear you found it helpful! Thanks for watching! :)
Really nice one, guys! Lots of diversity when it comes to things to do... but also stuff to eat. Yumm! PS - I want the new iguana friend haha 🦎🤞
It definitely has plenty diversity - love that about it!!
Ahh awesome!! I'm excited to send him to a good home! :)
Enjoying this as much as your Taiwan series! Thanks for sharing!
SO happy to hear that!! Thank you so much!! ❤️
Great video, thanks so much for sharing!!
Thank you so much! :D
Wow that water looks amazing
Love that you herded the iguanas out of the road. They’re such cool animals
It's truly a beautiful island!! Loved the iguanas too hahaha - they're awesome!
Your drawing is incredible! Great work
Thank you so much!!
Thanks for the tour! We're going to St. Maarten March 9th - 16th. We are so excited! Thanks again! ❤
How exciting!! 🤩 Thank you so much for watching! Happy travels!! Hope you have an amazing trip, it’s such a fun island!
We enjoyed your video. The watercolor iguana was amazing.
Thank you so much, so happy to hear you guys enjoyed it! 😃
St Maarten is our favorite island. We are getting ready to go for our 18th trip to SXM. I loved your video. You guys packed in a lot in a short amount of time.
Thank you so much, I am so happy to hear you enjoyed the video! SXM is a lovely island! Hope you have an amazing trip there! Happy travels! :D
Me and my partner are going here in December!! Cant wait !!
How exciting!! Hope you have an amazing trip!! 🤩
Thank you for watching and happy travels!!!
What a nice and beautiful island.
You guys are such a fun couple to follow.
What a beautiful drawing of "Boy Rolly".
I love that.
Aww thank you so much!! We appreciate you coming along!
It was a pleasure to paint him! I am excited to send him to a good home. :)
Great video. Makes me want to go there! Wonderful scenery. You are a terrific artist. Your iguana is beautiful.
Thank you so much! 😀 The island is gorgeous!!
And thank you for your kind compliments too - he was such a joy to make!
Love st Maartin lived there for 2 years. Great video. I was just there last year..
Oh it's such a fun island!! We miss it already! What made you decide to leave?
Thanks for watching, so happy you enjoyed it!
You are so talented Brandi! Love your iguana
Ahh thank you! He was so much fun to make!!
Love st.martian gran case is our fav
Such a fun island! And a great beach!!
Awesome art, very talented. Would love to hang that in my home.
Ahh thank you so much!! I just announced the winner today in our latest videos, but I definitely plan on doing more of these in the future! It's so much better than having my art just sit in a drawer!! :)
Thank you!
Thank you for watching!! :D
Alan has a new wardrobe?! 😂 plus you are such a talented artist!
Hahaha, we got that short a while back. The hat came with our Airbnb... but tbh I wish he had been able to keep it!! It was pretty funny!
And thank you so much, I miss doing art so much!! I'm happy to have found a medium that packs well!
It is interesting how much stuff closes when the ship isn't in port.
Totally! It was a ghost town!!
Hi, very nice Video! Where are the Iguana exactly? Thank you
Thank you!! It was at a location marker (you may be able to see it on google maps!) near Guana Bay Beach!
I just checked and found it! It is actually right by Dawn Beach - at the turn that connects Oyster Pond Road to Melford Hazel Road.
Hope that helps!
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Thank you!! Happy New Year!
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Enjoy your video Amazing ❤
Thank you! So happy you enjoyed it! We would love to visit Pakistan one day.
Informative video. Wish I had the $ to live there. Sorry' I have to go shovel snow now. Yuk!
Thank you!!! It’s definitely a dream for a snow bird! Maybe one day you could retire there and skip the snow shoveling!! 😆
Your intro voice is so like a paid voice actor. lol
Just starting the video!
I was going for the cheesy promotional travel video vibe - glad to hear I nailed it!! lol.
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Thank you!!
Heyy i live on this island. You just should check out the grand case beach or pinel
How amazing!! We were so sad to have missed those spots, next time! Hopefully other people will see your comment and make it there though!! :D
@@IfWeGoTo you guys missed so many landmarks : the Pinel island , tintamarre island , grand case fishermen village , cupecoy nude beach , lottery farm and many more i think yall should plan another trip to the friendly island ;)
@@goldenstud24 Yes!! You are so right, we missed a ton! We didn't even know about some of the spots you mentioned.
We were on such a limited schedule, but we definitely want to plan another trip sometime!!
Thank you for the recommendations, there is so much left to explore!! :D
@@IfWeGoTo happy you guys enjoyed my island .
I have a recommendation list if you don't mind for your next trip here Wich I recommend to visit in November for Le festival gastronomique (the culinary festival) .
Happy bay nude Beach
Cupecoy nude Beach
Lottery farm jungle oasis bar
Pic paradis view point 360 ° of the island and the neighboring islands of Anguilla, Saint Barthélémy , Saba, and Saint Eustatius .
There's so many hiking trails where you can see the monkeys .
@@goldenstud24 thank you so much for sharing this!! We were lucky enough to see a couple of the neighboring islands, but not all of them. Hopefully on our next visit.. all of the spots you’ve shared sound amazing.
Thanks again! 🥰
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Thank you!! Happy new year!!
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