st maarten during the Heineken regatta shopping, discounts and lots more

I have to ask Dick about this, he actually takes part. The Heineken Regatta is a pretty huge event in St Maarten, with all its harbours and ports. Many sailors around the world come to participate in the regatta races. Me and my photog people, what we do is try to discover the best camera angles and locations. So a great day during the Regatta means, going Little Bay Hill, to Simpson Bay, to Pelican Hill, to Sonesta Maho, to Cupecoy...... Then we go home and process all the videos and photos. I'll be doing my part alone in 2014. Larry makes it back to St Maarten, then twice the photos :)

ST MAARTEN an intro to Sint Maarten/St Martin casinos, currency, conversion and what's to come with this blog

We will go shop by shop, store by store. Casino by casino (lol) Clarify pricing, and conversion. Dutch Sint Maarten uses MAINLY the American dollar and the (old) Dutch Guilder, which might seem strange considering Holland and the Dutch use the Euro, but this is St Maarten. It will get stranger. St Martin uses the Euro, and the American dollar, most businesses accept the Sint Maarten (Antillian guilder) but be careful when converting money, learn how NOT to lose money during conversion. Yes, although the Antilles no longer exist (it hasn't since October 10th 2010, we still use a currency called the Antillian guilder, and we are still considered the Netherlands Antilles worldwide online. Why??? Because the St Maarten government is still stuck in 1987, so they have YET to have their IT specialist make the correction online officially (if the Sint Maarten government have IT specialist) But like I said, it'll get stranger. I'm a St Maartener, so I know all about St Maarten/St Martin. We're unique, and we love it, and tourist like to get the TRUE inside info.

JUDITH ROUMOU (ST MAARTEN NEWS OWNS ALL RIGHTS TO ALL PHOTOS AND VIDEOS IN THESE BLOGS)