Two hours at St Maarten

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Two hours at St Maarten

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A short impression of a business trip to St.Maarten, allowing me to do my thing for just two hours, but it was well worth it. I spent about an hour on the roof (9th floor) of the Sonesta hotel, which is possibly the best spot after 03.00pm. You can ask the hotel manager for permission, but it is never guaranteed (main thing is to be convincing about your non-suicidal tendencies...). Later on, I moved to the seaside terrace of Sonesta, which is a great spot later in the afternoon.

;-) Anyway, there's some dust spots on the pics, but I hope you enjoy them nevertheless ;-)

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WoW ! Something completely different here, well done :clap: :scramble:
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Very nice shots!
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Remindes me of "tempo doeloe", when patrolling the S-S-S- area. :lol:
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Thanks for the comments, feel encouraged to show a few more ;-)
Amazing how many different angles you can get here.

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Post by Boudewijn van Oirschot »

Verrrryyy cool to see shots from TNCM!

I really like the Air France with the swimming pool in front :|
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Post by StMaartenpiloot »

great photos. Brings back memories, my nickname (stmaartenpiloot) was given to me by friends who saw a photo I took on maho beach from a KLM 747 back in 1996
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Thank y'all for ya kind words, what a great place SXM is!

The big ones arrive between 01.00 and 03.00 pm daily, something to keep in mind when planning my work next time ;-).
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