Sir Ralph and I are going to St. Maarten this morning, but not too early. We have heard horror stories about the traffic over there, and we do want to make a trip for a few things before Christmas. So, the closer to Christmas we go, the worse it will be. That’s why we are going today.
But there is another screw in the works that we have to work around. We want to go to a Rotary training session in St. Thomas on the weekend of January 11. I have never been to St. Thomas, and this will be an excellent opportunity. But to do that, we have to have our passports. So, what is the problem, you ask...
We come here for 30 days. That’s the maximum they will allow you unless you apply for an extended stay. To apply for the extended stay, you have to fill out the application, submit 2 photos (passport size) and turn in your passports until they prepare the forms. That will take up to a week in normal conditions – but this being Christmas, you can bet it will take longer.
We also need our passports to go to St. Maarten – so we have to go to St. Maarten BEFORE we turn in the passports – and we want to have the passports back in plenty of time to go to St. Thomas in January. Our 30 days would expire on January 5. So, with a careful workaround – like going to St. Maarten today – we can probably manage to have the passports back and our stay extended in plenty of time. Keeping our fingers crossed.
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We are already enjoying the sunshine. I wish I could send some home for everyone. However, December seems to be the rainy season – and there has been quite a bit of rain already since we’ve arrived.
Here is a website for photos that I've created:
http://ladykit.winkflash.com.
(I've listed the link aboave on the top right in the list of my favourite links.)
There are three “albums” available, but the one you will be most interested in is the Anguilla one. I’m going to be adding photos regularly there.
Here is a photo of me yesterday morning – wet hair after being in the sea for my daily “float.” I was wearing my new colourful wrap to walk to Johnno’s for Jazz. We took the camera with us and took a few photos of changes to the beach since last year.
Here is my first You Tube effort:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=G78yHlDE2ig
I took a video with my camera on Sunday at Johnno’s down the beach, and uploaded a video to You Tube. It was my first try – with both the video and You Tube, so the quality is not the best. But I see what is possible now, and I will improve and upload a few more videos during the winter while we are here. That will also be a way to share what we are doing.
You Tube is phenomenal – but of course you do need the high speed connection.
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