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Man Jumps From Voyager
La Fête du Crabe!This year the religious holiday Pentecost fell on Sunday, May 27. As usual, many of the restaurants prepared traditional local dishes, with an emphasis on crab. For example, La Route de Boucaniers, on the harbor in Gustavia, offered such local treats as pâté de crabe (3) for 6€, crabe farci for 7€, matété de crabe for 12€, pâté de lambi for 6€, boudin (2) for 2€, colombo de coq for 13€ and dombrés de crabe, lambi or queue de porc (pork tails) for 16€. Easter and many of the other religious holidays, such as Ascension and Pentecost, are great opportunities to sample some of these delicious local dishes. Woman with the Most Body-Piercings in the World Visits St Barth
Bargains in St Barth?!
The First Guanahani Resort & Spa Literary Prize
Digital Video-On-Demand Installed at the Emeraude Plage HotelInfoValue Computing, Inc. (InfoValue), along with its partner Concierge Express and its regional subsidiary Sun Media Network of Simpson Bay Yacht Club in St Maarten, has just completed the first installation of a digital video-on-demand (VOD) system on St Barth. The system, InfoValue SuiteTV, was installed at the luxurious, beachfront Emeraude Plage Hotel in St Jean and offers VOD, an information portal and Internet access over the television in all of the hotel's suites, tropical bungalows and villas. Hotel guests can access VOD content interactively on their 32" HDTVs, view local attractions and hotel amenities via the information portal and take advantage of high-speed Internet access provided by the save HDTV screen with a wireless keyboard input. But, let's hope the guests don't forget that the best video-on-demand is just steps from their room - in full, living color! May 30, 2007Watersports: Ouanalao Dive
Dive and Snorkel Programs: Telephone: 590 590 27 61 37 May 24, 2007Property Developer Launches Ritzy Waterfront FundMore high-end development on St. Barts: "The fund will seek to achieve absolute returns by creating a stream of development projects to be sold on completion. "Some of the investments will be in the development of rural land while others will be renovations or rebuilding existing properties," said Tim de Rosen, the fund's director. Targeted locations include St. Barts, Harbour Island in the Bahamas, St. Tropez, Cap d'Antibes, Cap Ferrat and similar resorts."
You can read the whole thing here. Sounds a bit speculative in nature - "projects to be sold on completion" - to me for the Caribbean market. May 21, 2007St. Barts Flight SimulatorA company called Fly Tampa makes "airports" for flight simulation. Their newest package is for St. Maarten, and includes the infamous St. Barts airstrip - check out the computer image (click it for a bigger version) - pretty cool.  May 17, 2007Anse des Flamands
May 12, 2007ATV AdventureCrystal Cruises has released the survey results of its Top 10 rated Crystal Adventures shore excursions in the Caribbean, and one of them is on St. Barts: "Water excursions dominated, with shark feeding a unanimous favorite. Parasailing, scuba diving, kayaking, fishing, snorkeling and racing adventures placed in the Top 10. Thrill-seekers who like their kicks on land also highly rated Crystal's ATV Adventure in St. Barts for the chance to motor to secluded villages and beaches and to climb into the hills for stunning panoramic views. Other notable mentions include a kayaking adventure in St. Kitts and a 100-foot submarine plunge under the sea to explore coral reefs in Grand Cayman."
I wonder what residents think about this? Sounds like it could be kind of annoying... May 7, 2007Sailing blogsA lot of people sailing the Caribbean have started blogs and post something new whenever they make port. There is some interesting stuff out there - here is one example: "It was yet another great sail to St. Barthelemy (better known as St. Barts) and we anchored outside of Gustavia harbor (N17 54.045 W62 51.375) with enough time for a grocery shopping trip before dinner. When we were here with the catamaran, we were moored nicely within the harbor, we were surprised with the amount of rolling going on outside of the harbor, so on Tuesday after a pastry run, we headed a few miles north to the beautiful anchorage at Anse du Columbier and picked up a mooring at (N17 55.520 W62 52.260). It is really neat to be anchored right in the city of Gustavia, but Reinhart and I really prefer the setting of Columbier with its isolated beach and crystal clear dark turquoise water; and with a decent dinghy engine, you can motor into Gustavia anytime you want a more metropolitan existence. There was plenty to do with swimming, snorkeling, and a hiking trail to the town of Flamands on the north side of the island, and we ended up spending two nights moored securely in the bay while the winds kicked-up outside." May 3, 2007On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!
Spirit Airlines Makes Its First Flight to St Maarten
There was some concern last week when the air-traffic controllers at the St Maarten airport went on strike. However, it turns out that if there is ever a problem with air-traffic control in St Maarten, the air-traffic controllers in San Juan, Puerto Rico take over. Don't you just love having a Plan B! Ciné St Barth Plans Several Year-Round ProjectsIn response to a growing demand for more cinema activities from students and adults, Ciné St Barth, the nonprofit association behind the St Barth Film Festival, is planning several new projects. Since the beginning of the film festival 12 years ago, filmmakers have scheduled time to visit the schools to promote filmmaking as a profession and to increase the understanding of cinema. They have clearly done a good job! As a result of the increased interest, Ciné St Barth hopes to establish an editing studio and a film club, where Caribbean films can be shown all year. Establishing a film club has been a long-time desire, but the lack of a venue for showing the videos always put it on hold. Now, with the availability of the new room upstairs at the Capitainerie in the office building of the Harbor Master, this dream may become a reality. A French Naval Ship Lands on Flamands Beach
Sixth Annual St Barth Theater FestivalComedy will be the star this year at the sixth annual St Barth Theater Festival, which takes place from May 4 to May 13. The festival is organized by the local nonprofit organization SB Artists, who will perform two of the six plays. The performances will take place in the Capitainerie in the office building of the Habormaster on the quai in Gustavia. For reservations, call 06 90 41 84 17 or 06 90 41 86 48. The schedule is below the fold -
May 2, 2007First Digital VOD System on St. BarthsI guess if you like cutting edge TV and need the Internet while on St. Barts, Emeraude Plage is the new place to be: DMN Newswire--2007-4-30--InfoValue Computing, Inc. (InfoValue), an expert in providing innovative, high-performance video-streaming platforms and solutions, today announced its first installation on the Caribbean island of St. Barths at the luxury beachside Emeraude Plage Hotel. InfoValue's class-leading InfoValue SuiteTV&tm; solution offers video-on-demand (VOD), an information portal, and Internet over the television in all of the hotel's suites, villas, and tropical bungalows...
"The InfoValue SuiteTV system installed here means we can provide the highest standards in digital entertainment, hotel information, and Internet access over the television - to match the exceptional quality of our accommodation," said Genevieve Nouy, proprietor of the Emeraude Plage. "We have created a unique luxury resort here, and it's a pleasure to offer our guests the most advanced digital facilities in the region." Guests at the Emeraude Plage will use InfoValue SuiteTV's features to access IP-based VOD content interactively on their 32-inch HDTVs and benefit from functionality such as pausing, rewinding, fast-forwarding, and bookmarking both Hollywood and foreign content. Hotel amenities and local attractions are available through the information portal, and high-speed Internet access is also provided via the same screen with a wireless keyboard input. More here.
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It's a mystery. Last Sunday evening, a man jumped from the Voyager when it was about 15 feet from the dock and swam the rest of the way. No one knows why he did it, but is it that hard to understand?! I'd guess that after a long, arduous day of traveling, he saw St Barth within his reach and just couldn't wait any longer! 
From May 24 to June 31, St Barth may be just the place to find the greatest bargains. This is the period of the official sales, and most stores reduce prices from 50% to 70%. Now, remember, the price reductions are on merchandise from last season's collections. But, last season's collections on St Barth are years ahead of next year's collections in the States! So, hurry on down and don't forget to bring an empty suitcase - and a credit card. The next official sale period is from September 29 to October 27. 
From May 30 to June 3, the Guanahani Resort & Spa will host an event to award the first literary prize given in the name of this luxury hotel located on Grand Cul de Sac. Although Marc Thezé, the director of the hotel, created the prize, the name "Guanahani Literary Prize" comes from the book Je vous aime by French author Catherine Siguret, which was published in November 2006. The plot involves a Parisian woman and a successful writer and contains a scene set during the awarding of the Guanahani Literary Prize. When Thezé read the book, he decided to make the fictional prize a reality. The winner of the award will be chosen by a jury of celebrities from the world of French literature and media. The jury will meet at the Guanahani to select the best romance novel out of five pre-selected French novels published this year. The winner, whose identity will be revealed on June 3, will receive an all-inclusive week at the hotel for two, complete with airline tickets.
