Caribbean island of St. Martin offers picturesque escape from cold

 
By Norm Goldstein
Published: December 2, 2007

MARIGOT, St. Martin — It was early on our first morning here as we stepped on to the hotel room terrace to see clear blue, cloudless sky.

The only sounds were ripples of the waters from the Simpson Bay lagoon below and the chirping of the blackbirds in the palm trees. Tiny goldfinches flitting among the bougainvillea and hibiscus shrubs.

It was only a four-hour-or-so flight from New York area airports, but it ...


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