Two islands in one, French St. Martin and Dutch St. Maarten. . . . wonderful beaches, superb hotels, fine good cuisine, poor diving. . . . watch out for Eurotrash, shady characters who are drawn to the nude beaches and like to prey on tourists. . . . Make the short air trip or ferry trip to tiny Saba to dive. . . . If you do dive here, do it with Ocean Explorers . . . Trashed by 1995 hurricane. . . .

Ocean Explorers, July 1997, Stanley Richter, Oak Ridge, NJ. "Third year. LeRoy and Dominique run a first class operation. Well stocked store and great boat. Dive sites are healthy and getting better each year. LeRoy and Dominique will always find something unusual on every dive."

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