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(Actually, the picture above has nothing to do with this post, excepted that it was taken in Saint Barth!)

A quite cool article – The Beautiful People -  about Saint Barth in OceanHome magazine from October 2009. Some of the information published are not up-to-date but it describes quite good some of the “special atmosphere” dimensions of The Island ;-)

One example concerning the number of high-end restaurants at Saint Barth:

[…] Don’t visit St. Barts if you’re on a diet. In fact, I’m not sure you can even say the words “St. Barts” and “diet” in the same sentence; I think it’s against the law here. This island has the greatest collection of chefs and restaurants to be found anywhere in the Caribbean, hands down. It’s as if someone wrote to all the Michelin Guide-rated chefs in Europe and invited them to bring their pots and knives to work in a tropical paradise.

I really had to laugh when reading this part, as it exactly represents our “reality” when we are there!