Some of the fantastic sunsets we have seen last year, from the villa Ella.
In about 10 days, we will there again, so I don’t know if I will publish new ones or not till then ;-)
Let’s see!
As usual, you should have a look at the high-res version here.
http://cdn.smugmug.com/ria/ShizVidz-2008120101.swf
After the short presentation of the the villa Ella, a third HD video about Saint Barth, this time concerning one of our preferred beach, Colombier. One of the must of the island and a marvelous location for snorkeling!
As usual, you should also have a look at the high-res version here.
http://cdn.smugmug.com/ria/ShizVidz-2008120101.swf
And still not the last video.
The next one will be for Laurent.
As mentioned in this post, I am publishing some HD video (720p, i.e. a 1280×720 resolution) on SmugMug.
Below, the second one (embedded in DVD quality). Topic is still Saint Barth, this time, with some views of the villa we were in, and the fantastic panoramic views on the Saint Barth airport and the Saint Jean Bay.
You should also have a look at the high-res version here.
http://cdn.smugmug.com/ria/ShizVidz-2008120101.swf
Some other new HD videos to be published in the coming days!
I have published my first HD video (720p, i.e. a 1280×720 resolution) on SmugMug, with our last Saint Barth winter break in February 2008 as “topic”. I will continue to regularly publish some short sessions about this travel in the coming time.
The embedded version below is the so-called DVD version (640×480 resolution).
You may like to have a look at the HD version here.
http://cdn.smugmug.com/ria/ShizVidz-2008120101.swf
I am using Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 as a video editing software (yes, I have a license…) and my Sony Handycam HDR-HC3.
The music used to illustrate the video is coming from ccMixter.org, very nice source for good-quality Creative Commons licensed tracks!
via Journal de Saint Barth (pdf)
So, the Omar hurricane is now away from Saint Barth (about 300 km), strength decreasing very rapidly.
Some pictures below from Saint Barth during and after the hurricane.
Le Journal de Saint Barth, the weekly newspaper from the island (in French), was publishing the first information about the damages:
via Tim, living in Saint Barth, and moderator of the “Insiders’ guide to St. Barths” forum
The little airplanes soaring into the sky all day here were a perfect metaphor for SBH’s soaring efforts toward a speedy recovery from Hurricane Omar. Government services returned as both trash and recycling were picked up on schedule this morning. Gustavia, the hardest hit, was hopping with activity that was not slowed at all by this afternoon’s rain:
- Dead vehicles that were Omarred were being hauled quickly away by wreckers.
- The portion of the dock not totally Omarred was being removed by a crane.
- Trucks full of rocks, trucks full of debris, trucks full of muck(muck-trucks) were scurrying from Gustavia to unload their loads and return for more.
- The veggies in Omar’s soup(aka seaweed) were being fished out of the harbor by a half dozen boats filled with energetic fishermen using rakes. The boats were being piled high with the grass and then unloaded elsewhere.
- Firemen were spraying down and sweeping the remaining muck from Gustavia’s streets.
There will be many tasks remaining, but the big question right now seems to be whether the cleanup will be complete by party time Saturday evening. Even Shell Beach, which has lost a lot of sand, doesn’t look near as bad today after the water receded to a more normal level. It gives one a good feeling all over to see such positive energy, a characteristic that has always been the trademark of St. Barth’s self-reliant people.
Good luck to everybody there for the coming days!
Wow, I have heard at the radio this morning that Saint Barth and Saint Martin are being hit by the Omar hurricane…
Omar seems to be at about 115 km away from the islands, and is now in the category 3 (110-130mph, i.e. 175-210km/h), with a 30km/h movement (actually very strange, from SW to NE, which is not the “normal” movement of hurricanes in this region…), accelerating and strengthening!
The alert-level is now “purple” (the 5th from 6), which corresponds to the so-called “confinement stage”. People are forced to stay in shelters or at home if it has been prepared for (reliable doors and windows closings).
To all my friends & people there: take care!
So, we are back since last Friday. As usual, the “landing” is quite difficult after 2 weeks on this incredible island. And not just because of the jet lag…
I would like to share with you 8 pictures from our trip. And no, I don’t know why 8, but it sounds good ;-)
Dear friends, colleagues, partners, customers and competitors … and readers :-)
I am off to St Barth with my wife and son till August 22. The first time for us there … during the summer!
If there will be no strike, if the weather will be ok (no hurricane, it is the season now), if there will be no issue with the plane, etc., we will be again in St Barth tomorrow, exactly there:
Temperature:
This is actually the case only if we don’t have any hurricane :-)
I will publish some videos & pictures there, stay tuned.
Have a good time and take care!
With some delay, the third post about our trip to St Barth in 2007. I have to go on! In now 12 (!) days, we will fly there gain.
Do not forget your sunglasses, before having a look at the pictures.
What is interesting at St Barth is that there are so many beaches, which are so different from each other. If you stay 2 weeks, you are able to visit one different beach per day.
In 2007, we were at the following:
I have published my last post about Saint Barth for a while… It was exactly on May 28, 2007. Quite a long time ago! On the other side, in 25 days, we will be again in Saint Barth for about 3 weeks. So, I should really now begin to enter this “period”, step-by-step.
I know that I am making some of you quite nervous with my “Saint Barth” posts. Sorry guys, nobody is forcing you to read them ;-)
In the Part I, I have introduced our travel and talked about the “terrible” weather there ;-). In the coming posts, I will write about our villa (part II), the beaches (arrgggg, part III), the restaurants and the shopping (part IV), the fauna and flora (part V), the harbor and some boats (part VI), some sunsets (part VII) and a conclusion (part VIII).
If you would like to have a look at my flickr-set about this travel, you can go there. 113 pictures, also available in their original size (3072×2304).
Last year (in 2007), we have decided not to go in a hotel as the first two times (Hotel La Banane and François Plantation). Not that these hotels were bad or something like that. This time, we wanted to test a stay with a villa renting. There are quite a lot of possibilities and different renting agencies. We have decided us for the “historical” real estate company of St Barth, called SiBarth. Huge choice of villas on the wimco website, very precise descriptions which correspond to the reality. Very good service.
We were at the villa TEO, which is quite new and absolutely beautiful.
Top ten reasons to come and stay in villa TEO:
