Water?

Living in the United States one takes for granted that when you turn on the faucet water is actually going to flow from the spigot. In Sint Maarten that is not always the case. Occasionally GEBE will issue a notice saying they’re going to turn off the water to do maintenance. They even give you a time frame. So you shower, do your laundry, prepare. Then the water doesn’t go off 🤪😂. Later that week you turn your kitchen faucet on to wash dishes and nothing. The water is off! Occasionally you can discover why the water is off by checking GEBE’s Facebook page. But not always. Take my advice, if you move here make sure you have liters and liters of water stored. This happens a lot.

And don’t think moving to the French side will save you. A few months ago they overloaded their water system with bromate. Three months later, you still cannot drink the water on the French side at all.

You learn to adapt and expect that things are not going to be the way you remember or expect. And I wouldn’t change it for the world!!