Monday, 12 September 2011

Villas in St. Martin

Blue Horizon villa, Lowlands, St Martin

I always get sentimental whenever I see the name "Blue Horizon" because that was the name of my disco when I was a teenager. Blue Horizon - The best disco in town...except it wasn't the best disco in town, it was crap. It wasn't exactly "disco" music I played, it was all Led Zeppelin and Reggae. No matter. I liked it.

Blue Horizon Villa on the other hand is fantastic. If you ever fancy a great holiday location, St Martin, coupled with the most fantastic accommodation then this is it.

Blue Horizon villa has been fully renovated and boasts a new pool, new decking and Gazebo, new tiled flooring throughout and much more. It's a beautiful St Martin Villa. There is so much to be said for this holiday accommodation that I feel I should leave it up to My Luxury Villas to fill you in with the details.

Follow this link for full description, photographs and contact details. Enjoy.

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Jamaica Politics - licki-licki nyami-nyami mentality must stop


"Congratulation sah! Dis fur mekin such gobbledeegook speech."

"Yer wot mate?!" I thought when I read a piece on the Jamaica Observer website about some dude called Lloyd B Smith (who dat den sah?)

Lloyd B Smith, or LBS to his mates is the owner of Western Publishers Limited and candidate for a political party called the PNP (Peoples National Party) and fancies they will form the next government in Jamaica...asleep yet? I am, well, almost.
I know nothing about politics, I care even less, I don´t vote as no one party represents my view, that is that I should not have to work and can shack up with Katie Melua on some exotic island. Not a lot to ask for now, is it?

Anyway. What drew me to this Lloyd B Smith story was the use of a phrase I have never heard of, and, I would wager, niether have you! ole' Lloyd B' has said that the "licki-licki nyami-nyami mentality must stop" and I would agree with that, if I knew what this bloke was on about!!

"licki-licki nyami-nyami mentality?" I was actually thinking of holding some sort of competition with a great prize to see who could come up with the best explanation. I thought it was some sort of pop song, y'know, like that daft Bryan Hyland song "itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini" or even Manfred Mann's "Do-wah-diddy-diddy-dum-diddy-doo!" or "sha la la my girlfriend is a gumiho" and even the über horrible "Agadoo doo doo push pineapple shake the tree!" (I´m not linking to this as I could be accused of trying to brain damage the good people of Blogtropolis!)
Then I thought, nah! because I would have to fork out for a great prize, so I'll just tell you what it means instead.

"licki-licki nyami-nyami" the best definition of this phrase is this; "The propensity to greedily eat anything, without discrimination or regard for the source or origin of the food, the present location, or the nature of the food itself." In the UK, we have a phrase which is similar, although you don´t have to Google it to find the meaning and the phrase is "Like Pigs at the trough!"

So, why is Lloyd B Smith using such obscure language? Because he want's to make himself clear and get his message across. OK, he's ripped off JFK in the process; "you must begin to say to yourself: ask not what the PNP must do for me, but what I must do for the PNP." (Christ! what's next? ich bin bin ein Berliner!") he also made himself very clear with the following gobbledeegook
"You may wonder why is it that I have decided to leave my comfort zone, but I became very uncomfortable..." (that's that sorted matey!)

OK, if you are "Into" politics here is the link for LBS' speech, just to show that theres no hard feelings Licki-licki-nyami-nyami
Also, have you noticed something? I never made one single reference in this Blog post to the best villa rentals company in the world. (Jamaican Treasures link for those who don´t know who I am on about or who live in a cave.)



Thursday, 8 September 2011

Property rentals St. Martin

Villa Mes Amis

Have you ever wondered, whilst watching the adverts on the telly, "who thinks this stuff up!?" I do!

When I say "I do!" I don´t mean that I think this stuff up, I mean that I watch the telly and wonder "Who makes this stuff up!?" and one reason is because I'm jelous.

I want to be the director who does the photo shoot with beautiful model on golden sands and pale blue Caribbean sea. So, heres my take on it. I´ve even got the model and the Caribbean (see photo)
Villa Mes Amis. 11 bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, cliffside jacuzzi, the most fantastic state of the art kitchen and nestled in 7 acres of beachfront land.
This is really one of the finest luxury holiday villas you will ever see, who says so? the staff at Jamaican Treasures do and they should know, they have 120 villas on St Martin alone.

I´m not Judith Chalmers or Alan Whicker and so to get a real idea of how fantastic this St Martin property really is, you would be better looking at the villa on the home page of My Luxury Villas.


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Wednesday, 7 September 2011

Holidays in the Caribbean island of St. Martin

Villa Allamanda, Orient Bay, St. Martin
Whenever I see this photograph of villa Allamanda in Orient Bay, St. Martin, one thought springs to my mind; "I'll have some of that!"

Hillside Villa Allamanda sits in half an acre of lovely landscape exotic gardens.  This great vacation villa has a large pool and small pool with massage pump..Oooh! Nice!.

This villa is one of the Jamaican Treasures staff favourites and no wonder. There are breathtaking views from the villa and its terraces of the Atlantic Ocean, Orient Beach, and the islands of Pinel, Tintamarre, Green Cayes and St. Barthelemy. Villa Allamada commands one of the most sought after locations on the Island of St Martin.

Villa Allamanda would be very suitable for parties, weddings, family holidays and reunions. A large, spacious property with everything you will need for a great vacation in St Martin.


Follow this link for full details and lots of great photos of Villa Allamanda.

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Vacation rentals St. Martin

Alexina's Dream, Happy Bay, St. Martin
Happy Bay. What a great name for a place to have a luxury holiday villa. Alexina's Dream is a brand new listing to Jamaican Treasures fleet of luxury villas in St. Martin, Alexina’s Dream is also a brand new property located on sloping land over looking beautiful Happy Bay and the Bay of Grand Case.

Take a butchers at the photo above, is that not your idea of what a Caribbean holiday is all about? It is mine, I can assure you of that. I could well imagine myself on that boat, a Margarita in one hand, Jack Daniels in the other (what I call a balanced diet) listening to some Blues music. Aaaah!

I digress. Alexina's Dream is a new villa with four bedrooms, all ensuite, fantastic furnishings and views of the Caribbean towards Anguilla, a fitted kitchen and living area that leads to the patio and swimming pool area. It is beautiful.

To get a better idea of how nice this villa really is, please visit Jamaican Treasures webpage for this property. Follow this link for Villa Alexina's Dream.


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Luxury villas for rent in St. Martin


Villa Ait Na Greine, St. Martins

St. Martins in the Caribbean is one of the most sought after holiday destinations in the world. That is a fact. Why? Because it is a wonderful, beautiful location for any holiday or wedding and, as luck would have it, your favourite villa rentals company Jamaican Treasures has over 100 properties available for you to choose from.

The thought of sifting through 100+ villas might seem a daunting prospect to some of the dear readers of this venerable Blog so, in the true spirit of Jamaican Treasures helpfulness, I am going to list some of the villas for you that I think are real "gobsmackers!"

The first of my top villas for St. Martin (Sint Maarten) is Villa Ait Na Greine, Lowlands, St Martin. Villa Ait Na Greine has views of the Caribbean sea, overlooking Baie Rouge Beach toward Anguilla (see photo above, blue bit with fluffy white things is the sky, blue bit with wavy things is the Caribbean Sea, pale blue stuff is the swimming pool.)

This great villa has 4 bedrooms with 3 king size beds and a set of twin beds, each having its own personal safes and private baths; ceiling fans and air conditioning; a fully equipped gourmet kitchen; entertainment systems include; plasma TVs; vonage phone system; internet access throughout; and indoor/outdoor dining and BBQ.

The swimming pool is chlorine free utilizing a salt system and can be heated for your convenience during the cooler winter season. Housekeeping services, utilities and linens are included. Laundry facilities are available.

There are many more details for you on this villas own webpage as well as lots of great photographs. Follow this link for Villa Ait Na Greine

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Tuesday, 6 September 2011

Villas St. Martin - Holiday in St Martin in the Caribbean

St. Martin Map History of St. Martin
Saint Martin

It's geography time folks, Oh yes! Jamaican Treasures a company who I may have mentioned the odd time in my posts have got some really beautiful luxury holiday villas on an island called St Martin (Wer dat den?) which is, as well all know (we do now!) in the Caribbean Sea area of the world.

Why Saint Martin? "why is it called Saint Martin?" I hear you ask, well, I'll tell you.

More than 500 years ago, the King of Spain commanded a sea captain to go and discover new lands and conquer or claim them for Spain. So, off he goes in his boat and runs straight into a Caribbean Island "Mmmm?" he thinks to himself "What can I call this place?" the answer leapt at him "Saint Martin!" only in Spanish of course.
The Captain was none other than Chris Columbus in 1493 and the island's real name was Isla de San Martín (Island of Saint Martin)

Anyway, as usual, there was much swapping of owners due to wars between the French and English, the English and Dutch, the French and the Dutch, the Spanish and the English, the French and Dutch against the Spanish and English and so on.

The end result being that Saint Martin is is now devided between the French and the Dutch 60 / 40 and is the smallest sea island devided between two nations (No wonder with all that fighting!) the large part is St-Martin (French)and the small part is Sint Maarten (Dutch) both pronounced the same though as in the English "Saint Martin"

Jamaican Treasures have more than 100 luxury holiday villas on Saint Martin and you can stay in any of them you fancy. Go to the main Jamaican Treasures website, select Saint Martin from the "Choose a category" tab on the left of the page and you will then be taken to a little piece of paradise. Enjoy looking through the villas pages and remember, Jamaican Treasures are there to help you find the best villa for you, so don´t be shy about contacting them.

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Jamaica Holidays - The best Jamaica villas

Villa Belle Montego Bay, Jamaica

Say what you like about Jamaican Treasures (The best holiday villas rental company in the world, so were told) but you have to admit one thing; They do like to be helpful. Now, I may have mentioned on this little Blog that Jamaican Treasures have scrillions of wonderful luxury villas in Jamaica, Bahamas, Caribbean, Mexico, Thailand, Dominican Republic and more, yes?

This being the case then you would need help in finding the best villa for you and your needs. Wedding villas for instance. If you were intending to get married in the Caribbean area, where would it be? what would be the best type of reception, which exotic location and of course, HOW MUCH!

Fear not dear Blog reader, Jamaican Treasures have experts at sorting all these things out for you and have amazing wedding packages as well, also, the staff are experts and love a good wedding (as long as it's not them getting married ;-) If you follow this link you will see exactly what I mean Wedding Packages

One of the staffs favourite villas is Villa Belle Abri, in Montego Bay. This beachfront villa would be brilliant for those who plan to get knotted, er sorry, tie the knot, on a beach or near the waters edge (which is the beach???)

Villa Belle Abri is brand spanking new and fitted with all deluxe mod cons, none of yer rubbish here missus. We are talking king size four poster beds, Hot tubs, gazebo, you name it and Villa Belle Abri has it. The property really is beautiful and would make any wedding or honeymoon the very best ever. Take a look at Belle Abri virtual tour and see for yourself how fantastic this Jamaica villa is Virtual Tour Belle Abri.

I was telling you how helpful jamaican Treasures are. Well, they have this really neat online book that you can just flip through and see the best villas one by one CLick Here It's simple to use and great fun.


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Monday, 5 September 2011

Jamaican Reunions - Jamaica Missings Persons


Still missing: Madeleine McCann


The great thing about having a Blog is that from time to time you can help with certain things by using your website and Blog to spread a message. I´m happy to say, that as the Blogmiester the Jamaican Treasures Blog for Jamaica, I would like to bring to your attention a very well meaning website Jamaica Missing Persons.
So, what is Jamaica Missing persons about? I think the clue is in the title but to be correct, here is how the site is described by the people who run it. Richard and Betty Black.

JamaicanMissingPersons.org  was  founded and developed in 2006 by Richard and Betty Black. Its main purpose is to provide a FREE resource to the families and friends of persons missing in Jamaica to help in getting information including photographs about their missing loved ones out to the widest possible community in the shortest possible time.

Take a look at the link to see how best to use this website, it's not hard but Richard and Betty have set the site out in a good order http://www.jamaicanmissingpersons.org/About_Us.htm

This site is not just for persons who are missing but also for people who would like to re-unite. Old friends, family members, clubs and such like and you do not need to be Jamaican to make full use of the resources on the site, it's for everyone and it's FREE!!!!

So, if you are planning a Jamaican reunion of any type, here is a website that is more than well worth the visit and you might also be able to help find someone as well.




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Friday, 2 September 2011

Jamaican Culture: Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley — Miss Lou, Jamaican Icon

Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley or Miss Lou, OM, OJ, MBE
It's back to the culture site of Blogging now and a post on someone who is, without doubt, the most Iconic of Jamaican's along with people like Bob Marley and lately Usain Bolt. Miss Lou.

If you are not Jamaican and have no real ties to Jamaica you may not have heard of Miss Lou, real name Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley born in Kingston, Jamaica September 7th 1919, Jamaican folklorist, writer, and educator. Miss Lou passed away July 26th, 2006. No doubt there will be many events to mark this great lady's birthday.

I would like this Blog to be part of the celebrations and so I will reproduce my own favourite poem by Miss Lou "Colonization in reverse" the poem in patois about the first Jamaican's to leave for the United Kingdom aboard the Windrush and other vessels. You can see a lot more from this great website dedicated to Miss Lou

Colonization in Reverse - Louise Bennett


Wat a joyful news, miss Mattie,
I feel like me heart gwine burs
Jamaica people colonizin
Englan in Reverse

By de hundred, by de tousan
From country and from town,
By de ship-load, by de plane load
Jamica is Englan boun.

Dem a pour out a Jamaica,
Everybody future plan
Is fe get a big-time job
An settle in de mother lan.

What an islan! What a people!
Man an woman, old an young
Jus a pack dem bag an baggage
An turn history upside dung!

Some people doan like travel,
But fe show dem loyalty
Dem all a open up cheap-fare-
To-England agency.

An week by week dem shippin off
Dem countryman like fire,
Fe immigrate an populate
De seat a de Empire.

Oonoo see how life is funny,
Oonoo see da turnabout?
jamaica live fe box bread
Out a English people mout'.

For wen dem ketch a Englan,
An start play dem different role,
Some will settle down to work
An some will settle fe de dole.

Jane says de dole is not too bad
Because dey payin she
Two pounds a week fe seek a job
dat suit her dignity.

me say Jane will never fine work
At de rate how she dah look,
For all day she stay popn Aunt Fan couch
An read love-story book.

Wat a devilment a Englan!
Dem face war an brave de worse,
But me wonderin how dem gwine stan
Colonizin in reverse.

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