Video Tour of Kontiki Beach Bar & Restaurant, Orient Beach, Saint Martin
Jun12

Video Tour of Kontiki Beach Bar & Restaurant, Orient Beach, Saint Martin

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One of the beaches I get asked the most often about is Orient Beach in St. Martin. Located on the east side of the island and home to a multitude of beach bars, Orient Beach experienced significant damage from Hurricane Irma. The beach continues to make its comeback and as you can see from the above video, the beach bars are a big part of that. Kontiki has been an integral part of the beach bar scene on Orient Beach and its reopening...

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Update on St. Martin’s Orient Bay Beach and Bars
Nov27

Update on St. Martin’s Orient Bay Beach and Bars

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In the above video from YouTuber “philphriday,” the latest updates are provided on St. Martin’s Orient Bay and two of its most popular beach bars, Bikini Beach and Kakao Beach. Hurricane Irma devastated the island of St. Martin//Maarten and the beach at Orient Bay is still recovering. For those of you who have seen this stretch of beach, the above video is testament to the damage the beach sustained. Still, the...

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A Video Tour Of St. Martin’s Kakao Beach Bar
Oct10

A Video Tour Of St. Martin’s Kakao Beach Bar

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While we didn’t have the chance to visit Kakao Beach Bar, located in St. Martin on Orient Beach, during our last visit, this pleasantly-produced video from the fine folks at St. Martin Sotheby’s International Realty (SIR) is enough to convince me that I probably should have tried a little bit harder to get over there. Featuring a trance-like soundtrack probably more at home in Ibiza than the Caribbean, it’s a reminder that this side...

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Pedro’s Beach Bar – How St. Martin’s Oldest Beach Bar Came To Be
Sep21

Pedro’s Beach Bar – How St. Martin’s Oldest Beach Bar Came To Be

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I just discovered an interesting fact – Pedro’s Beach Bar is the oldest beach bar on the island of St. Martin, at least that’s what the experts over at Caribbean Journal claim in the video below. Situated on Orient Bay on the French side of the island, it was originally located at the current site of Papagayo Beach Club. According to stmartin-sxm.com, back in the 70s, Reint Brink, the originator of Club Orient, wanted to build a...

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Orient Bay Beach, St. Martin – Where Boobies and Beach Bars Go Hand in Hand
Nov01

Orient Bay Beach, St. Martin – Where Boobies and Beach Bars Go Hand in Hand

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Orient Bay Beach in St. Martin is full of objects that start with a “B,” which on this blog stands for beach bars. While full frontal nudity is as common on some parts of this decidedly “European” beach as its beach bars, the good news is that for those of you that take offense at full frontal, the nude end of the beach is clearly marked. However, consider yourself forewarned – boobies and beach bars go...

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