Aharami
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Honeymoon was nearly two years ago, but I'm finally able to find some time to go thru all the pictures and edit them. Came across two sets of panoramas I took and decided to give it a shot in creating a pano tour. These are my first attempts.
A few words about the locations - The Island we were on in the first pano (Tintamarre) is a small island off St. Martin. It is completely uninhabited but is a big snorkeling spot. Instead of going with the commercial tours, we talked a local boater from Orient Bay into taking us to the three islands off St. Martin (Tintamarre, Pinel, and Green Cay). He dropped us off at each island, left, and came picked us up back again after 3 hrs. Yes, we were taking a big risk trusting a stranger to transport us from an island we'd otherwise have no way of getting back from, but it was worth it! Instead of having to rub elbows with dozens of strangers on a cramped boat, sharing these remote pristine beaches with them, and being on a strict timeline, we got exclusive access to all three beaches, on our schedule, for quarter of the price. Wife and I always try to get off the beaten path on our vacations, but when we do go on the beaten path, we try to beat the others to it. 😛
Tintamarre Pano, shot from here
Pinel Pano, shot from here
The 2nd pano is from the island of Pinel. Although it is uninhabited also, it is more commercial in that it has a day bar, and sees a lot more traffic than Tintamarre and Green Cay. Green Cay is basically just a small piece of rock with nothing to see on it. But the lack of any traffic whatsoever near that island made it the best snorkeling spot of the three. Too bad a heavy storm rolled in while we were there, and this cave was the only shelter we had from the elements for a good hour or so.
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third pano. This time in HDR. The unnatural look is intentional
St. Martin sunset. On our way back from the dutch side, we pulled over on the side of the road to watch the sun set over the island.
Honeymoon was nearly two years ago, but I'm finally able to find some time to go thru all the pictures and edit them. Came across two sets of panoramas I took and decided to give it a shot in creating a pano tour. These are my first attempts.
A few words about the locations - The Island we were on in the first pano (Tintamarre) is a small island off St. Martin. It is completely uninhabited but is a big snorkeling spot. Instead of going with the commercial tours, we talked a local boater from Orient Bay into taking us to the three islands off St. Martin (Tintamarre, Pinel, and Green Cay). He dropped us off at each island, left, and came picked us up back again after 3 hrs. Yes, we were taking a big risk trusting a stranger to transport us from an island we'd otherwise have no way of getting back from, but it was worth it! Instead of having to rub elbows with dozens of strangers on a cramped boat, sharing these remote pristine beaches with them, and being on a strict timeline, we got exclusive access to all three beaches, on our schedule, for quarter of the price. Wife and I always try to get off the beaten path on our vacations, but when we do go on the beaten path, we try to beat the others to it. 😛
Tintamarre Pano, shot from here
Pinel Pano, shot from here
The 2nd pano is from the island of Pinel. Although it is uninhabited also, it is more commercial in that it has a day bar, and sees a lot more traffic than Tintamarre and Green Cay. Green Cay is basically just a small piece of rock with nothing to see on it. But the lack of any traffic whatsoever near that island made it the best snorkeling spot of the three. Too bad a heavy storm rolled in while we were there, and this cave was the only shelter we had from the elements for a good hour or so.
EDIT:
third pano. This time in HDR. The unnatural look is intentional
St. Martin sunset. On our way back from the dutch side, we pulled over on the side of the road to watch the sun set over the island.
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