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I loved riding my horse here, the animals live in the wild, sort of, here's what's it about from their website. 'Seaside Nature Park is an unique place on the small island of Sint Maarten. 30 acres of unspoiled nature awaits you, a stone’s throw away from the high density development that characterizes Sint Maarten. Surrounded on one side by the storage facilities for oil and water, the rustic facilities of the park will make you forget it all! A former plantation, Seaside Nature Park brings back the ‘old days’ to their visitors. The Lucky Stables, the nature trails for horses and hikers, the beach and the beachside pavilion, a playground and pet farm offer a variety of activities for the whole family in a simple and unique set up. Almost all animals at Seaside are open for an encounter. Hand-feeding the ducks, petting the miniature horses, nibbling goats, admiring the peacock or spotting the iguana, a joy for young and old. Not to mention what about these free roaming horses in the park?'

Rode a few horses through the beautiful countryside of Rhonda Spain, a romantic city with stunning architecture and some great history.

If you can make it to the top, it's worth every step!

You can take a one-hour fast ferry from St. Maarten to Saba Island, an active volcano in the Caribbean Sea, where there is a natural rain forest you can hike to the top, rent a cottage, eat at a local spot or go diving, just to name a few. There aren't many residents on the island but it's a great little secret and stunning hideaway you're sure to enjoy.

Just a quick view of a cople of the many islands I've visited over the past 7 years.

We were bringing the yacht back from the Exumas and stopped in Bimini for the night. Little did we know the end of July is the Bahamian New Year so at midnight the Captain and I joined the locals for the fireworks celebration! Lucky me!

Our guide Fernando at Tropical Escapades built this tree platform way up high, above all the other trees. We could see the tip of the volcano in Panama. We climbed up several ladders he had attached to the tree and then repelled back down, it was a once in a lifetime adventure that the average tourists won't know about unless you call Fernando in Golfito.

Terrible video of me on a catamaran cruise, lol, in St. Maarten. I lived there for 9 months, it was amazing!

Gettin my groove on!

The only baby of the heard is always goofing around, wanting to play.

When a baby is born, the whole heard takes on the role of mama. If you look closely, you can see how they protect the baby by hovering over her wherever she goes, all of them.

Just walking around, right in between all these amazing creatures.

Geeting to the rescued elephant sanctuary was terrifying. Our truck was within centimeters of falling off the edge of the rocky road with holes and large drop offs which, if for some reason our driver misjudged the width of the road, the truck would tumble right down.

Up close and personal, really up close with the elephants.

Feeding and bathing rescued elephants, not riding them. Ones you ride have been beaten into submission, never pay money to those kinds of attractions.

I had just bought my Go Pro so excuse my bad videography. Meet Prince, my feisty horse who couldn't wait to cool off. There are over 70 horses that live in the wild on this huge ranch. Stay tuned for the tour of their beautiful sanctuary.

I've been fortunate to dive in a few Countries and its's a shame because there really wasn't much to see. Seems like the same five types of fish, sand and brown coral reefs! There is a protected reef in Thailand where you snorkel and there, I saw nemo's and eels and all types of beautifully colored fish. A feisty little seargent major fish bit me too, apparently wanting food! I think I have that video somewhere.

Diving in a completely dark cave, illegally I might add, in Koh Rook. (Iwas not certified for caves) I have no idea where I grew the courage to say yes but when our instructor said, 'anyone want to go in', I was first in line!

This slide will give you a heart attack, for sure and it only last about 4 seconds. I was shaking so bad afterwards, but you have to try it!!! It's so worth the long line...!!!

Decided to record flying down the slide, I was pretty scared and not much freaks me out! I highly recommend it!

We were backpacking through Costa Rica in 2018 and for one week of the trip we stayed with a local family who runs adventure tours. One day we were hiking for hours and came across this pully system that the locals use who live on the other side of this raging river to get across. Our guide was very familiar with it because he was from there and assured us that it was safe. It was basically wire wrapped around a tree then strung across the raging river with a piece of wood strapped to it. The other end of the wire was wrapped around a tree on the other side. That's the only way I can describe it, insane we did it!

🌮Besides flowers, fresh fruit, 🍊 clothes, hats, 🤠 souvenirs and more, there are a ton of food counters. I had a whole bowl of cilantro onion 🧅and jalapenos🌶 to myself, you share it with others but they don't care how much you use and they don't charge you extra. 💪All of that food Cost me 5 bucks oh and with a bottle of water!!! 🇲🇽 Mexico is and probably will always be my favorite place to visit. This is my 3rd time in 3 years and I still can't wait to come back!!

💃San Miguel de Allende has everything you need, no matter your income.😚 Hidden in all this beautiful architecture and these amazing streets are shops from fancy to affordable...!!!At the artesian market there are tons of food counters where you can order for one and get enough food to feed 3 people... for 5 American dollars!!!! Its like a giant flea market in America, but even bigger!! Or dine at one of the many roof top, more affluent places after you've browsed one of the countless art galleries. It's safe and the locals are such welcoming and beautiful people. I loved it here and lucky for me, there was the Parade de Loco, what an experience!!! 💃

Trying some local eats, super spicy, the way I like it! #TheMidLifeTravelerBlog #Harbourislandbahamas #bahamas

Was playing cards cards at the casino on Paradise Island in the Bahamas and for the 1st time in 2 years because of covid, the Junkanoo band showed up! I honestly smiled for 3 days after seeing them. They are so beautiful and colorful and brings so much joy and light! #Junkanoobandbahamas #Junkanooband #Atlantisparadiseislandcasino #TheMidLifeTravelerBlog