The stars are ablaze, but it's dark on the road between the Blue Bead Bar & Restaurant and the Old Gin House hotel. A chicken running across the road comprises all the traffic, and except for the sound of crickets, there is silence. No need to worry about walking alone. The island of St. Eustatius, commonly called Statia (pronounced stay-sha), is safe. How safe? The scuttlebutt is that a St. Maarten police officer sent to serve on the island thinks he is being punished because there is nothing for him to do. More »
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