Life on the Tiny Island of St Eustatius - Episode 29 

Hey Larry! Thank you for coming along with us!

Statia is just such a special place! We will never forget our amazing time there together! 💜

Traveling to Sint Eustatius? Watch this video to discover Sint Eustatius highlights! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0IMCjLDPNrc.html

Hey guys! Statia has such a good vibe. Definitely put it on your list!

Oh wow this is so cool! 🥰 We had so much fun in Statia. Such a beautiful island and the people are the most welcoming.

Thanks, Vern! It sure is. We were so fortunate to have met so many wonderful people in Statia!

Hi Jo! Statia really is a special place. So thankful we were able to spend time there!

It actually just became a lot easier and cheaper to get to Statia. If you can catch a flight to St Martin, there's a new 3 hour ferry service that runs almost daily for just $85 round trip. If you reach out to Golden Rock Dive Center or The Old Gin House, let them know you saw us there. We still catch up with them from time to time. 👍

@@SailingOneLife thanks for the tip. I was looking at airfare and it was looking pricey.

Yes, airfare direct to Statia will be 💲💲but grabbing the ferry should help!

Thank you, Daemon! We hope to be back sometime soon too! Thanks for having us!

Traveling to Sint Eustatius? Watch this video to discover Sint Eustatius highlights! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0IMCjLDPNrc.html

Thank you so much, Steve! 🍻

Thanks guys! We hope to see you all out here sometime soon! 🍻

@@SailingOneLife That would be amazing! Just have to win the lottery real quick 😆

Haven't met a single lottery winner out here yet! But we meet lots of broke people! 🤣

@@SailingOneLife Good point🤔

Traveling to Sint Eustatius? Watch this video to discover Sint Eustatius highlights! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0IMCjLDPNrc.html

Very cool! I wonder how much it has changed since you lived there. Have you been back since then?

@@SailingOneLife I have not travelled back since then. I spent 3 years travelling and living on various islands that included Montserrat, Dominica, Barbados, Grenada and St Vincent. It was an exciting time and I met some incredible people all over. I did meet a couple who were visiting the island by boat, a couple by the names of Heidi and Casper.

@@JJLewin1 that is fantastic! Sounds like you had quite the adventure! Which was your favorite?

@@SailingOneLife That's not easy to answer as each island has it's own character. I have always loved Barbados, Grenada was lovely, St Vincent was pretty in places and had some great festivals, I guess Montserrat before the volcano would be my number one choice. The people were very welcoming and I felt at home.

Hey Sherrona! It's on our list! We heard the parties there are tons of fun!

We would love to! Unfortunately when we were down in Grenada last summer, Trinidad and Tobago was still closed to foreign boats. But we still hope to make it there some day!

My dad from Trinidad when is it going to ease up

Yes, sure was. So much history!

Seriously? Did you watch the whole video? Suggest you go back and watch until the end before commenting something like that. The "history lesson" you see in this video is a tiny fraction of what we learned about Statia, and a tiny fraction of the discussions we had with Ruud and Alex. Ruud has dedicated years and years to researching the history of the enslaved people on that island, with the goal of bringing their story to light. Unfortunately the written history mostly ignores both the enslaved people and the pre-European inhabitants. He has published many pieces on these subjects, I'd suggest you go read some before making keyboard attacks. He is also keenly aware of the perceived hypocrisy of a white Dutch man researching the history of people enslaved by his ancestors, but it doesn't change the fact that he (and the others at SECAR) are motivated by the right reasons. If you really want to talk more about this, send us an email to sailingonelife@gmail.com. I'd love to put you in touch directly with Ruud and others currently living on Statia. But if you prefer to write angry comments and ignorantly attack good people online, go somewhere else.

@@SailingOneLife You could be (somewhat) right. I stopped watching at 16 min in. I don't remember when the vid was made, but in the U.S. the racial atmosphere is awful right now. The way Ruud explained the history of the island is the same glossed over version that I, and most people were taught. It was only later, that I got more information on colonialism and American colonization of the indigeous people here, and chattel slavery. The questions I was asking about Eustatius are being literally criminalized from being taught, while simultaneously racist people are being encouraged and emboldened to act out. I may watch it to the end, but I'm not promising. At this point in time, I am having less and less patience for the obliviousness of white people around race; in particular white Americans. Refusing to know is not the same as not knowing.

@@SailingOneLife Seldom do I come across such articulate dialogue.

Reflect on your life, you are getting angry over something that happened so long ago that nobody is even alive anymore that did it or endured it. So many things to be angry about today, but even that is a waste of time. You will change nothing and you will only make yourself bitter. But congrats you yelled at random people on the internet who just wanted to share a video on a island they enjoyed visiting, guess that is a big win for you.

I'm calling a Spade-A-Spade...I believe you're racist to the bone! By the way, did you find an island that might be for you?

Sorry my voice is so annoying 🙄

If a voice annoys you that says more on your personality than on the persons voice. Stop being an asshole.

It is extremely small, population of only 3,000. That's what makes it special to us. A tiny island with a big heart. ♥️ I'm sure Africa is amazing, maybe one day we will get to experience it.

You should come and visit instead of judging 😉