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 ABOUTfeatured: 30 Best Snorkeling Blogs Fun Ways to enjoy the caribbeanJul 21, 09 Comments Off
 Queen Juliana Bridge Good evening friends, here is another fun panoramic for you, this is our giant Queen Juliana bridge! This bridge was named after Queen Juliana who was queen in Holland from 1948 to 1980. This bridge is one of the highest bridges in the world. It is 185 feet above the sea level of St. Anna Bay, weighs 3,400 tons and has 4 traffic lanes. It took almost a decade to build this bridge which was officially opened in 1974. No matter how often you cross the Queen Juliana Bridge, you will always be delighted with the breathtaking view. Depending from which side you come from, you can see the entire panorama of Punda, Otrobanda and the Schottegat. On the Otrobanda side you can pull over to make photos or videos. I had to do a little Sunday afternoon trespassing in order to get this shot. I found a construction site with a tall building currently being built and climbed up a ladder made of wooden pallets which placed me about 20 feet higher, it was the only way to get above the thorny green stuff. If you look all the way out to the entrance of the harbor you can see a massive oil tanker just arriving. I waited here about 30 minutes while the tanker came all the way in and went under the bridge, that was so cool to get to see!
This morning I left the house at 7:30 for a bike ride. I rode to Saint Joris then to Canoa and just kept going, actually I got lost! Well to make a really long two and a half hour bike ride story shorter, I have to learn the names of all these little towns! It’s so depressing when you think you know where you are but then you pull into an area and nothing is familiar, so I did a lot of back tracking today!!
Everything is going well, my eye seems to be doing great, our puppy has been sick all day and I am sitting here sweating to death waiting for the air-co repair guy to show up. Emily’s parents arrived to the island this morning and are coming over for dinner tonight so I need to get a moving!
Have a wonderful evening, Barry
21-07-2009
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