WHAT DO YOU DO FOR FUN ON SABA???

[drqumsieh]

Hello all, just wondering what recreational things excpet for a tiny gym? I am athletic and love sports such as Tennis, basketball, and the like. Hard to imagine myself not being active for 2 years. Any ideas?

[wolfvgang22]

Skinny dipping, strip poker. Tiddly-Winks and Curling.

[ResearchingGuy]

There are tennis courts up at Willard's. There is usually a basketbal game and/or a floor hockey game every week at the high school Gym. Lot's of people run. Lots of people lift weights. Students sometimes play softball with the locals. There is a lot of hiking, scuba diving, fishing.

There is a movie every Friday night at Tropics (I think they still do this), and there are two places to go dance (Galaxy and Hypnotik) if that's your thing.

The beach is still there (so I heard), so you can go down and sit by the ocean (watch for falling rocks!! :shock: ). Thee are also a nuber of swimming pools on the island where you can go sit and sun.

Can't think of anything else at the moment.

Best of Luck!

[bigguy]

Hey,
Hiking and scuba are Saba's main tourist draw. The island is covered with trails, and I haven't been in the water, but apparently it's world class scuba/snorkel. I imagine you could also kayak. For an active person who loves nature, there's plenty to do; for someone who's into passive, mindless entertainment, there's not much.

I'm planning on not owning a TV while on Saba. I'm looking forward to the challenge of a completely different style of living.

Bigguy

[drqumsieh]

Hey,
Hiking and scuba are Saba's main tourist draw. The island is covered with trails, and I haven't been in the water, but apparently it's world class scuba/snorkel. I imagine you could also kayak. For an active person who loves nature, there's plenty to do; for someone who's into passive, mindless entertainment, there's not much.

I'm planning on not owning a TV while on Saba. I'm looking forward to the challenge of a completely different style of living.

Bigguy


when are you going down to saba? I hear that the smallest storm will flood the entire area. man i hope there is a great evacuation plan.

[wolfvgang22]

Hey,
Hiking and scuba are Saba's main tourist draw. The island is covered with trails, and I haven't been in the water, but apparently it's world class scuba/snorkel. I imagine you could also kayak. For an active person who loves nature, there's plenty to do; for someone who's into passive, mindless entertainment, there's not much.

I'm planning on not owning a TV while on Saba. I'm looking forward to the challenge of a completely different style of living.

Bigguy
Now your talking...I'm still going to have a TV, but I plan on watching it a lot less!

[Nate-MD]

when are you going down to saba? I hear that the smallest storm will flood the entire area. man i hope there is a great evacuation plan.

I don't know how you can flood the side of a mountain. It would be great if I didn't have to do a dance and sacrifice a baby goat every time I wanted to flush the toilet. One could only hope for standing water here.

That said- Things to do for fun here.... well the fun in the library (night before finals) was to stack really heavy books high on top of someones notes when they left to go to the bathroom. When they got back they were greeted by the entire collection of catalogged "Internal Medicine" from 1988-2004.

Dorm fun often involves combining the craziest guy in the dorms, a case of heineken, some fancy underwear, and a camera. Let the good times roll. Sometimes a rolling chair is thrown in to mix it up.

We really make our own fun, be it Hold 'em tournaments for food ( I see your heineken and raise you a cup of instant noodles ), swimming even though there is no beach (often resulting in various wounds), or relocating someones dorm room to the roof.

The bar scene isn't bad. There is a bar walking distance from the dorms (lolipops) that has drink specials post-exam days. Open mike night and good food at swinging doors, dancing at galaxy....

Then there is the forementioned hiking and diving. All I know is they don't mix with heineken well so I don't do them often.

[drqumsieh]

when are you going down to saba? I hear that the smallest storm will flood the entire area. man i hope there is a great evacuation plan.

I don't know how you can flood the side of a mountain. It would be great if I didn't have to do a dance and sacrifice a baby goat every time I wanted to flush the toilet. One could only hope for standing water here.

That said- Things to do for fun here.... well the fun in the library (night before finals) was to stack really heavy books high on top of someones notes when they left to go to the bathroom. When they got back they were greeted by the entire collection of catalogged "Internal Medicine" from 1988-2004.

Dorm fun often involves combining the craziest guy in the dorms, a case of heineken, some fancy underwear, and a camera. Let the good times roll. Sometimes a rolling chair is thrown in to mix it up.

We really make our own fun, be it Hold 'em tournaments for food ( I see your heineken and raise you a cup of instant noodles ), swimming even though there is no beach (often resulting in various wounds), or relocating someones dorm room to the roof.

The bar scene isn't bad. There is a bar walking distance from the dorms (lolipops) that has drink specials post-exam days. Open mike night and good food at swinging doors, dancing at galaxy....

Then there is the forementioned hiking and diving. All I know is they don't mix with heineken well so I don't do them often.


THANKS FOR YOUR FUNNY YET INSIGHTFULL MESSAGE. AND BESIDES I DIDN'T MEAN FLOOD THE MOUNTAIN, I MEANT THAT FLOODING the bottom, YOU KNOW WHERE THAT IS SABA PEOPLE. IT IS LOW LAND THERE WHERE THE SCHOOL IS. HURRICAN MEANS THAT THE BOTTOM WILL BE AT SEA LEVEL---HENCE FLOODED...

SO CAN I BRING A PLAYSTATION 2? HAHA, WE CAN HAVE TOURNAMENTS, AND BET FOR FOOD..lol JUST KIDDING

[ResearchingGuy]

The Bottom at Sea Level? Would probably take out Miami as well.

Best of Luck!

[drqumsieh]

The Bottom at Sea Level? Would probably take out Miami as well.

Best of Luck!



EITHER I AM NOT EXPRESSING IN THE CORRECT WORDS OR SOMETHING IS WRONG. I MEAN THAT IF IT IS HIT WITH A LOT OF RAIN LIKE IN A HURRICAIN THEN BECAUSE THE BOTTOM ACTS LIKE A CUP (IT IS A VALLEY) IT WILL FLOOD.

[HafSabeen]

I'm bringing my tennis racquet down... if anyone's up for a friendly hit. :)

[camkiss]

Not to hijack the post, but as a point of clarification:
There is nowhere on Saba that could ever flood. The Ft Bay and Cove bay can be destroyed by waves and tidal surges, but not flood so to speak. Believe me, I was there during Hurricane Lenny a category 5 that hovered over Saba for 3 days. While the bottom is a valley so to speak, it is a valley sitting 800-1000 feet above sea level and tilted toward Ft Bay so the water runs down the mountain.

So fun things to do on Saba:
go to St Barths
go to St Maartin
:lol:

You will find fun things to do.

Mike

[wolfvgang22]

Orient beach, here I come! :lol: