Maho Work Program

[mdcoles1]

Anyone done this? Seems like a great way to take an extended stay on Stj...Hubby and I are thinking about it in the future..

[Lex]

Never did, but we have stayed at Maho and talked with people working there. They always seemed to be quite glad to be there.

[RickG]

Our buddy Ralph did a month in 2005. Check out the trip report from a visit while he was working for some of his Maho inspired poetry.

http://www.garvin.us/STJ/Trip_Reports/2 ... of_10.html

He did stage a "slave revolt" while he was there. You definitely work while you are there. The folks we met who were working there were frequently exhausted at the end of the day. A steady diet of salt pills kept folks from passing out in the heat.

“A day in the working life at Maho Bay by Ralph Bucca

I get up at the crack of dawn

with the sound of crashing waves

and climb down 75 steps

to get my snorkeling fix

Throw down some breakfast to get into the mix

put back on my dirty duds, pin on my badge

Time to trudge up another 75 steps, punch the clock by 8

Then its 6 hours of assorted slave labor

fighting mosquitoes, rain and sweat

but it don't matter what

cause i'll be done by 2

grab my reward beer from the store

that sure taste fine

hit the beach till 6

cause that’s what its all about

chasing large fish around the colorful reef

Got to head back to Maho, just before dark

Do dinner and crash,

listening to the waves below and the tree frogs up high

Till the next sunrise"

Cheers, RickG

[bayer40601]

Do they take old geezers--sort of permanently?