Lots of things to look at stuffed into one picture!
This was taken from the 6th floor of a building in Cupecoy. The roofless buildings in the foreground are apartment buildings that were messed up in Hurricane Luis in 1995. They have been empty since, I think because they are part of a land parcel that includes Atlantis Casino, and the land cannot be divided. So, anyone who buys the land to redo the apartments must also buy the casino and license etc. The casino group seemed to have plans to develop that whole parcel into a condo resort but that was at the end of the housing boom here and the plans seem to have been shelved.
The large building to the right with the red roof is the American University of the Caribbean. The empty apartments would have been perfect housing for them, but empty are just a nice ambush spot for walking students. A forest of other apartment buildings were built nearby.
Behind that is the lagoon, in this picture with darker water, and then the strip of land that is Nettle Bay. On that is the Hotel Mercure, some restaurants and perhaps some condos, I have never explored all of it.
The distant water is the bay where the cruise ship from Speed 2 was filmed crashing into the land, framed by the town of Marigot.
