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Never Say Never.
... Noordam. OK there is a reason and a story as to our change of heart and it involves an almost inaccessible Fjiord in Alaska, and extremely bad weather. Here is a quick recap. Step back to 2011 when we travelled all year and mapped out how we would complete the last few of the 40 "Unforgettable Places to See Before You Die". We researched how we could best see College Fjiord and doing a cruise was really the only way, save hiring a ...
St. Martin/Maarten Walk Planning Woes
... to follow a trail on the map north to the village of Cul de Sac, where we’d heard about a 7-minute ferry ride to idyllic Pinel Island. We’d heard there were also easy trails on the island.
One of the things the French side of the island is known for is ...
A Nation Under Two Flags
... people were going along in these sort of motorised scooters; like kids' scooters that you stand on. They looked like a good way to get about :-) However, we definitely needed the exercise that the walking gave us, so we were quite happy to use our own two feet.
There were lots of shops selling jewellery, clothing, hard-crafted goods and other souvenirs. I spotted a shop selling humorous T-shirts and was amused to see one ...
Another tour
Arrived in Philipsburg - tour with desmond possibly..?
Was a decent enough tour, although didnt learn as much about history of the place as would have liked, just lots of stuff about famous peoples houses etc.
Iguana stop and urchins were fun and timed well.
French beach area with nude bathers was too busy and not that great a stretch of sand, seaweed a ...
Tortola to Sint Maarten
... up at the helm on my own was an experience that I will never forget. It had been dark, but there was a moon out which was shining such bright light, it was really easy to see everything around me. Throughout the whole night, the only company we had around us was a cruise ship which we could just see through the distance. As it happened, they too were going to St Maarten.
It worked out that we had timed the trip to perfection. We arrived to ...