Sheriva West End

So our trip to St.Maarten/St.Martin is quickly coming to an end. We only had a few days left and contemplated taking a ferry to either St. Barth's or Anguilla. Unfortunately, neither of those came to fruition. Our newest travel partner was still adjusting to playing in sand and the thought of lugging all the things we would need to bring for a day excursion was taking the fun out of it. We failed to ...

Most of our days were spent visiting the French side of the island. We spent a long and lazy afternoon at Le Galion Beach so our little one could play in some shallow water. It’s a perfect beach for families with small kids or infants due to the calm waters. In fact, even in the shallowest of waters we saw some fish ...

Having landed safely and now driving around in our tiny Hyundai Atos (not Smart Car tiny, but close enough) to the Westin Dawn Beach on the unpaved roads of St. Maarten, we noticed lots of construction going on. One thing to note, the maps provided by the rental car agencies are not well made and can be a bit confusing sometimes. If you’re heading to the Westin Dawn Beach, you can either cut through the interior of the island ...

... an adventure we went. Captain Oliver’s Marina is just down the road on the French side where we found a neat harbor-side grill, a place to rent fishing poles, and boats galore. Once we had explored all the marina had to offer, including the talking parrots, it was time to eat.
Points be damned, cream sauce rules! We topped off the meal with desserts of homemade Apple Tart w/ vanilla ice cream (Cindy & ...

... the gang at Beau Beau's Beach Bar we all had lunch then headed back to the beach to relax a little more. However, nature had other plans! The clouds rolled in and the wind picked up and at that moment Mother Nature decided to sneeze and up and out of the sand Becky's beach umbrella flew. We decided that it was time to head on in! It was a lazy afternoon with naps all around. But wait... the best is yet to come.

Gambling ...

... a bargain, Becky and Barb do the yeomans job of grocery shopping and head out to Le Grande Marche to get breakfast and lunch supplies for the week. Jeff and Cindy head to the beach!!! By the time Becky and Barb hit the beach the slow burn was well underway!! With snorkel mask in hand Jeff heads to the water to do some underwater fish watching. Barb, decked out in her new bathing suit proceeded to say she wouldn't burn today ...

... The captain's wife even described my beard as 'unfortunate'! Fortunately, I wont be put off so easily. Everyone seems nice and I haven't felt seasick (although we are still anchored). Today I performed my first duty on board. That of cleaning the parts of the outside hull reachable by snorkel (as I cannot dive). The job was two hours of hard work but I am glad to feel useful.

We were at sea for a day before we reached the island of St. Maarten. The seas were choppy and the ship did get bounced around but not that much. The weather was warm and sitting on the deck enjoying the pool was where most passengers spent the day.

We arrived at St. Maarten and we were very excited about our day excursion. We were going to participate in a just-for-fun race on a 12 meter racing regatta. We were met by one of the crew members on the dock and we followed him ...

Guests on board briefly, but plenty of time for exploring. St Barts has an adorable town with fantastic shopping. Anguilla- after guests left I jumped off the pilothouse top and swam over to an old wreck which had formed a great reef with tons of fish and gorgeous plants and coral. Great way to spend an afternoon before sailing back to St Martin.

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