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Just like in France but nicer
St. Barthelemy (or St Barths), a magical little island about 2 hours by boat from St. Maarten. Small houses, narrow streets, beautiful surrounding, baguettes, crystal clear water and great food... although it is quite pricey. As it is a French island, people speak French and it has a French touch. Many people go skinny dipping and most women are …
A Yellow Submarine trip
... past a large white cross and then up to a ruined fort with a couple of cannon. On the way we saw wild tortoises and a huge lizard and some lovely butterflies so we definitely did better than taking the bus tour round the island. Apparently there are some very good restaurants here but of course we ended up taking the last tender of the morning to get back to the ship in time for ...
Day 2 - St Bart's
... alike was awaiting business. He even calls himself Jack and had the sunglasses and naughty grin to boot! We spent a little time wandering the main drag and then headed over to the Wall House restaurant for lunch. After that it was back to the ship by tender and a couple of hours poolside. I have a much better appreciation for the island now than I did after my first visit a couple of years ago. Thanks Bingle! We met in ...
Money, money, money!
... around. The wind was not cooperating which made it even trickier. We came into the harbor and went towards the right and dropped our starboard anchor. Then we went slightly to the left and ahead and dropped our port anchor. They took a REALLY strong, long line from the ship and tied it to a bollard on shore. Then about 20 of us lined up and started pulling on the line to pull the stern of the ship to the dock while voluneer dinghys plus the marina ...
Anse de Columbier & Gustavia
... St. Barts back to France in 1878 and it remains part of France today.
Our Experience
13 March 2011 will be remembered by Ray and I as our day of independence - ie. the day we finally got out of St. Maarten. All the hard work was finally over, and we were setting sail for St. Barts - and our very first anchorage, of Anse de Colombier.
We had fueled up at Simpson Bay Marina in St. Maarten the day before and exited ...
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