Statia Lodge St. Eustatius

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 topless on the beaches.

The island had a bit ...

... mile southeast peninsula, Frigate Bay embraces both the Atlantic and the Caribbean sea with pale sandy beaches. I noticed there are lots of hotel and condominium development. I wish i could get one! (in my dreams..lol).We drove at the top of the hill...and walaaa! a truly spectacular and incredible view from both the the Caribbean and Atlantic side. Then we went to the Frigate Bay Beach and have a quicky plunge. The water is kinda cold but so crystal clear. We just ...

Similarly to St Kitts, St Barts also has another name! It's actually called St Barthelemy. This island is only quite small and although we didn't explore it, supposed to be very beautiful. It's apparently the playground for the rich and famous (we probably won't stay long) and is said to be the St Tropez of the Caribbean. Judging from the number of boats crowded into ...

... we'd read.... After our day out we bought some duty free rum and chocolate and headed back to Bella. Being a rolly anchorage I decided we'd head south to a more protected bay and enjoy a relaxing calm night at anchor. Good thing we went down to the next bay because we caught up with an Aussie family we met in Rabat, Morocco. Had a few drinks (quite a few) and chatted about the cruising life. So much for a quiet evening.

POLSKI: Kolorowi ludzie, kolorowy kraj i niedziela - wiec zrobilismy sobie wycieczke do kolorowego kosciola :). Spedzilam przemile popoludnie w malym miasteczku, malego kraju (40 tys. mieszkancow) na srodku Morza Karaibskiego. Nie mialam duzo czasu, ale mam nadzieje, ze tu wroce i zdolam zrobic sobie wycieczke wokol wyspy. Internet cholernie drogi - 2 ...

... chat about cricket, which is no problems as far as I'm concerned. Stopping off at my hotel for a quick shower, I sauntered into Basseterre, about 3 miles away, to check things out. Ostensibly the trip was to source tickets for the game which was on Friday, but it also happened when I got there that the Aussies were still training at the ground, so I sauntered round and watched them for an hour or so.

... Carribean side. We had diiner with entire TI team on beach with chicken, roasted beef, grouper and pork buffett. There was a limbo contest and Annamarie and I lasted through a few rounds. Colleen Barneson was the winner with $100 prize! On our way to Catamaran/ snorkle trip on our 9th anniversary.

... een soort kreeftjes, die in een schelp zitten (net een groot slakkenhuis). Ze laten zich hele einden van de berg rollen, een snelle manier van transport! Ook zien we vrij lange, dunne slangen. Heel onschuldig, maar toch enge beesten. Als we bijna boven zijn, zien we voor het eerst andere wandelaars. We zeggen ze gedag en het blijken Nederlanders te zijn. Het is erg gezellig en een uur later nemen we afscheid met de afspraak dat ze tegen zonsondergang bij ons een borrel ...

... and the machine is pointed in the direction of the point whose latitude and longitude and elevation is not known. The person on that end holds a pole with reflector at the top. Once the pole is level, the machine shoots the laser at the reflector. Information is relayed back to the PC and now you know the where that new point is in terms of UTM coordinates. It's pretty damn cool, I must say! So now we can translate all the ...