Once again we wake up to a beautiful morning as we approach St.
Martin/St. Maarten. We have gotten used to the turbulent seas and rainy nights because we know the days are warm and sunny.
St.
Martin/St. Maarten is
shared by France and the Netherlands. the port of call is on the Dutch side and the streets are a mecca of shops.
Today we ventured out with most of the geocaching group in two buses to cross over and get a tour as well as geocaches in both countries. Landscape was common to the caribbean and our tour/bus driver was entertaining.
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| The smallest bridge border crossing...lol |
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| hurricane shelter |
He made mention of how we could tell we were in France because the roads were better.
Because we were in a smaller bus than the rest of the group our driver took us to a lookout as well as meandering into some side streets before arriving in Marigot to join the rest of the group. We got our picture taken at
It's About Time! before heading up the hill with a small group of cachers to find
Fort St. Louis Cache.
Only a few of us made the trek up the hill and on the way down we got caught in a torrential downpour. We tried to get down before it started but were forced to take shelter under a tree. The road was quite slippery on the way back with water and loose gravel and of course I just had to take out another knee in a pair of pants but saving the camera was my first thought.
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| Prooperty anyone? |
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We got back to Philipsburg were we had the driver drop us off. Cachiing, meeting other cachers, having some laughs, lunch. Free beer to come into a shop just to look?
And yes some shopping. All of this before walking back to the ship and then hanging over the railing at 5 to watch the stragglers running to get aboard. Becoming a daily show!
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