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Carnival Glory slipped quietly into Sint Maarten. Before I realized it, we were docked. As I looked across Great Bay, the water was the deepest azure blue I've ever seen! Beautiful place! We booked a tour to begin at 12:30 so had the entire morning to explore on our own. A taxi from the Wathey port complex to Philipsburg was US$5 round trip. The taxi companies give you a plastic wrist band, so you'll be identified for the return.  (A taxi to Marigot on the French side of …

St. Maarten is a pristine island and home to beautiful beaches, amazing landscapes, and great shopping. Visited their naturalist beach, and believe me, these are not the people that you want to see around getting naked in the beach. The island is very small that you can roam the whole place for about a day. They also  have the small butterfly farm, and be fascinated on how they raise those butterflies. Tourism is the number one source of income here. Busy season starts from early No…

4 hours in the air, 20 minutes of taxiing the runways later, we touched down in St. Maarten.  WOW!  The runway was surrounded on 3 sides by water.  Clearance of about 100 feet on either end of the runway had me gripping the armrest tight enough to turn my knuckles white.  What a thrill!It seemed to take us forever to get out of the airport and into that hot Caribbean sun.  We were greeted outside by throngs of taxi servicemen.  Not knowing a good price, we took o…

On day two, we awoke to rain!  For some, this may be a bummer, but we are always looking for the positive.  The ship's program - Walk a Mile - was rained out, but we modified it to include steps and decks - walk completely around one deck, then climb the steps to the next deck, and so on and so on for 5 decks.  Probably more than a mile, but we each earned those coveted "ship shape" dollars.  A leisurely breakfast in the Windjammer Cafe, a quick water aerobics class which …

Just chillin' down in the Dutch West Indies.

Norwegian Dawn (Photo and text from: www.ncl.com). "Leave the cold winter behind as NCL welcomes you to white-sand beaches. Travel to some of the most exotic places on earth from the convenience of New York City with our incredible cruises to the Eastern Caribbean including an array of itineraries in St. Thomas, Tortola, St. Martin, San Juan, and Samana."

Curise on Disney Cruise Lines

In a perfect world with no flight cancellations or delays, and where someone could hop from plane to plane within 15 minutes, how many countries can a person visit in the shortest possible time? Here's one possibility using July 2006 timetables.

A sailing trip from St Martin to Curacao hopping over a few islands. Captain Leo, crew Dirk, passenger Mootje (cat)

SOUTH AMERICA CRUISE ON THE MARINIER OF THE SEAS

Gregg, Derek & I went on a 7 night cruise on the new Royal Caribbean's Liberty of the Seas. During this cruise we stopped at San Juan, Puerto Rico, St. Maartin & Labados, Haiti.

Las Vegas - NYC - Turks & Caicos - Tortola - St. Thomas - Dominica - Grenada - Trinidad - Barbados - St. Maarten - Puerto Rico - NYC - Philly - NYC - DC - Las Vegas