Saint Martin – Sint Maarten

Left: Anguilla and St. Martin. Right: Saint Martin/Sint Maarten. Images courtesy of DuckDuckGo.



Sat.
June 28 - Left at 7:30 for Sint Maarten. Rented a car and drove to Philipsburg, got a room at Sea View. Shopped some, then Vince & kids went swimming. Jené napped. Ate lunch. Drove to Marigot, and around the island. Shopped a bit more before stores closed. Had a swim before dinner & then to bed.

A tourist island – interesting! Chanced to see Mr. Van de Heuvel on the street, again at DeWit book store, and then at the hotel. He had not been imprisoned here at Anguilla, but felt he had been harassed, (and over-charged.)

Sun.
June 29 - Got up at 6:00, had breakfast and went to Methodist Church. Very hot so kids took a dip – checked out & looked for a place to eat lunch. Finally stopped at Wong Kim [?]. Drove to Little Boy Beach hotel and then to find a beach. The kids had fun in the pounding surf.

Got back to Airport close to 4:30. Clayton came at 5:00 and home to Anguilla by 5:30. Good to be back!

Shopping in St. Martin

Mon.
July 14 - Wrote Mom.

Went swimming in the forenoon.

Arik fell asleep after lunch so didn't go in the p.m. Picked up Vince - Claudia had invited me along shopping in St. Martin tomorrow so we drove out to their place to let her know I'd go.

Took Mark & Dawn down to the beach for a short swim before supper.

Washed clothes Pd.

Tues.
July 15 - Left for St. Martin about 8:30. What a voyage – for me the waves were big – Claudia said she'd been on seas a lot rougher. The boat was crowded both ways. We go home at close to 2. And shortly after I got back to the hotel, a squall hit the channel. I'm glad we weren't on it then. We shopped in many stores in Marigot.

This is the first day the kids didn't get to go swimming and they weren't too happy over it.

The weather stayed cloudy & rainy st till supper.