It’s always wonderful to have visitors when we are down south and even more so when it’s family visiting for the first time!! On January 27th, John, Sadhana and Aidan arrived and we were at the airport to greet them with a traditional French meal – bread, wine and cheese!!😁 We stayed with them until they picked up their rental car and then we took the dinghy back to our boat and John and family headed to the east side of the island to their Airbnb.
We met up the next morning at the Marigot Market. We walked around the area, had lunch and then visited Fort Louis. We had a really good visit while we explored the French side of the island. Mark and I have had a few weeks to explore this part of St. Martin and it was fun to show others this little part of the island. One thing we all learned on that first day was that Mark and I had very limited knowledge of St. Martin. It’s quite a difference to travel by boat vs car – we really had no knowledge of things that you couldn’t walk to!! So it’s super cool to explore the rest of the island with John, Sadhana and Aidan.
Today (full day 2 – Jan. 29), we met up with the family on the Main Street through Marigot – literally! They drove up – we jumped in and tried not to stop the traffic for too long. John has done a great job driving in this chaotic place so he was very calm and collected as we jumped in and kept going. We had a nice drive up to Grand Case (which we had visited the day before) where we stopped for coffee. We continued up to the next bay – Anse Marcel and found access to the public beach. It was a very nice beach with only a few people around (unusual!) and we had a nice walk!!
After that little visit, we did a drive to the north east side of the island. It was a very interesting drive – google was not our friend!! We went up one road only to find a fence or gate in our way! Again John did a great job driving on these crazy narrow, super steep roads! We finally ended up at Baie Orientale – a beautiful bay with an incredible beach that was slightly busy but not too bad. We did a nice walk along the beach and then drove back to Grand Case for lunch. It was another great day of exploring, walking and of course, eating!!
Crimson Kathryn and her crew 