Prior to going ashore we had booked a flight in the North Star Pod they have on board, it raises up to around 300 ft giving a fantastic view of not only the ship but the island as well....brilliant. We had been to St Maartin before but not since the recent Hurricane decimated this part of the Caribbean, we decided we would not book anything just go ashore to look around. The dock area still shows sign of the damage but they have restored quite a bit thanks to help from the USA, so this time we also took the Water Taxi over to the main town and walked along the beautiful beach, then back on board for an afternoon sunbathing, and more medication for the vacation, this time it was strawberry based, very healthy and the bacardi in it only added the the health giving quality !

3 days at sea now on our way back to New York, so night night till we dock there xxx