Don't waste your time doing the airport tour to see airplanes take off. I worked at that airport fd. the only plane that blows sand and sends you into the ocean is a 747 1 time a day because the tail of the plane hangs over the end runway. Only on take off. ...
St. Maarten is one of my favorite destinations. This time, we visited the leather shop where my friend purchased a gorgeous jacket and I found great backpack/purse. ...
Beach is nice. they have a water trampoline to the left that we all enjoyed. food is reasonably priced.. 1.50 Coronas.. just walk to the left for 5 minutes ...
We loved simply sitting on the beach in our $10 beach chairs! Pretty much any restaurant down the boardwalk will rent you two chairs and an umbrella all day for that price and keep the $1 beers coming, which is a huge plus. The port was beautiful and the people were very friendly and everything was really cheap. ...
Enjoyed a semi private tour around Island that was very interesting and educational. With only time restraint was arriving back at ship prior to departure. ...
This is our 2nd time in St. Maarten. First time we cabbed to Orient Bay. This time we took the water taxi ($7 pp for all day unlimited use) & enjoyed Great Bay Beach. As we were the only ship in port it was not crowded. Many people trying to get you to rent their chairs/umbrellas as you walked to the beach, but they were friendly enough. Lots of shops & restaurants nearby. Beautiful beach. ...
