Amazing day on Bikini Beach (Orient Beach). Beautiful sun and great lunch. The constant hawking by the locals is easily brushed off with a "no thank you". ...
Since our ship hit something going out the Florida strait, we had to turn around and go back to Miami to have ship inspected by divers and inside crew. It cost several hours and instead of getting to Saint Martin at 830 am it was past Noon and not much time before we had to leave. ...
Water taxis at the port can take you to Phillipsburg. We took a taxi to Marigot, but there was really not much to see there. I wish we had gone to Maho Beach to watch the planes land instead.We were told we could rent a car and drive easily there. I wouldn't recommend it. There is a lot of traffic and construction. Even our taxi driver said anyone trying to get back to the ship on time should ...
We got a cab over to airport beach to watch the airplanes land almost on top of you. The cab ride was a ripoff 36 bucks each way but what do you do. The sunset bar was really fun and watching the planes land was awesome. When they take off they literally throw people into the ocean sometimes...Then we went back to the beach where the tender boat drops you and went to the Dirty Sanchez Crew bar. ...