Sint Maarten and St. Martin

Yesterday it was the first time that we travelled by dinghy from one country to another because we went through the Simpson lagoon to the french side. The dutch side looks almost american with the US dollar and english language being dominant. On the french side even the road signs look french. The french have 20 square kilometer and the dutch 13. There is no real border here between the countries. Hey it is almost like in Europe.

The top picture shows an old propeller plane which is still flying around. Maybe it was a DC-3 but i am not sure.

To the left is the West Indies Shopping Mall on the french side. Only clothes and girls stuff, no electronics or tools for the big boy :-(






This is a beach bar where we have been yesterday for a coffee. Nice music but they had a big dog running around free and so we left.












These iron balls are used for bonfires, especially on fullmoon parties. So there is a wooden fire in them and people dance and drink.


















This is one of the marinas on the french side.


















And this is the french draw bridge. We still have to figure out at what times they operate. We passed it by dinghy to have a look in the bay and many boats were anchored there. Tomorrow we will pass it and then go north to Grande Case.

There LinoCat will wait until saturday since then more wind is predicted to sail to Virgin Gorda, our first stop on the British Virgin islands.