Happy Birthday, Cap’n: another year!
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| Happy Birthday |
The Dutch seem to know about business - it’s booming. Phillipsburg, the Capital of Dutch Sint Maarten, is also port of call to as many as 4 Caribbean cruise ships at a time! It is therefore home to lots more shops selling duty free goods, loads of casinos (if passengers miss those on board) and wall-to-wall people shopping for bargains.
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| Just relaxing & showing off |
In honour of our Captain’s birthday, we decided to spare no expense. Looking very suave with his stylish French haircut, the Cap’n declared a hankering for lobster (langoustes). So Hollywood hailed a local minibus ($2 fare) to take us over to Phillipsburg. We chose a rather chic outdoor setting (Holland House Hotel) with views of Groot Baai but once again, our birthday boy was pipped at the post. The previous day’s cruise shipmates had depleted lobster stocks - he’d have to wait. Again…
The crew rebelled. There would be no work today! So on pleasure bent, the lads hired a couple of motorised “rollers” for a spin down the boardwalk. Luckily, we had a cruise ship free day so there was room to move, and no obligation for the boys to go slowly or wear funny blue hard hats (and hairnets!!). Later, to recover, we had French crepes in Old Street before bussing on over to Maho Beach to watch the sunset.
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| Jet Blast Chickens |
Maho Beach is very close to the international airport. Signs near the beach advise patrons that “low flying and departing aircraft blast can cause physical injury“. Locals and tourists alike seem to have made rather a sport of getting blown about in the sandstorm. Fortunately, very few jumbos fly in!
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| Relaxing Sundowners |
From the good ship WJ3’s Crew and Galley Slave – “Nous te souhaitons un joyeux anniversaire!!!" Not forgetting birthday wishes to Tree Boy in Aus!!!
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