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P&O Caribbean Cruise 13 - St Martin

20/12/2013

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PictureView from my ship's balcony
Eight cruise ships all converged on St Martin today - there was not enough room for them all to berth & they landed upwards to 25,000 visitors on the island. Terminal approach roads had the look of the streets around a football ground on match day. The town of Philipsburg on the Dutch side was horrendously choked with nose to tail traffic at 8.30 in the morning. It took over an hour to crawl through sprawling tourist developments spilling for miles along the coast. 

Maho beach was pretty grim looking builders yard with piles of sand which was whipped up by the constant overflying of incoming aircraft. Mullet Bay, a few minutes walk further on was a lovely beach although it gradulally filled up with crowds & attracted catamaran excursions. It took over two hours to crawl back into Philipsburg in a public shared taxi that cost just $5US compared with the $9 charged by the port taxis. 

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Mullet Bay, St Martin
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