Wednesday, January 19
We left LAX at 11pm, had a stopover in Atlanta from 6-9am and finally landed in Sint Marteen at about 3pm on Wednesday. We basically missed a night of sleep so we were pretty delirious. But Carl remembers a lot from when he went to medical school here so he was able to communicate with humans enough to get the rental car and transfer his nearly non responsive gf (me) to the Airbnb. The covid entry process went surprisingly smooth, especially given island style efficiencies. My sincere compliments to the Sint Maarten government on their organization skills.
Upon arriving to the Airbnb we found approximately 1 million mosquitoes buzzing around, and waiting for us on the ceiling and walls. We also found one of those electric tennis rackets so we spent about 40 minutes having a murder session and making a competition for mosquito murders (points for efficiency and style).
Then we walked from our Airbnb just over to Maho Beach. We got some Presidentes and some delish bbq chicken (with side of rice and peas and Johnny cakes) from Sunset Bar which overlooks the beach. This beach is RIGHT next to the airport and there are many a dumb tourist that stand on a spot on the beach where the jet planes exhaust blows them into the ocean. While we were watching the planes were not large enough to really throw people back into the water but we did see a guy almost loose his shoes.
Then we walked over to Mullet Bay Beach which Carl cited as the second most beautiful beach in the world (first being in Anguilla), and is the most beautiful beach on Sint Maarten. The sun was setting so we didn’t get to see how clear the water is but the sand was sooo soft. And there is a rib shack there during the day. So, we will be back…
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