Today was our first beach day! We are in Sint Maarten where the water is as blue as the sky. The beach is a sweltering 20ish minute walk from the ship, through a well designed port and shopping area, along a somewhat busy road, and then into the town. It's all rather nice and is much more prosperous than the other islands we've been to this trip.
The beach is long with sugar white sand, and dotted with chairs and umbrellas that you can rent. For 20 bucks we got two chairs, an umbrella, and a little table right on the ocean. We were there early so had a bit of quiet time before the hordes descended. Actually, it was all rather nice and we got to know some more people.
We stayed until noon, managing to not be burned to a crisp! As you can see from the photo, I still look like a pasty white beluga whale! This trip I decided that I didn't care what other people thought and have been mostly wearing a 2 piece - I feel that a bit of a tan on my belly would be slimming. 😱
After we almost passed out getting back to the ship - it was hot and the humidity was high - we dropped our stuff in our room then dashed out to the pool for a quick dip and our afternoon marg. I was starving and since the buffet is right there… we indulged in some watermelon and a few nacho chips, but it wasn’t enough so I caved and got a rather average hotdog… note to self: I feel better after a salad! Another plate of watermelon would have been the better choice!
We've been hanging out the rest of the afternoon in our room - I even managed a short nap. I'm still not sleeping well, although I didn't have a disgusting number of hot flashes last night so maybe netted 5 or 6 hours… I'm exhausted and a bit sick… so far (touch wood), I'm holding off the worst. Soon I'll get into the tub to clean up and get ready for dinner 😀
We are loving that we treated ourselves to a mini-suite and may have to always travel with such luxury!
Last night I had trouble posting my blog - the old way was so much better - now there are several hoops to jump through and it seems that the internet is slow at times which messes up the upload. Very frustrating. I hate that Google no longer allows pasting into gmail and the website version of blogger. Instead I have to paste into the app, which isn't fully featured. Photos are a pita. However, it eventually got done.
It's been a week since we left home and I'm starting to get a bit homesick. The thought of a good night's sleep seems unattainable, like some sort of mirage or distant memory from the past. But we are still having a great time!
Awesome!
“everything“
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