IN THE PORT OF SINT MAARTEN

I hope I never get or even sound jaded - "been there, done that, got the t-shirt" - but I have been to

Sint Maarten/ St. Martin five times, have taken 4 tours and was content today to walk around the harbor.

There are SIX cruise ships here today, two of which have more than 5,000 passengers.

 MIDGARD TUG - just like Bremerhaven

SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES ABOARD ON A PORT DAY - MANY MORE ACTIVITIES WHEN WE ARE AT SEA

UNFORTUNATELY, THE BEST PHOTO I COULD GET DURING HEAVY WEATHER

The flag of Mauritania - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Mauritania

 

 

THE LINES FOR THE WATER TAXIS HAD AT LEAST40 PEOPLE IN EACH -

it was too hot to wait.  Three days before we had been in New York with winter

temperatures and it was too great an adjustment for me, and several others.

TWO OF THE OTHER FLOATING SMALL TOWNS IN PORT

THIS IS LIKE A MONSTER VERSION OF  A HOUSE PLANT I USED TO HAVE

KISMET -https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=KISMET+YACHT

LADY JORGIA - CHARTER FEE from 750,000 euro per week

https://www.fraseryachts.com/en/yacht-for-charter/lady-jorgia/

I NEVER FOUND HIM

LEAVING NEW YORK ON THE WAY TO THE CARIBBEAN

But, first - I experienced a thunderstorm on the night of the 19th of January 2023 but could not find anyone else on the ship who had heard it.  Well, I wasn't dreaming:

 

 

 https://bronx.news12.com/rare-january-thunderstorm-lights-up-nyc

 

 

 

January 20tth, 2023

 

THE EVENING STAR, but I have not yet discovered if it was Venus, Jupiter or really a star

The Evening Star again, with the zoom

 

 

 

My favorite photo

And finally, NEW YORK, NEW YORK

The pictures somehow loaded in reverse order!  And, the internet connection is very insecure right now, so I will not try to reverse them.

 

 

 

The behemoth next to us - Norwegian Cruise Lines - GETAWAY - January 20, 2023

The stern

Mostly blue skies but still cold.

One of the water slides on the NCL ship.

Street scene taken with small camera zoom from deck 10.

 

Taken from deck 10

 

January 19th - sailing into New York - early a.m.

The hall for immigration agents

Ruining the planet, one cheap dress at a time.

The traditional CUNARD dock, assigned again this year to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Cunard

World Voyages - 1923 - 2023

One of my favorite shots from the tv.  There is a ship at the end of the red line but I was not able to capture it.