https://www.aruba.com/us/our-island

 

It was the same in Aruba - 4-6 cruise ships in port at the same time and total chaos on the streets.

Here comes another one !

a sandbar at low (?) tide, at least at lower tide

Later in the day, mostly submerged

Very close

In Dutch and Spanish

Nothing to do with the game, it is a company selling women's clothes.

A free tram which goes around the town with several stops

Same view as in previous posts from Aruba, still impressive

See previous posts

Sandbar as we were leaving

The flight path for most of the day was right off our balcony

One leaving just before us

The temperature dropped quickly once we were at sea.

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