mandymouse
Bahama Mama Time !!
- Joined
- Mar 8, 2003
Tuesday 15th September
I was awake early this morning, around 6am,and I watched the Bridge View on the TV as we pulled into St. Maarten
I got up, showered and ready around 7. Once Paul got up, I went to get my skinny latte from the Cove Cafe and we went to get some breakfast from Cabanas. I just had fruit and a yoghurt and Paul had fruit and a croissant
After brekkie we disembarked onto St. Maarten. The taxi ranks are right at the dock, so we took a taxi to Maho Beach, which is abut 20 minutes away and cost $8 each
It was a cloudy morning and you could tell that rain was on its way. The main plane, a KLM was due to land around 11, so we had 45 minutes to kill, and as we sat at the Sunset Bar, the heavens opened
Paul had a couple of Carib lagers and I had a Bacardi & diet coke, which only came to $13 (bargain)
Around 10.45am we moved closer to the end of the runway to see the planes come in. Unfortunately the KLM plane was running late and arrived 40 minutes later
After watching a few planes take off, we caught a taxi back to Philipsburg. First stop was the Hard Rock Cafe, where we enjoyed a couple of Hurricanes and shared some chicken tenders and onion rings, it was all very nice
After feeding our faces we walked round the jewellery shops where I treated myself to a Pandora ring
We took the water taxi at the pier back to the ship, $5 one way and chilled back at our room for a little while
We were starting to get a bit peckish, so went up to Deck 11 where I had a couple of slices of pizza and Paul had some wraps and ice cream. We were feeling really tired so decided to have a little nap before the Pirate Night festivities
A couple of hours later we watched from the top deck as we departed St. Maarten, then we had a couple of drinks from the Cove Bar, where I had found out the previous day that they had bottles of Recorderlig, so I started with a pear one then moved onto a strawberry one
We got ready or Pirate Night and joined our tablemates at the Enchanted Garden. When we arrived, our server Simon brought over a couple of plates of cheese, biscuits and fruit, mmm, I was in cheese heaven lol. Paul had potstickers to start and I had jerk chicken salad, then we both had steak for our main and finished off with a fruit cobbler each
Once again we had a lovely meal and were heading back to our room to pick up our cameras for the fireworks by 9.30
We had time for a quick drink at the Cove Bar from Katy again, then found our spot on the upper deck to take some photos
After the fireworks Paul returned the cameras etc to the room then we joined the party, it was lots of fun, the DJ for this cruise had been great. We then headed back to our room around 11.30 and called it a night
Tomorrow ~ St. Thomas
I was awake early this morning, around 6am,and I watched the Bridge View on the TV as we pulled into St. Maarten
I got up, showered and ready around 7. Once Paul got up, I went to get my skinny latte from the Cove Cafe and we went to get some breakfast from Cabanas. I just had fruit and a yoghurt and Paul had fruit and a croissant
After brekkie we disembarked onto St. Maarten. The taxi ranks are right at the dock, so we took a taxi to Maho Beach, which is abut 20 minutes away and cost $8 each
It was a cloudy morning and you could tell that rain was on its way. The main plane, a KLM was due to land around 11, so we had 45 minutes to kill, and as we sat at the Sunset Bar, the heavens opened
Paul had a couple of Carib lagers and I had a Bacardi & diet coke, which only came to $13 (bargain)
Around 10.45am we moved closer to the end of the runway to see the planes come in. Unfortunately the KLM plane was running late and arrived 40 minutes later
After watching a few planes take off, we caught a taxi back to Philipsburg. First stop was the Hard Rock Cafe, where we enjoyed a couple of Hurricanes and shared some chicken tenders and onion rings, it was all very nice
After feeding our faces we walked round the jewellery shops where I treated myself to a Pandora ring
We took the water taxi at the pier back to the ship, $5 one way and chilled back at our room for a little while
We were starting to get a bit peckish, so went up to Deck 11 where I had a couple of slices of pizza and Paul had some wraps and ice cream. We were feeling really tired so decided to have a little nap before the Pirate Night festivities
A couple of hours later we watched from the top deck as we departed St. Maarten, then we had a couple of drinks from the Cove Bar, where I had found out the previous day that they had bottles of Recorderlig, so I started with a pear one then moved onto a strawberry one
We got ready or Pirate Night and joined our tablemates at the Enchanted Garden. When we arrived, our server Simon brought over a couple of plates of cheese, biscuits and fruit, mmm, I was in cheese heaven lol. Paul had potstickers to start and I had jerk chicken salad, then we both had steak for our main and finished off with a fruit cobbler each
Once again we had a lovely meal and were heading back to our room to pick up our cameras for the fireworks by 9.30
We had time for a quick drink at the Cove Bar from Katy again, then found our spot on the upper deck to take some photos
After the fireworks Paul returned the cameras etc to the room then we joined the party, it was lots of fun, the DJ for this cruise had been great. We then headed back to our room around 11.30 and called it a night
Tomorrow ~ St. Thomas