2024

April 2024 – First port St. Maarten

Written by Kim

Rob, Sue, Mike, Laurie, Alex & I (Patty and Tony were ahead of us and already at the beach)

We’ve been to St Maarten many times and decided to spend the day at Little Divi Bay resort. Our taxi was $6 per person and 2 chairs and an umbrella were $15. It wasn’t the nicest beach day with some showers on and off but the island was empty since we were the only ship in port. Last time we were here it was nuts as I think there were 10 ships in port

Little Divi Bay
Tony & Patty taking a dip in their private bay

Alex found a liquor store here that gets fantastic bourbon for a reasonable price. Bourbon is such a hot commodity these days you can’t really find much near us and the markups are outrageous. He got a Blanton Barrel Select for $175, Blanton’s $85 and Eagle Rare $47. If you buy 3 bottles they will deliver it right to the ship for you

We enjoyed some lunch at the beach prior to taking a taxi back to the ship in a good rain shower.

We had a visitor for lunch having a snack right next to us.
Time to get back onboard

We had dinner at the Lawn Grill with Patty & Tony. Food was delicious

Pizza for appetizer
Alex’s Filet, lobster Mac & cheese and creamed corn

The show the previous night was Charity Lockheart, a singer, who does lots of Aretha Franklin. She was very good and shared her success story from homelessness sleeping in her car with her 2 kids to winning a singing contest that helped her get on her feet and start her career. Hard work and perseverance pays off.

Charity
Charity Lockheart

The show tonight was, Life, a production show with the fantastic Silhouette cast.

There’s a large deaf group on board so someone signs all shows

We enjoyed a nightcap out on our balcony. We noticed the last few times we cruised we didn’t really spend time on our balcony like we used to so we’re spending more time there this cruise

Good night from Silhouette!

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