Going Ashore in St. Maarten

Good morning,

When you step off of Freedom of the Seas in St. Maarten, Dutch West Indies, you are met by a shuttle that will take you into the shopping area...

...or to the water taxis that will take you across the bay to the old part of town.  If you don't ride on one of those shuttles, be very careful!  They move very fast up and down the dock and you don't want to be in their way. 

We like to walk more than ride so that we can stop and take pictures when we want to take them.  In the foreground here is the sea wall of huge hunks of molded concrete.

And, here is "our chariot" that awaits our return and to carry us to the next port.

Enjoy,
Lois