We were joined in St Martin by Nic's mother, Chrissy, on 12th January. We rented a car and toured the island visiting its many lovely beaches. The Dutch capital, Phillipsburg, is lovely, despite being a major cruise ship destination. The next day, we sailed around to Baie Orientale and anchored overnight before sailing down to St Barth on particularly rainy, grey day.The island has a unique character to the other islands we have visited; a St Tropez in the Caribbean with a very affluent European population.
The port of Gustavia is dollhouse-sized and very picturesque. The beaches are stunning and remain largely undeveloped. We anchored in Colombier, snorkelled with the many turtles there and had a beautiful walk across to Flamands on the Atlantic side.We stopped at Ile Fourchue on our way back to St Martin - uninhabited it has a desolate charm and good snorkelling.
Our time with Chrissy went all to quickly and we were sad to see her off on her flight back to Spain.
