Sunday
21 January – St Barts
26°C
E
Force 4
This
was our only anchor port and as we were doing our own thing, there was no rush
to disembark. We had breakfast and then picked up boat tickets – No 19. We
headed down to deck 5 to drop off our mid-cruise questionnaire and then our
boat was called so went down to the tender platform on Deck 4. It was quite a long ride - about 20 mins – to
the shore where we set off round the pretty harbour.
The harbour, or marina,
was lined with very expensive yachts! The few shops, closed as it was Sunday,
matched the yachts – Bulgari, Dior, Cartier etc. Perhaps it was as well it was Sunday !! After a stroll round to the
end, pausing to peer in the Anglican Church, we walked down a narrow road to
Shell Beach. This was small but very pretty, with turquoise water and waves
crashing on what were literally thousands of shells. Obviously a “young” beach
where the shells had not yet been ground down into sand.
Declining to pay 40
Euros for two sunbeds and one umbrella, we headed for some rocks at the end where
we were able to sit and paddle as each wave came in. It was hot, sunny and
perfect. After a while, we went to the beach café/bar and I had a Carib Beer. Drying
our feet and getting rid of as much sand as possible, we strolled back round
the harbour, pausing to watch and photograph some Brown Pelicans diving for
fish.
Back at the jetty there was a queue so we wandered up a bit further to
take photos of Oceana at anchor, then caught the tender back to the ship.
We
stayed on deck in the afternoon and evening sunshine until we sailed at around
7pm (last tender was 6pm). Back in the
cabin we showered and changed for dinner and pre-dinner cocktails in Magnums.
Anthony remembered we didn’t much like the hot nibbles and dashed to Tiffanys
to get us some nicer ones! Definitely worth a Cruise Award Nomination!
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