Sunday, June 1, 2008

Cruise - St. Martin or Maarten


This is a scenic picture of downtown St. Martin. A very touristy, but nice shopping area. The only problem we had was there were a lot of solicitors on the street trying to get you to come into their stores. Camille hated to even look at them.

St. Martin was a beautiful island. We went on a bus tour around both the French side and Dutch side. The Dutch side was known for its shopping, while the French side was known for its amazing beaches. This picture was taken from the bus, thus, the blue thing in the corner.

This picture was taken on the French side and is the mall. It wasn't big, but it sure had a great location. We ate lunch at a French restaurant next to it and no one spoke a word of english. It was neat to hear Adam speaking in French as he had to order our food and drinks. The waiter was actually from one of the cities that Adam had served (Toulon).

Camille showing her stuff at the port.

FREE WILLY!!! Ok, that is Adam body surfing. This was a great beach; however, it was on the French side, and as such, there were some topless women walking around. Note: They were not attractive and were old...Puke!!

Camille decided to go back to her roots, literally. We were solicited to have Camille's hair braided. Camille said she used to do it a lot in the summers as a youth. This big black lady took us into some back ally and into a children's clothing store. There, she had Camille sit down and the black lady went to town!!

Here is the end result. It looked amazing. The sad thing was that Camille sunburned her forehead extremely bad and was peeling and scabbing. She was upset that she couldn't cover up the scabs with her bangs. Ah well, the hair looked cool.

What would a trip to the Carribean be without a couple of scarvy pirates!!

2 comments:

Annie said...

Awesome hair!

Ruth said...

I like the huge pirate statue. I can see how that was you favorite place. Cool hair Camille!!