OH, the sights!!!
Today has been quite a day! We started off by heading out to Zee Best for breakfast, a French-owned cafe in Simpson Bay. It truly does have zee best breakfast! (Sorry, couldn’t resist, hehe). We then meandered to Marigot, the capital of the French side, to visit the market on the waterfront. I bought a necklace and matching earrings made out of dried banana leaves, of all things! Talk about creative uses of natural resources!!!
We then decided to do a little beach hopping. I’m not sure which beach was really the “event” for the day. It could be Le Galion, a family-friendly, protected beach. I managed to snorkel a little because the water was so calm, but there wasn’t much to see. There were TONS of windsurfers and kiteboarders, which was AWESOME to watch, in addition to a really cool, big, seagrass-covered sandbar where you could watch the incoming waves from the bay die out. And for my geology fans, yes, they had beachrock. If you are looking for a party, this is the place. the locals set up generators with great music as they have their own private BBQs, but it definitely gets your feet moving.
As for the other “event” of the day…We went to Baie Orientale, the island’s most popular beach. The further south you go, the less and less beachwear you will see, as the southernmost point of the beach is home to a nudist resort. Yet even on the north end, BOY did I get an eyeful! You see, we had just parked the car. There was a man driving the wrong way on the one-way parking lot road, smiling and looking at me. He had on no pants. I figured okay weird, he is driving in a speedo. Nope, no speedo either. And one hand was on his ahem, gearshift. NOT what you are expecting from a day at the beach. Maybe it’s some cultural difference for which I missed the memo….WARNING!
