Kerosene Beach

Sunday, November 22 10:45am

Friday, we went to Philipsburg as planned, it's the port where the cruise ships stop, but the one for the day was postponed to the following day, so there weren't many people in town. The "town", it's only two streets with at least 100 jewelries and a dozen electronics stores, nothing else. We didn't stay long, then we left towards the Simpson Bay Lagoon, We had to wait for 5:30 as the bridge opens only once in the afternoon.
yesterday (Saturday), we went for a walk. First stop: Maho Beach, commonly known as Kerosene Beach. This beach is at the end of the airport runway, and when the planes tak off, they need to put themselves against the fence, then push the engines to take off. The beach being just beind, when the engines thrust, you get a load of sand and insane winds. It's an experiment and they say it's even better when it's a 747 (see youtube videos). We then walked West towards Cupecoy Bay with its small beaches nested betwen rock cliffs. Aside from the fact that often some naked people took the spot before you, it's a small paradise. We went to visit a huge comdo complex under construction over there. In the evening, we went to see a few bars in "town", but it was almost empty, as the big boats will come here in December, in a few weeks.
This morning, we'll walk a little more, but it will be relax, the girls are arriving tonight and tomorrow it will be a few errands and a departure for St. Barth Tuesday.