daniela
SBH Insider
Trip report Easter 2018
I promised a report, but want to add, that English is a foreign language for me, so please do not mind spelling mistakes and if something sounds somehow strange or unclear- just let me know and do not be angry with me.
We decided to split our time between Anguilla and St Barths this time and to go on a budget as we spent the Christmas holidays on the Seychelles and have some more plans this year. We booked AirFrance flights in December, but they were cancelled by AF in February. We could get a flight with AF to St Maarten, but on the way back we had to fly with KLM via Curacao, which was adding 4,5 hours to the flight time.
We left our apartment at 6, flew to Paris at 7 and took off on time to arrive in St Maarten on time. The view from the plane was, although we heard a lot about the damages and saw many pics, kind of a shock.
The airport is still in tents, but the immigration was as smooth as never before. The landing cards are gone and they just stamped the passport, so the line moved very quick. Within 20 minutes be had our luggage and left the AC tent. We had booked a boat transfer to Anguilla with Fun Time charter and they expected us and drove us to the pier. Within an other 15 Minutes we were on the boat and off to Anguilla. It was unbelievable how many boats wracks were still in the sea, which be had to pass very carefully. St Maartin was far from normal and the destruction was very obvious. In Anguilla the immigration was a blast and we collected our car from Andys and drove to our little villa at Shoal Bay. Anguilla was in better shape than St Maarten, but we also a lot of ddamaged houses and nearly all churches were damaged.
I promised a report, but want to add, that English is a foreign language for me, so please do not mind spelling mistakes and if something sounds somehow strange or unclear- just let me know and do not be angry with me.
We decided to split our time between Anguilla and St Barths this time and to go on a budget as we spent the Christmas holidays on the Seychelles and have some more plans this year. We booked AirFrance flights in December, but they were cancelled by AF in February. We could get a flight with AF to St Maarten, but on the way back we had to fly with KLM via Curacao, which was adding 4,5 hours to the flight time.
We left our apartment at 6, flew to Paris at 7 and took off on time to arrive in St Maarten on time. The view from the plane was, although we heard a lot about the damages and saw many pics, kind of a shock.
The airport is still in tents, but the immigration was as smooth as never before. The landing cards are gone and they just stamped the passport, so the line moved very quick. Within 20 minutes be had our luggage and left the AC tent. We had booked a boat transfer to Anguilla with Fun Time charter and they expected us and drove us to the pier. Within an other 15 Minutes we were on the boat and off to Anguilla. It was unbelievable how many boats wracks were still in the sea, which be had to pass very carefully. St Maartin was far from normal and the destruction was very obvious. In Anguilla the immigration was a blast and we collected our car from Andys and drove to our little villa at Shoal Bay. Anguilla was in better shape than St Maarten, but we also a lot of ddamaged houses and nearly all churches were damaged.