Monday, December 7, 2009
A quick 3.5 hour passage from St. Barths to St. Martin and I am once again anchored right off the ferry terminal in Marigot. Customs and Immigration is closed for lunch until 14:00 so I have another 45 minutes to spend at this café catching up on my mails and other internet stuff. The checking was quick, I am getting better at using the French keyboard and know the page layout off by heart. I rented a car from Keith’s Car Rental (again) and found out that my part won’t arrive until Wednesday and get installed on Thursday. I bought a gas-driven barbecue at Budget Marine and tomorrow is going to be an expen$ive day as I’ll return to the chandleries with a shopping list in hand. Traffic on the island, particularly on the one road connecting the French and Dutch sides at the lagoon, is just as crowded as I remembered it and at rush hour it can compete with the best of the world’s big cities.