We arrived in sunny Sint Maarten Tuesday afternoon. According to our schedule, it was 3:50pm but the local time was actually 4:50. This meant the person meeting us wasn't there. We hunted through the crowd and a Thomas Cook representative took us under her wing. She found an associate of the man who was to pick us up and he took us to our hotel. We joined a family from Argentina in the van. They spoke little English and we spoke little Spanish but we enjoyed the ride together. Unfortunately, the bridge to the main harbour, Simpson Bay, was up so we spent an hour and a half in the van thanking our lucky stars we weren't in a taxi cab.
The Westin Dawn Beach Resort is on the Caribbean side of the island with a white beach and rolling surf. Our room overlooks the ocean and I can hear the crashing waves as I write this. We see a glorious sunrise every morning and it is a wonderful way to begin the day.
Tuesday night, we had a lovely dinner at the Ocean restaurant. I had two appetizers, one a deep-fried sushi roll of tuna and the other, a tomato and goat cheese salad. Glen had Johnny cakes with bully beef and pork with pasta. We sat beside the pool with the full moon illuminating the ocean beyond. The ocean breeze was heavy with humidity and slowly my hair defied the chemistry of my hair 'products' and curled.
While we dined, a mother cat and her 'teenaged' kittens prowled the patio mooching for handouts. I can resist begging so they got nothing from us. The hotel lobby had a small casino so we spent $20 playing video poker before going to bed.
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