St Barts
Simanderal
Michael Hughes and Ger White
Sat 21 Mar 2009 23:51
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well here we are in St Barts--indeed we've been
here for nearly a week, so it's about time I updated the blog!!
We crossed from Anguilla on the 17th--a fairly
uneventful passage--our departure from Anguilla delayed a little as I chased
down customs to clear out--probably needn't have bothered as the authorities in
Barts take a laid back attitude, looking at neither clearance out nor
passports--a sensible view of the world which recognises all we want to do is
spend some time and money on their beautiful island--which of course it
is!!
Barts is little changed from last year--the sun
shines, the beaches are lovely etc. What has changed is the value of sterling
against the euro--it was expensive last year--now it's !!!!!!! Just like old
times, we have a basket case currency! Good old Gordon Brown and his management
of the economy.
Nuff of that or I'll get depressed--we're still
enjoying the wandering life--new languages, people,cultures etc. What's more we
have a prized mooring right in the inner harbour in Gustavia--supposedly
impossible to get, but I saw one free yesterday, asked the Port authority if I
could take it --and after a bit of French humming, he agreed--so we moved in
from the anchorage and we're right in the centre of things!!
We'll spend another couple of days here--then off
to St Eustatius--Statia--which we didn't visit last year and which is Dutch--and
I think very different to Barts.
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