I'm so spoiled. I got back from St. Martin today, and I'm missing the sun and 85-degree water already. The diving there was pretty good, and the food was fantastic. My dad and I stayed at Anse Marcel, which must be the nicest part of the island. I guess it wouldn't appeal to the average American, but I really appreciated our time-share. It was huge compared to the timeshare we stayed in at Tortola last year, and there was plentiful air-conditioning. The local cats were friendly (too friendly actually - one would try to follow us inside and the other would sit outside and miaow endlessly at us) and the place felt really isolated. It was quiet. Perhaps one of the quietest places I'd ever been to. The beach and the marina were only a five-minute walk away, so it was really easy to go diving or take a swim.
Highlights of diving include a wreck-dive of a year-old wreck. Big old boat called the Porpoise, with all sorts of nifty swim-throughs. Also, one of the dives featured a sandy area with conchs, conch-sized hermit crabs, and sting rays as long as I am tall. Pretty nifty. No octopi though. ;~;
I've tried all sorts of wonderful French desserts - pistacio creme brulee, grapefruit mousse, grand marnier souflee, quince. The French food there is reputed to be the best in the Caribbean. It's just a shame that it's so expensive.
Today was kind of exciting albeit time-consuming. I drove down to Boston on my own for the first time to pick up a supplement check for Japan and somehow managed to avoid the stop-and-go traffic that Memorial Day weekend had created. It was a smooth ride either way, although it did take me more than 20 minutes to get out of Cambridge itself. I'm a bit afraid to start packing from Japan - there's no way that everything's going to fit into my one suitcase. Even though it's the largest one we could find, it seems awfully small for a three month excursion. Well, we'll see.
- Flykyr Skysong
Current song: Midori no Hibi ED - Mousukoshi, Mousukoshi
Current mood: Content
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