{"id":1204,"date":"2011-03-08T15:34:28","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T21:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tom.hise.org\/blog\/?p=1204"},"modified":"2011-03-08T15:34:28","modified_gmt":"2011-03-08T21:34:28","slug":"winter-vacation-2011-part-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tom.hise.org\/blog\/?p=1204","title":{"rendered":"Winter Vacation 2011 \u2013 Part 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

We arrived at St. Barths<\/a> around 8:00 am and anchored out in the harbor.\u00a0 St. Barths is a wealthy island and some of the most spectacular and expensive \"\"<\/a>ships come here. Here is our sister ship, the Wind Surf which was also in the harbor.\u00a0 \"\"<\/a>Anchored a short distance from the Wind Spirit was, what is called the most expensive yacht in the world. It’s simply named Yacht A<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The island is also well known among aircraft pilots for it’s tricky and demanding airport.\u00a0 Here are some Google Images <\/a>of the airport<\/a> – note that the end of the runway goes right into the sea!<\/p>\n

That morning Jan, I and two new friends Romaine and Warren caught one of the first tenders to the dock so we could take a taxi\"\"<\/a> tour of the island.\u00a0 One striking thing was everything seemed clean and in good repair, a contrast to other islands.\u00a0 The taxi ride was spectacular.\u00a0 Here is a map showing where we went that day.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Here is one of the many beach resorts on the island.\u00a0 All of them looked like they were a minimum of four stars. \u00a0 Probably quite expensive too. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

And here is one of the smaller villages with a great view of the surf and a neighboring island.<\/p>\n

Off one of these beaches there was a windsurfer doing his thing.\u00a0 It looks like fun but I doubt my old body could take it.\"\"<\/a> After the tour Jan, Romaine and Warren all wanted to go shopping but I decided to return to the ship, get a beer by the pool and read.<\/p>\n

This was the night when Jan and I had reservations\u00a0 at ‘Candles’, for a meal on deck with just the two of us.\u00a0 We were hoping for a romantic evening but the ambient light on the ship spoiled the effect somewhat.<\/p>\n

The next day was to be our Catamaran\/Snorkel excursion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We arrived at St. Barths around 8:00 am and anchored out in the harbor.\u00a0 St. Barths is a wealthy island and some of the most spectacular and expensive ships come here. Here is our sister ship, the Wind Surf which was also in the harbor.\u00a0 Anchored a short distance from the Wind Spirit was, what […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tom.hise.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tom.hise.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tom.hise.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tom.hise.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tom.hise.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tom.hise.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1204\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tom.hise.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tom.hise.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tom.hise.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}