St Barths, gem of the Caribbean. Quoted from the guide book: “With its sharply contoured rocky hills, a picturesque port and gorgeous beaches, it has become a world famous chic destination; the favoured hot spot for good looking, well-to-do “in” crowd, seasoned with a sprinkling of acting, singing and sports stars: the Riviera of the Caribbean.” Jimmy says we were sitting on the table next to Sharon Stone one lunch. The other year, we were at dinner on the table next to Richard Gere.
It has fantastic restaurants, is very peaceful and still very French (including great pate, cheeses, breads, croissants…), even with all the foreign tourists. It’s probably the most peaceful, and crimeless island in the Eastern Caribbean. We’ve noticed more construction and more traffic on the roads over the last 15-20 years but still a wonderful place.
We met up with good friends Sharon and Claude, from Bermuda, who rented a villa for a week (not sure which of the above categories they fall into!!). Charlotte was very excited to see Ella and Conor again.
Although St Barths is only 12 miles from St Martin, it’s amazing that the 1$ beers change to 5 Euro beers and the bars on the windows change into permanently open villas. Prices are definitely higher in St Barths than St Martin but I’m sure a lot of that is to ensure the “desired clientele”. We did actually find a great restaurant that also accepted 1$=1Euro - very unusual in St Barths.
We were anchored out in the bay next to some of the largest mega yachts in the world – one very strange looking one owned by a Russian billionaire.
Sharon and Claude joined us on the boat for a couple of days after their stay in St Barths – we all sailed back to St Martin and anchored just a quarter of a mile from the airport lobby, to ensure no problems trying to find a taxi at 5am – we used the Heat Wave water Taxi (a.k.a dingy)
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