BECCA IN CHILE: St. Martin

St. Martin, St. Thomas and the Bahamas

I enjoyed all the islands, but for me, St. Martin was definitively the best and the most beautiful island.

In St. Martin we had a private driver that drove us around the country, showed us different sights (could stay for as long we wanted) and told us all about the history. It lasted around 4-5 hour for only 25$ per person!! (If you booked a tour on the cruise it would have costs 50+ $ per person, and only 2-3 hours).

Before arriving to St. Thomas I was suuuper excited. Everyone told me I could swim with sea turtles there, so the first thing we did was to go to a tourist office when we arrived the port. My dream is to swim with sea turtles and now I could finally do it! And then what do the guy say? No more tours to the turtle bay?!

I was crushed.

All tours were fully booked and there was nothing we could do. (Future people wanting to see turtles: book in advance, on the cruise, even though it's more expensive). Instead of swimming with turtles we went on a tour up in the mountains of St. Thomas. We saw some amazing views, but our guide/driver was really bad and we never understood what he was saying.. The tour ended in Coki Beach, which was a small, but nice beach. Our waiter in one of the beach restaurants was very rude and we had to wait a very long time for the food :( (even with no guests)

We paid 25$ per person for a "guided tour" for 2 hours (if you book it on the cruise it costs 55-75$ per person), and we didn't even get to see the capital (Charlotte Amalie). All in all it was a nice day, but it could have been much better.

Before arriving to Bahamas we booked a tour on the cruise, because we did not want to risk not getting on a boat, and not being able to snorkel. We paid 49$ for sitting on a small boat for 30x2 minutes and snorkeling for 45 minutes. (Mistake: there were soo many tourist offices in Bahamas, and probably a lot more cheaper than what we paid!!). Snorkeling was really hard in the beginning because I had never done it before! But after 20 minutes struggling in the water, I finally found out the technique.. Then it became really fun :) When we came back to Nassau (the port) we went to the market and looked for souvenirs.

All in all the Caribbean islands were so beautiful and my family and I had a really great time there! Definitely going back again.