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6. We
sail to the last isle of our travel, to Saint Martin. Since 1648 the isle is parted in two
parts. The northern part (Saint Martin) is placed under supervision of the French overseas
department Guadeloupe, the southern part (Sint Maarten) under supervision of Netherlands
West Indies. The French part has a area of 52 squarekilometers, the Netherland part 34
squarekilometers. The crossing lasts 5 hours.
The sails are taken in.
We anchor in the bay of Grand Case.
Just right for having Sparerips
at the beach by beach stalls.
The next day we go by Dingi into the bay of
Grand Case at a rock formation for snorkeling. There stretches a nice coral reef round the
rock. In feeding the fishes we watch several coloured coral inhabitants.
1. Guadeloupe
2. Engish Harbour 3. Great Bird Island
4.
Barbuda 5. Saint Barth
6. Grand Case
7. Marigot Bay 8. Simson Baai Lagoon