Ship - Day 5

Our last stop before crossing was Phillipsburg on St. Maartens island. The view, and especially the color of the water, was spectacular.

We made a short jaunt ashore, to catch up with email at a local Internet shop.

It was hot, so we headed back to the air-conditioned ship. We toured some of the on-board activities. Rock climbing...

... Flow Rider. Very cool surfing simulation.

While sitting in the 12th deck dining area, we noticed a sailboat hanging in the wind shadow of our ship. Look closely - that little blob at the top of the mast...

...is a guy working on the rigging. He's around 150 feet above the water!

There was an interesting mural on the atrium wall opposite the stairway sitting area on our deck.

It's made entirely of spools of colored thread - about 19,200 of them!