We are in Philipsburg on Dutch Sint Martens in the Caribbean. It's very hot and sticky and when we arrived we had incredible blue skies and gloriously coloured turquoise sea but since then it's gone a bit grey and gloomy Dr Fred says it looks a bit like Redcar it's not quite like that... though but we did have a tropical rain storm still very warm but also wet. It was good to get off the boat after five full days at sea and it's very exciting to be on a Caribbean island but to be honest it's a little underwhelming when you get there because it's basically one large market with a lot of bars selling expensive drinks and buckets of beer. The beach is one long strip of sunbeds and umbrellas. I'm sure there are some very pretty places but it's difficult to get to them when you have such a short time in Port however it is quite nice to be somewhere hot and sunny and being fed and watered so I'm not going to complain The marina is full of seriously lar...