NWHairGal Posted January 16, 2018 #26 Share Posted January 16, 2018 (edited) Here are few more pictures of the beach that Mailman took us to on Christmas day. No crowd from cruise ship. What beach is this? Friars? Edited January 16, 2018 by NWHairGal _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryfat1 Posted January 16, 2018 Author #27 Share Posted January 16, 2018 What beach is this? Friars? Yes, Friars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BillOh Posted January 16, 2018 #28 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Are you going to the very popular nudist beach? On the French side?Enjoy your cruise. We will be back there again in May, love that place, should be even more improvement by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWHairGal Posted January 16, 2018 #29 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Yes, Friars. Thank you for the very helpful photos!:) Looking forward to our visit, happy to help pump some money back into the local economy no matter what condition the island is in. Wishing the best for this and all islands hit by this devastation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mermaiddiver Posted January 16, 2018 #30 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Wonderful informative photos. Thanks for posting. Headed there early summer and wondering which excursions to book with RCC or to do them locally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polperro Posted January 16, 2018 #31 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Hi I was looking at booking with Bernard tours, can you confirm which tour includes the beach near the airport. there are two available on the website but neither mention MOYO beach or have I got it wrong. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PG13 Posted January 17, 2018 #32 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Any information anyone can share, we want to take a taxi over to Orient Bay for the morning. Can we rent umbrellas? Is there anywhere to get a drink and some lunch? Are the roads in good enough shape to catch a cab? Safe? This is what we usually like to do. The pictures are great, feel bad for the island folks. We leave on Feb. 11 heading that way. Thank you, Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJLDRUMS Posted January 17, 2018 #33 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Again, if anyone knows for sure if Sharkey's was rebuilt ? A great little "watering hole" bar with ice cold Amstel Bright beer to stop off on the way back to the ship from the beach located on the right side just before you get to walk on the pier along with a few other small places that sell everything. If anyone can snap some pictures of that particular area and post them, please do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiseGal999 Posted January 17, 2018 #34 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Hi I was looking at booking with Bernard tours, can you confirm which tour includes the beach near the airport. there are two available on the website but neither mention MOYO beach or have I got it wrong. Thanks It's Maho Beach that is near the airport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryfat1 Posted January 17, 2018 Author #35 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Thank you for the very helpful photos!:) Looking forward to our visit, happy to help pump some money back into the local economy no matter what condition the island is in. Wishing the best for this and all islands hit by this devastation. Wonderful informative photos. Thanks for posting. Headed there early summer and wondering which excursions to book with RCC or to do them locally. Thanks for the compliment on the photos. I have started a trip report on this cruise on the Royal boards. I am done with day 3 and as this was day 5 on our cruise so I should get to it by this weekend or early next week. I will post a link to when it started as I am too lazy to re-post it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryfat1 Posted January 17, 2018 Author #36 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Hi I was looking at booking with Bernard tours, can you confirm which tour includes the beach near the airport. there are two available on the website but neither mention MOYO beach or have I got it wrong. Thanks When we booked our tour for December, they still had the old tour info. I noticed that they have since revised things. Tours now start at 9:30 instead of 9. Both tours takes you to Maho beach to watch the planes. We only got 30 minutes there. I wished we could have taken 15 minutes less at Marigot and divert it to Maho instead. Marigot was really dead during our visit but I don't know because it was Christmas Day or post hurricane damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryfat1 Posted January 17, 2018 Author #37 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Any information anyone can share, we want to take a taxi over to Orient Bay for the morning. Can we rent umbrellas? Is there anywhere to get a drink and some lunch? Are the roads in good enough shape to catch a cab? Safe? This is what we usually like to do. The pictures are great, feel bad for the island folks. We leave on Feb. 11 heading that way. Thank you, Pat On Christmas Day, at the section of Orient Bay the tour took us to, this was the only place we saw that sells drinks. Not to say you couldn't find some elsewhere. As you can see, pretty bare. No place to sit by the bar. However, I am sure things can change daily and more places will be up later on so my info could be already outdated. Roads were fine. Tour took us around the entire island. No issues with roads. You might want to arrange for round trip transportation with a pre scheduled pick up time as when we were there, we didn't see too many people/taxi at Orient Bay but then again, we were only the second major ship to visit in December so maybe the infrastructure wasn't ready yet but things could be different by next month. Only place with umbrellas are on the other side of the rocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted January 17, 2018 #38 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Thanks for sharing these. Friends were just there the other day and said how good many areas looked. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare shof515 Posted January 17, 2018 #39 Share Posted January 17, 2018 how far away is Bernard from the ship? for a person with issues walking long distances, do you recommend it? The last time i used him, he told us to meet him in a parking lot outside of the cruise terminal area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmf11699 Posted January 17, 2018 #40 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Wow. Will be there in May. Sure hope things are better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ang517 Posted January 17, 2018 #41 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Really enjoyed the photos and your review! Looking forward to visiting my favorite island in March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yogibear Posted January 18, 2018 #42 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Thanks for all the pic posting and the island updates. Looking forward to our Carnival Pride stop next November! Karen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryfat1 Posted January 18, 2018 Author #43 Share Posted January 18, 2018 how far away is Bernard from the ship? for a person with issues walking long distances, do you recommend it? The last time i used him, he told us to meet him in a parking lot outside of the cruise terminal area. It's a decent hike to the other end of the cruise terminal. Technically he is still inside the fence but he is at the edge Here is the pier Turn around and walk the other way Walk past the shops Here is where his tent is located. I took this picture standing outside his tent looking back at the ship. You have to judge for yourself if you can make it this far Here is the white tent where you wait for the tour to start. At least you get to sit compared to other islands' tours where you just stand at a spot and wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloudydrms Posted January 18, 2018 #44 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Friar's Bay looks pretty nice. We're headed to St. Martin/Maarten on Anthem of the Seas on February 25th. I was considering going to Karakter Beach on Simpson Bay but there have been recent reports of waste water going into that Bay from Kim Sha Beach so I'm a bit hesitant. Friar's Bay is a bit further. I'm wondering if you saw any taxis at Friar's Bay at all. Just wondering what the chances are that I could get stuck there without transportation back to the ship. Cindy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjmx Posted January 18, 2018 #45 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Hi Cindy. , I’m looking to go friars bay as well, but my daughter recently had back surgery so I’m a bit concerned. We leave mid March. If you do go. Can you plz report. I’d greatly appreciate it thanks Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloudydrms Posted January 18, 2018 #46 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Hi Cindy. , I’m looking to go friars bay as well, but my daughter recently had back surgery so I’m a bit concerned. We leave mid March. If you do go. Can you plz report. I’d greatly appreciate it thanks If we end up going to Friars, I'll definitely report back. Cindy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryfat1 Posted January 19, 2018 Author #47 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Friar's Bay looks pretty nice. We're headed to St. Martin/Maarten on Anthem of the Seas on February 25th. I was considering going to Karakter Beach on Simpson Bay but there have been recent reports of waste water going into that Bay from Kim Sha Beach so I'm a bit hesitant. Friar's Bay is a bit further. I'm wondering if you saw any taxis at Friar's Bay at all. Just wondering what the chances are that I could get stuck there without transportation back to the ship. Cindy These are the only two pictures I have of the parking lot by the beach. One bus is from our tour and I think the other bus is from another tour. But that was last month, maybe things have changed since then. I would make arrangement with the taxi driver to have round trip so he will come back to pick you up in the afternoon. In theory the restaurant there might be able to find a cab for you but I don't know how hard it will be to get one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karysa Posted January 19, 2018 #48 Share Posted January 19, 2018 These are the only two pictures I have of the parking lot by the beach. One bus is from our tour and I think the other bus is from another tour. But that was last month, maybe things have changed since then. I would make arrangement with the taxi driver to have round trip so he will come back to pick you up in the afternoon. In theory the restaurant there might be able to find a cab for you but I don't know how hard it will be to get one. I would actually see if I could pay the whole taxi fare on the ride back. You do not want to be stranded all the way out at Friars. Ensure that you have a ride back is the best advice that one can give you if you are visiting Friars Bay beach on a cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloudydrms Posted January 19, 2018 #49 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Very good advice about taxis and Friar's Bay Harryfat1 and Karysa. I'll have to give visiting this beach a lot of thought! Cindy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groverdmg Posted January 19, 2018 #50 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Thank you very much for the great pics. We will be visiting there in April. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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