In 1648 St. Maarten was peacefully divided between Holland and France, and today is the smallest landmass in the world to be shared by two sovereign nations. The island is divided roughly 60/40 between France and the Kingdom of the Netherlands - they are roughly equal in population.
On 10 October 2010 the Netherlands Antilles was dissolved and St Maarten became an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands
We docked at Philipsburg on the Dutch side of the island.
There were three other cruise ships in St Maarten with us - that's over 10,000 tourists on the island for the day!
We decided to have a lazy day
We strolled around Philipsburg
and lunched at this restaurant which overlooked the beach
For more photos of our time on the island click St Maarten
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