On our final full day in Saint Martin, I started out with a short run, just to be able to upload a GPS track from Saint Martin. I first ran on the flat roads but then headed up a hill from some lovely views that I stopped to photo and then instagram:
Once I was back, we decided to go back to our favorite beach, Ilet Pinel. This time, we decided to rent a double kayak and kayak our way over there. The beach where you get the ferry or rent kayaks had a huge amount of seaweed washed up on shore. Which then rots. This entire corner of the island smells awful because of the seaweed. Luckily, the wind blew into Saint Martin rather than towards Ilet Pinel, so we were quickly able to escape the smell after we paddled a bit beyond the seaweed.
As we were paddling hard into a very stiff headwind, this kiteboarder was standing on a shallow section in the water before he started riding.
A pelican on the rocks near Petite Clef, a tiny little island on the way to Ilet Pinel.
We made it eventually. It was definitely an arm workout because of the high winds.
This time, we lounged at the other beach bar, called Yellow Beach. There’s a good reason all the things we read talked about Karibuni beach bar, which we did on our first trip over. The food we had for lunch seemed to be frozen stuff they deep fried. Everything was plain, boring, and way overpriced 😦
We did see the iguanas. all sizes of them… they were taking food from people’s hands! 
In the early afternoon, the server started putting out tables in the water – they had giant pointy ends that he would work into the sand and then leave a bucket of ice with a bottle of wine. It was great to watch these people get progressively drunker.
For dinner, we stayed close to home, eating at La Voile Blanche. Carl started off with a giant salad.
I had the creole tasting menu, and once again my dinner wasn’t very exciting. I started with a trio of smoked fish. It was giant for being a starter.
Carl had a lamb shank, which he says was very good.
My conch fricasee was not exciting. Not spicy, the conch was very tough, and there weren’t enough vegetables.
Dessert was fantastic through, bananas flambe again. This one was paired with a delicious macaron. 
Laura Makes 