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| Okay. Stop 3 was in Phillipsburg on the Island of St Maarten/St Martin - Maarten being a Dutch protectorate and Martin being a French protectorate. The two live side by side - no formal boundaries (except on the map and a sign on the road) and no real difference in culture except in language. The linguistic meeting point is that, like on all Caribbean islands, the entire populace of each speaks its own version of Creole, and this is also true of both sides of this Island creating one common language that is the most used. | |
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The Dutch side (Phillipsburg) is more commercial - the French side,
where that capital is Marigot, is more rural.
Phillipsburg is tiny and is just a 20 minute walk from the pier. These are views of the beginning of the town along the beach. The town is only two streets deep plus the beachfront (which acts as a street as well).
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