Phillipsburg, St. Maarten, Netherlands

OK, so St Maarten isn't actually it's own country, but rather split evenly between the Netherlands and France. In fact it is the smallest island in the world that is owned by more than one country.

We arrived at the port on the Dutch side, and immediately caught a taxi to one of the most famous small airports in the world.

Airport beach or Maho beach. A small but nice beach if you don't mind the jumbo jets over your head.

If you put up a sign like this, you know its going to draw a crowd.

The Sunset Bar at Airport beach claims that topless women drink for free. Karine called them on it.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

After riding a bus across the English Channel and the length of Belgium and half of Holland, I arrived in Amsterdam. Amsterdam can legitimately be called a "Venice of the North" as it has canals throughout the city.

Amsterdam is probably most famous for legalized marijuana and it's legal red-light district; perhaps explaining it's city symbol of XXX. You see these shields everywhere in town.

I think I really enjoyed Amsterdam, though it was several years ago now, and I recall being very tired from the bus ride, and that it rained a lot for the 24 hours I was there.