For us St. Martin is mostly about doing boat work and taking advantage of really good boat supply stores that are duty free. We always meet friends here on similar missions and we have a few friends who have settled here and it is nice to visit with them.
It is carnival week and we finally took a break from chores and errands (buying stuff) and went to the French side to watch the evening Carnival parade. A band is a group of people in similar themed costume. There is a sound truck, usually an 18 wheeler with really BIG speakers and a beverage truck behind the people. The people dance to the music behind the monster sound truck and do this for hours. At one point one of the band staff made his rounds with buckets of KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken)- yeah, for real.
Carnival happens once a year and people really let loose. As I took photos a few of the band members came up to me to get me to dance or pose for a photo. Of course I complied in all cases.