If anyone has ever taken a shore excursion on a Caribbean Island -- not just St. Maarten -- it's remarkable more accidents don't happen. One time on the U.S. Virgin Islands my wife and I took a shore excursion from the port in Charlotte Amalie to Coki Point Beach. I was never so nervous in my life. The open bus climbed narrow steep hills with blind curves, all while driving on the wrong side of the road with a left-hand drive minibus. No guard rails, nothing. I happened to peer over and it was straight down if he failed to navigate the road in front of him. After that, we either rent a car or take taxi's for just the two of us and have had no close calls since (other that car sickness when the driver speeds up only to brake hard for the next speed bump!). Hopefully everyone is okay from this particular incident.