Pilgrims flock from all around the island to kiss the image of the patron saint, and some ascend the final 68 steps to the church on their knees.
Pilgrims from across the world come to kiss the image of the patron saint.
Old salts may want to skipper their charter craft acroseopen sea to the smaller Dutch islands of Sint Eustatius or Saba, or to French Saint-Barthelemy.