January 26, 2008
A perfect last day in the Caribbean
Today was our last day in Martinique and we couldn't have picked a better way to spend it. Josh and I booked a sailing day on a 13.5 meter sailboat we saw a few days earlier in Pointe du Bout. If you're in the area and are looking for something to do, we would highly recommend it. Yves, the captain, is in his seventies and has been sailing in the Caribbean for the last 30 something years. We boarded his boat in the late morning after going to Pointe du Bout by ferry from Fort de France. We sailed to Anses d'Arlet. The water was perfectly still and the wind just good enough to push us there. There Josh and I jumped in the water and snorkelled. This took us back to a few years ago when we spent a month sailing with my grand-parents and snorkelling was not only an every day thing but a several-times-a-day activity. We were like kids who didn't want to get out of the water but the four other people on board were getting hungry so we decided to get back on the boat not too late.
Between rum drinks, wine and lunch, we got to know the two couples we were traveling with, one who lives in Burgundy and runs a Bed and Breakfast, and the other who live about 20 kilometers from Aix-en-Provence where I went to college. We ended the day with a last dip in Grande Anse and watching the sunset coming back towards Pointe du Bout.
I don't want to get all sentimental on you but I will a little anyway. If you come to the Caribbean without getting on a sailboat and seeing the island from the water, you're really missing a huge part of the charm. As we were swimming in the late afternoon, we looked around and finally saw the Caribbean that we had loved so much six years ago: a beautifully quiet place where the underwater landscape is as interesting as the scenery on land. Ok I warned you I was going to get a little sentimental here but I promise I'll stop now.
Here's the website with pictures of the boat: http://www.plaisance-martinique.com/TarifSortie1.htm
Very early tomorrow morning, too early, we leave for Barbados and then it's back home to San Francisco via Miami. Rain in the Bay Area, if you can hear me, please stop so we have time to adjust back to the cold winter temperatures we haven't missed these past six weeks.
Helene
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January 22, 2008
Only a few days left
Sitting at a snack in Sainte Anne taking advantange of wifi. In a few days, we'll be getting on a plane back to the US. Martinique has been nice so far, a lot of driving but now that we're in the South the roads are a lot straighter which is good. Kids are asking about our laptop, time to get offline I think ;)
Helene
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January 04, 2008
In Guadeloupe
Hi,
We're still in the Caribbean, currently in Guadeloupe. Sorry for the lack of updates but Internet cafes can be hard to come by here and when we do find one, a lot of times it's closed!
Guadeloupe is turning out to be a great place, so far we've almost all of Grande Terre stopping in lolos, small shacks on the side of the road, to taste coconut sorbets, and local dishes such as chicken colombo (a type of curry) and yummy but huge local sandwiches. Tomorrow we head to Deshaies which we heard from other travelers is a beautiful small town on Basse-Terre. On the way, we'll visit the Musee du Rhum and possibly try a few different concoctions, all for the sake of research of course!
Talk soon, Helene
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Happy New Year!
I almost forgot: Happy New Year everyone! We hope 2008 is full of happiness, love, health and success!
Helene and Josh
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