Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe Travel Blogs

Arrival
Oct 15, 2006 (2 photos)

We flew in to Pointe-a-Pitre airport on American Eagle from San Juan at 2pm greeted by a gush of tropically heated air. The airport is very new and reminded us of the new terminals at Charles de Gaulle in Paris. We quickly rushed through immigration ( ...

Day in Pointe a Pitre
Oct 18, 2006 (1 photos)

... place in Guadeloupe with her three children. Kai, the name of a Beninoise who is the third daughter has been living in Guadeloupe since she was three years old and only recently has had contact with her father who is my husband's uncle. Anyways, to ...

Farewell Guadeloupe
Oct 21, 2006 (2 photos)

There is a buzzing restaurant called Zeina located just across the street from the Casino in Gosier where tourists escape the bore of hotel buffets. Zeina has been open for the past 3 months and serves great food with Moroccan/Senegalese influnce ...

Tamaran to Saint Isles
Oct 16, 2006 (5 photos)

... , we treated ourselves to a full-day Tamaran boat trip down to Saint Iles which is one of the four smaller islands of Guadeloupe located just south of Grand-Terre on the main island. We travelled with two-dozen tourists from our hotel on a boat called Tip- ...

Arrival in Guadeloupe!
Dec 23, 2008 (26 photos)

after

Spanning en sensatie op Guadeloupe...
Jan 27, 2008

... . Als Wouter en Mia weer weg zijn genieten we na van meegebrachte boeken, kleding en onderdelen, bezoeken een vulkaankrater op Guadeloupe en toeren veel op onze brommer. Naarmate we de Caribische eilanden volgen buigen we langzaam meer naar het westen en ...

Quickly to St Martin
Dec 30, 2008 (6 photos)

I went away from the Gwada cause it wasn't a place to stay easily and to stick around the marina at the same time, so i decided to head north toward St Martin. I look for boats for 2 entire days but i got more lucky with the charters. They always need ...

almost a month in St martin - working on shipyard
Jan 12, 2009 (17 photos)

later

Ticking off the miles
Feb 16, 2007 (19 photos)

... , we decided to head south to "Les Saintes", a group of small islands part of, but south of the big island of Guadeloupe. We anchored in a small cove near "Le Pain De Sucre" (Sugar Loaf) which had deep, clear water. To investigate further, we dinghied ...

Guadeloupe
Mar 1, 2003

mmm

Guadeloupe Mtns
Aug 4, 2005

... After Fredericksburg it was 400 miles of flat ranch country with only a couple tiny towns along the way. Just before reaching the Guadeloupe Mtns. we passed from Central to Mountain Time. At night we set up camp, chowed on chili and played Texas Hold'em ...

Tonight ...
Jun 18, 2008

this woman threatened to break my face. That's some of the scariest shit that's happened to me in a long time. Freaked me out. Peace out.

Guadeloupe
Mar 2, 2000 (5 photos)

 

Guadeloupe
Feb 15, 2008

caribbean

Marie Galante
Feb 1, 2008

Travail dans la grotte

Saint-Claude
Feb 21, 2008

Retour sur le continent

Welcome to the Caribbean
Jun 16, 2008 (21 photos)

God damn it, I just spent like half an hour writing this really long post on my past days here. And now it's gone. Great. I guess.. here we go again. Friday: The flight from St Maarten to St Barhts - amazing! Just amazing! That was one hell of a ...

I'm like 90 %
Jun 27, 2008 (8 photos)

out of here. I just can't make that final decision. I even told Féderico I wanted to leave and felt great about it! Then the very next day he's all being a sweetheart talking about my lovely smile and offering me all this extra responsibility if I stay ...

Tristan V conference
Jun 12, 2004

The conference was at La Créole Beach Hotel.  The program is at http://www.crt.umontreal.ca/tristanv/ The talks were excellent, and lead to many discussions afterwards. The social program was also great fun.

Saint-François, Guadeloupe
Jun 21, 2008 (1 photos)

Stayed out east. Nice location for going to beaches. Did a couple of hiking day trips, but then needed to drive over to the western island (Basse-Terre). A photo from one of the walks.

Laptop crashed - post-added entry 1
Jul 11, 2008 (5 photos)

So Tuesday I'm getting ready for work when my computer freezes, totally breaks down and refuses to start back up again. This is why my blog action and any kind of cybersocialization has been down to zero these past weeks. Back to Tuesday. I was ...

Freaky Freaky
Jun 18, 2008 (6 photos)

Here we go. Monday, work. Scary. Just the fact that the phone rings and I have to answer in french, be supersuperpolite (which I am not since I freeze and can't think of anything to say) and then the reception is right next to the offices of the three ...

guadeloupe
Jun 15, 2008

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Surfing spots in Guadeloupe, Caribbean
Oct 16, 2009

... right-hander for longboarders and a regional classic, don't miss it. Considered to have some of the most beautiful waves in Guadeloupe. Swell size: Starts working at 3ft and holds up to 8-10ft Swell direction: North Bottom: Flat, rock and sand Skill level ...

Accidentally Guadeloupe
May 9, 2007

transit

I'm there.
Jun 15, 2008

I'm there. I've arrived. Not at Guadeloupe though but this site wouldn't let me chose St Barths as an alternative. Time to have lunch. Time to start a new travel blog too I guess. Later.

St Francois
May 30, 1997

Nice hotel. Little "Lolo" on the beach !

Grande Terre
Jun 1, 1997

Nice & Cheap... On the beach small concrete bungalows

Préfecture
Jan 26, 2008

Notre premier chez nous

St. Marteen / Saint Martin
Feb 2, 1995

Que islaaaa!! Llegamos a St.Marteen, primera vez en el mar caribe. Que momento! Recuerdo (escribo esto 15 años despues...) que nos hospedamos en un hermoso hotel llamado Golden Tulip, y nos hospedabamos en un bungalow con su propia piscina (redonda, chica) ...