Martinique Travel Blogs

... paris was a semi succesful athelete for france and travelled the world competing in games, and left the trophies above the tv in martinique for me to browse, and made an appearence on the sports part of the news to her fathers surprise.. he made so much ...

A travel blog entry from Case pilote by kris
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The ferry over to martinique came in late to St. lucia, it also left a little late as when we were about to depart a fight broke out on board and the ports security and police was called on board which ment lower the walkway back on the side and seeing the ...

A travel blog entry from Fort de France by kris
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... with 115 euros each as the bags were delayed. Result! We were collected by Martin (our friend and skipper of the boat.) Martinique is amazingly green and mountainous and a lot bigger than we'd imagined. It belongs to France and is quite wealthy and well ...

... ships in port. By the time we returned to Roseau we were all beat. We agreed to meet the next day in St. Pierre, Martinique. The passage from Dominica to Martinique was a delight. We dropped anchor on the shelf in St. Pierre and went a shore for the ...

16/04/08, Wednesday, 18:00, St. Pierre, Martinique Had a nice sail up here today - the wind and current were with us. Mountains here are great. Virgin Mary statue overlooking the town. Watched a pod of dolphins play in clear water on our bow. They ...

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... to go through the 20 or so copies they require for their bureaucracy. Our plan was to come to Fort De France on Martinique for New Years Eve celebrations for a couple of reasons, firstly we thought "Yeah the French know how to party" and secondly ...

... and enjoying your selves wherever you are just now. I would love to write another long mass email to you, but I am currently in Martinique, having joined my new boat, and all the keyboards in the cyber cafes here are in French and are not at all like Im ...

... ! I turned a different direction another day only to find rocks on a beach and I have never questioned myself that I was really in Martinique until then. I felt like I was back on the beach in Norway or even at home at West Beach, staring up at the rocks ...

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... in French is a challenge but it gets easier every single day. So far I have been to the center, north and east of Martinique. This coming Saturday, my class is going South. I am really excited to go swimming in the ocean! I like my classes and my ...

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We left the west coast and traveled over to the east coast. The island is only about 80km long by about 35km wide, so although the roads can be windy and hilly, it doesn't take long to cover some ground. On the way to our next destination we stopped in ...

It was dark, it was humid, It was the caribbean. It was Fort de France.

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Nic and I ventured up the west coast and stayed in a bunglow in St Pierre. The weather was warm but for the first day or so there was a lot of rain. We went to the local markets, had Creole lunch at 10am (while others were having rhum) and then had fresh ...

A few hours in Fort-de-France

Saint Pierre, la Perle des Antilles, détruite en 1902 par l'éruption volcanique de la Montagne Pelée, tuant 30000 personnes sur son passage... La Martinique est une corbeille de fleurs posée entre une perle et un diamant....

... and enjoyed our brief stay. The second day we puddle hopped once more and anchored in St. Pierre, once the economic capital of Martinique. St. Pierre has the distinction of being the home of Mt. Pelee, which last erupted in 1902, and within three minutes, ...

... extra time on the French island of Martinique before we 180'd our direction to enjoy the Mardi Gras celebrations in Trinidad. Martinique was remembered fondly in my mind as having wonderful French cheeses and wines. As we neared the island, our main ...

... clothes and shoes. Hey, we're women after all. As mainly French and Creole (and very little English) is spoken in Martinique, Nic was heavily relied on for communicating. Once again Nic used her outstanding interactive skills to get us a good deal on ...

... a great spot. From there we met up with Malek and Ludo for our last lunch together before heading out to the airport. Martinique was amazing and diverse. Both Nic and I love the hot/humid weather so we thrived. The north was lush and tropical and we ...

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... miles around. A fancy mix of reggea and modern rythms. After a feasty night, I drove south to St. Anne and rented a cottage for the remains of my stay at Martinique. Suddenly I had to go to FdF and my flight back to europe. A nice vacation, after all.

The strange way of public transport. You go to a huge parkinglot, ask around for the van that will take you in the right direction. And then wait for it to fill up and then go. It might take 10 mins, it might take 3 hours. Anyway - it took 30 mins and we ...

Shopping. And the volcano.

Great, warm and friendly. South east coast, Les Salines

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Nice island, but bad road infrastructure.