Martinique
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Carnaval on Madinina
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 ...
should i stay or go?
... in 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 ...
Pinch me...
... few visitors around so we practically had them to ourselves. I thought it was pretty cool and really loved our first day mincing around Martinique. Before the sun set we hopped on down to the local beach for a drink in the bar. The bartender was quite ...
Beaucoup de Rhum!
... speaking owner, quite a large swimming pool and a table tennis table. Given this was an unexpected bonus week (of sorts) in Martinique we weren't in any hurry to see anything in particular so were very happy to chill out playing games and going for ...
But first, a Caribbean vacay!
... ’t pass up the opportunity to visit her and her partner Alistair (who is wonderful) on the Caribbean Island of Martinique, where they are currently residing. Alistair is in the french navy and has been stationed there for 2 years. Tough ...
Will the rain never end?!
Trois-Ilets was described in our somewhat meagre and outdated LP guidebook as the premier tourist destination of Martinique - hence why we had thus far avoided it. However, looking for new destinations following our thwarted attempt to make it to St ...
Slight Drama
Any kind of drama in this country would be very much compounded by the fact that my french is basic conversational at best, and the Martiniquens english completely non-existant in most cases. So imagine my terror when I couldn't find my passport anywhere ...
The Caribbean Dream...
... opportunity to go round the roundabout the wrong way as I screamed in horror! Luckily it was pretty much standard behaviour in Martinique so noone raised an eyebrow - phew! In the end I felt like our spontaneous and slightly random destination of choice ...
Au revoir Le Marin
... he's taken his drinks back at the end of the night. Moving on... Grande Anse is a tiny village in the southwest of Martinique. Its big attraction other than sun, sand & some cute beachside bars is a public shower. Unfortunately, the ...
Manchester to Antigua
... 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 ...
Days 86-87: Don't walk, Rum!
... to point it out to the rest of us, thanks a lot Becca. We passed Dominica at night and pulled into Saint-Pierre, Martinique the following morning. Our second French island in as many days, I'm beggining to become a fan of the French. Once again the ...
"You can't just stay a week, in Martinique"
... So what were the options? Try to catch a last minute flight to St Lucia... Or hire another car and explore another part of Martinique. Given the weather we plumped for the latter and caught a cab back to the airport to hire another (better) car. Many many ...
Frahnch fries, Frahnch dressing, and Frahnch bread
... past few days. After spending more time than expected in Rodney Bay due to our captain's hangover, we finally headed for Martinique Tuesday morning - hence the Frahnch courtesy of Better Off Dead. Unfortunately instead of going to Grande Anse as ...
Dominica and Martinique
May 2, 2006 Martinique, FWI Hello all. Greetings from St. Anne in Martinique where we are in a magnificent large anchorage along with several American boats we have met in the last two months. Sorry we haven't written sooner ... we've just been having ...
Heading North
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 ...
Fort- De- France, Martinique
... 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 ...
Island of Sun and Rain...
... island of Martinique. The culture is so enriching and one day, I will write about it on here. The contrasts between France and Martinique stand out more and more each day. I have a great comparison because my host mother is French and my host father was ...
Delayed Bonjour!
... 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 ...
New Years Eve........What New Years Eve?
... suppose this is normal, after all we are in the trade wind belt.) We found a protected little anchorage on the Southern end of Martinique. The boys were straight into the water, keen to get their new inflatable toy 'Silent Chaos' out for a zoom ...
Fr_Fort-de-France
Sainte-Luce is a small town situates in the south-west of this Island. Martinique Island is a french overseas department. The Martinique Island is next another big french Island : Guadeloupe. Near the town of Sainte-Luce, there is the "Diamant". The ...
The East Coast
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 ...
World Cup Fever hits off in France.
... and no-one was complaining. The best way to get north in time lead us to have a short trip to the northern part of Martinique sleep then set off early for Dominica. We would have sailed up there straight away from the previous day but there are ...
Popping over to France for a week
... and rest we decided to head up north towards Saint Anne for some lunch before heading to Du Parc du Naturel Regional De La Martinique (blah what a mouthful). It was a little tricky to get to due to our inability to read traffic signs in French. We found ...
3ième jour avant notre départ
Je suis un peu mêlée dans mes jours finalement. Aujourd'hui, les Martiniquais sont en fête. Il pleut à boire debout. Ils disent qu'il n'avait pas plu depuis plusieurs mois et là, ils sont très contents. Ils auraient pu attendre ...
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