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... yourselves - it's an experience you shouldn't miss." Then we mentioned it to our friend Bill Diebels, Sr. from Juneau (via Florida). He said he'd like to join us for a week's worth of Carnival festivities. Bill got his ticket and now we were totally committed to the trip. As the bad weather lingered in Martinique, Bill was getting anxious (as were we) whether we'd make it in time for him to have a place to stow his gear. Bill kept a watchful eye on our Tracker to ...

... we could find any info in our cruising guide about the secret location of customs in Forte de France. Just then our friends from Seamist dropped anchor right next to us and John had a different book to us explaining there was a customs agent in a boat chandlery shop in town. So off we went again and to our delight it was the simplest system, all computerised, just type in your details and print the form....all done. And no cost ....even better. Once cleared in ...

... markets and have lunch local style. Most offering are the same as on other islands just with the name changed. I managed to buy a few Christmassy things in Europe (pudding, custard, chocolates) not knowing what would be available in the shops here on the islands. Lucky as there wasn't much to choose from and the prices were pretty frightening but thanks to those Kiwis and their sheep we were able to secure a leg of lamb ($70 AUD) for our Christmas dinner. The weather here ...

We went to this beautiful beach less than five minutes from our hotel room. It was super amazing, the fish actually we by my feet. Christina screamed like a baby, she freaks out at the site of live fish. She yelled at Nemo and flounder. Reduit Beach, St, Lucia's acclaimed best beach.

... of cannon range? According to another source, the French succeeded in reclaiming the island by wrecking some boats filled with casks of rum. After the British drank themselves silly, the French took the upper hand and got their island back. Again, we ask why? They could have let the Brits starve themselves off and saved the rum. We continued north and anchored once again in the beautiful waters of Grand Anse D'arlet. This time ...

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 were so close, I could hear them breathe when they surfaced.

15/04/08, Tuesday, 22:30, Rodney Bay Dinner and pool was great two nights ago. Had two great days after that hanging out at Scuttlebutts. Met crazy Norwegian guy there today. [No, seriously, this guy was nuts. He and his friends decided to quit their jobs, buy a boat, and sail around the world. One of them had been sailing before - they made him captain. My kind of people.]

... from Martin and Jo and we all headed down to the beach. The beach was just as we had imagined, with lush green vegetation all the way down to the sand, red land crabs scuttling into their little holes under the trees and lovely warm water, we were impressed. We headed down to the marina to get the boat, on the way we saw the massive ship, which in a James Bond style manoeuvre had swallowed up our 60 foot yacht in Rotterdam and was about to release it six weeks later in the Caribbean ...

Back on Martinique. Hired a car. Drove round the island. Stayed for a few days at a banana plantation. Went all over to the old capital, under the vulcano. Visited churches, beaches and museums. I swam in huge waves and saw fish dancing in the sea. Then the waves turned on me and chrashed me into the sandbed. Scratched and bleeding I saw the rest of the day from the ...