La Presqu'ile
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A Yellow Submarine trip
... a small harbour and we had a 15 minute tender to get to the mainland. Like most Caribbean islands it is volcanic in origin but has some lovely beaches and the weather is hot and sunny with very little rain although the island is covered in green vegetation. There are plenty of duty free shops selling top of the range French goods. Not being into beaches or shopping we opted for a ...
Day 2 - St Bart's
... Our morning excursion is an island tour by minibus. Vincent is our driver/guide; he and his family have been on-island for at least 6 generations. We started at the tender landing in Gustavia, then headed northwest across the island. We saw the airport with its 200-ft landing strip; all day long small planes looked like they were dive-bombing the island! Islanders call that pilot license 'kamikaze-style'. Then we got a nice ...
Money, money, money!
... The whole concept of it being expensive wasn't helped when we stopped late in the afternoon and anchored out in the harbor next to two big yachts. One was a trimaran kind of sailing thing that is as long as we are and the other was a motor yacht that was big enough to have a garage in the side of it for a small power boat. I noticed the side seemed to have an opening in it near the back of the ship that I hadn't noticed before. I could see a power boat in ...
A French Caribbean Isle
... gratuity on purchases. Additionally most of the other ports had very small wine selections, if any, and the stores were not air conditioned, which was not ideal for wine storage.
As we took none of the optional excursions offered, we walked Gustavia from end to end, visiting the lighthouse area for a view of the port from above, and Shell Beach, on the other end. Shell beach appeared to be the popular local spot and it was very pretty.
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Anse de Columbier & Gustavia
... s when it was used as a base by pirates who came here to spend their quickly gained fortunes. The most famous of these was Captain Montbars, a Frenchman who was so horrified by what the Spanish had done to the native populations that he decided to avenge them, doing well while he did good. He took on an indigenous crew who, no doubt, felt somewhat bitter, and did so well he became known with some terror as "Montbars the Exterminator". ...
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