Parrots of the Caribbean
It was only a matter of time….
Could be plants?
We read that the gardens were well worth a visit but you can’t be sure? Deshaies Botanical Gardens involves a steep climb up a winding and heavily cambered road, dodging runaway camions on the way (if you were on the inside of a couple of the blind corners then a front grill would be the last thing you would see), and a costly entry fee but it’s all for access to a very well maintained and presented collection of plants. The snack bar is good value and the views from the hillside are pleasant enough.
Cameras, Action!
Anchored on set in Deshaies the filming location for Death in Paradise. We went for dinner on the seafront at the restaurant to the left of the dinghy dock at L’Amer. After the tasteless ‘appetizer’ we declined to continue with the meal and headed to Kaz’s which was great. The in thing was crayfish. The crayfish soup in particular looked like a real winner but we opted for the skewered version. Some say Kaz’s is the Death in Paradise beach bar film set which we can safely say is wrong because it is inland! The church The Police Station
Guadeloupe
Along the long, very long, same around every corner, this is a bit tedious, are we there yet, rocky shoreline of western Guadeloupe
Tender Meteorological Station
The guide is clear that being low lying the Iles Des Saintes are dry. Las night we knew we had rain but we had no idea how much until Yves told us to look into our tender. Who’s Yves? He is anchored next to us at Iles Des Saintes with his wife Miriam. Yves came out here on an expedition to search for the missing treasure of 5 sunk Spanish galleons the location of which he studied extensively in Chicago. Diving at 90m depth did not uncover the wrecks and Yves would like to have been able to go to
Magnifique Iles des Saintes
That is all these islands function for and they are great in a way. French food, French quality dinghy docks, scooters all round, pretty colours and a kind of Mustique peace with street level energy. They even have cats around town and we haven’t seen those for a while. Let’ start with Customs now camouflaging their office as a street bar laundrette and move on through the town to Fort Napoleon:
Bus-ted by a plant
We took a trip to the Botanical Gardens and one of the main features is a tree that crushed a bus during the hurricane.
Does it rain?
Dominica’s rainfall is continuous and heavy but it brings with it some great rainbows which gradually advance toward you, pass over you and head out to sea.
To our Blog Readers
In general we have no idea who reads our blog, nor why, but just occasionally we have contact from the other side of the fence and a reader gets in touch. This is very much appreciated and it’s great to hear that we are giving some readers a bit of information (apologies if at any time it’s misinformation), some thoughts on planning, maybe a bit of light entertainment. There was a time when we had one reader; that was me! Then a few more joined up to the point we did a post on Derrible Bay and that for some