the big bay of Saint Louisan old coca cola dispenser, unfortunately not working anymorethe churchthe pretty baythe ferry and dingy terminalmore of the bayjust walking south such a nice guy, oops beach …this one looked very dehydratedwe passed the swimming lessonsdancing queen at the pretty beach
We walked along a beautiful trail which explained some nature highlights
And suddenly in between the trail we passed a scrap yard- soooo funny
I’m not sure if I’ve seen mushrooms in the Caribbean beforea loading dock for bulk cargo? just in between amazing nice beachesand then suddenly the way led us by a scrap yarda scrap yard next to this sign 🤣we also passed on our trail this cute french fries busand then suddenly we were back to the beachwith trees carrying interesting fruit I do not know what happened to this tree, it looked weird to me our deserved drinks after a long walk; the drinks looked good, tasted nice but were unreasonably priced…what the hell!some inland viewflat, green and cow friendlySaint Louis in the late afternoon – emptyat least one bar was open and even showed some soccer I did not take much pics on my birthday🤷♀️ here I was enjoying my “Hefezopf” with home made jammy birthday cake made by El Capitanothe double AA’s joining us for my birthdayand the only pic from Chrischan who brought this huge bottle with his wife Michelle ( not on the pic, sorry)
Saint François at La Grande Terre/Guadeloupe, the north east wing
the stunning reef anchoragewing foiling how it is supposed to look like…houses in Saint Françoishappy chics everywherethe village centre with the churcha bump monsterthe marinasunset in the marinasunset at anchorthe entrance to the marina and the dinghi dock in the very left of the picEl Capitano checking out the the area were we would have our wing foiling lessonsa wing foil boardthe church from another perspectiveyou wouldn’t have seen such cars in Grenada the fishing portport art?the streets look Caribbean the cars more European built in treestill not us🙈a local boat Anse de Moncenillierthe golf court pretty well maintained
Basse-Terre the capital of Guadeloupe
From the anchorage at Rivière-Sens a surprisingly nice waterfront walkway runs to the Capital Basse-Terre. We walked the 2km into town and enjoyed the comfortable walkway and its view.
the anchorage of Rivière-Senscrossing the river the beginning of the walkway with red tileswe passed some statuesshe was reading…collected garbage artthe townhall a historical street but we didn’t figure out what was so specialthe church the view out of the churchthis tower belonged to the property of the church- I guessedon our way back to the anchoragethe nature looked amazingwe have not really met the crew of this boat but every evening we had a sunset conch blowing competition – very funny!pick up service from the marina to take off to Les Saintsnot the best pic- but was that my fault? anyhow, lunch at the anchorage at Les Saintspassing Basse-Terre while heading to Pigeon Island anchorage, Cousteau marine park
Pigeon Island and finally some underwater pictures
Pigeon islandthe anchoragefishies!!!!
The walk with Kellianne and Ty at the national park
amazing natureI did not tell them to put their hands on their hipsEl Capitano lost in a treewe still don’t know what it isthis tree was gianta little shiny coloured lizarda little blurry but still stunning- at least to meour last evening with themPigeon island at sunset
Shopping groceries 2 km south of the anchorage
crossing a streamthe southern area of the anchoragethe entrance to the small fishing portthe port next to a Carrefour and some other shopsthe nature next to leader priceCallalou, the spinach like vegetable which is not suitable to be eaten rawour loyal yellow companion
Our last day in Le Basse Terre was a fun day!
As all of the locals we asked, told us there was no bus running to Deshaies in the north of Le Basse-Terre and at the same time told us we could hitch hike, we gave it a try. We gave us 30 min. When we wouldn’t have had a lift by then we would have just gotten back to Altimate. But after maybe 15 min, two lovely young french girls stopped for us gave us a lift- yeah! They were very nice and went straight to the botanical garden just before Deshaies. That was a very lucky shot and we were thrilled being so adventures🤣. After visiting the botanical garden we walked down the two km to the village of Deshaies. A lovely village with a beautiful anchorage. We have been here before. A long time ago when we were still chartering and just rushing through the islands. A nice recall how lucky we are now. However we had a simple though delicious lunch at a beach bar in Deshaies and a quick walk around the village. Being a bit nervous about our return we started to think about our strategy to head back to Altimate. On our way to find a good place to hitchhike we also passed a bus. We asked the driver weather there was a bus going to our destination Bouillante. He didn’t really know 🤣, but asked another bus driver who was just passing. This guy told us we could take his line, but we need to wait about 45 minutes. While waiting for him we also tried to hitchhike. Quite a few people stopped, but they were all only going a few km in our direction and being new to hitchhiking, we preferred the “easier” possibility. The bus came and we jumped in. We were the only guests and the driver told us that if we want to go to Bouillante we need to change two times the busses. Hahaha and we thought that would be easier. In the end it was but it didn’t sound like it would be. He brought us to the end of his line and explained that the next bus would come soon. It did, the next driver was as nice as the first one and took us to his end bus station. Then he said we needed to wait for the next bus, but he would wait with us. So nice! Everybody was looking after us! After a quarter of an hour he said jump in I’ll take you to your bus. That was only a couple of hundreds of meter away but he wanted to make sure that we got into the bus . So sweet! So after another 15 minutes ride we were back were we started… such a nice experience!
the two sweet french girls who gave us a lift
The Botanical Garden
at the entrance of the botanical garden there was a koi pondgotchaI finally know the name of this tree, at least in French “Fromager” or “Ceiba Pentandra”I think he was looking for ….this little guyI think this was a Baobab treethey always look kinda funnyI didn’t know that this was a ginger plantI wonder if that was also Callalouain’t he cutewe had a perfect sight that day, it was possible to see Montserrat
Deshaies
On our walk down to Deshaies we had a great view over the village and the baythe anchoragein the far end of the pic we had lunch in a barthe view from our lunch barwaiting for the bus or a car to comestill waiting…our second bus; the bus driver was waiting outside with us and was flirting with the girl on the left
SY Altimate 