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| We went scuba diving at the famous Cousteau National Marine
park. Here, Rick and Suz, from A2C watched us descend. It was a very
pretty 70 foot dive with hard and soft corrals, tons of fish, turtles and good
visibility. Our dive was cut short by about 10 minutes when Vickys O-ring
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The fort at Basse-terre called Fort Louis Delgres, which dates to 1643, was
by far the highlight of Basse-terre. The Lonely Planet guide calls the
city "rather grim". This is rather true. We had some expensive
McDonalds, did some provisioning, and got out of there rather quickly. |
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Les Saintes are a small set of islands just off the south coast of
Guadeloupe. These islands captured our fancy and kept us for 5 days.
We could have stayed much longer. The main town in the islands is called
Borg des Saintes. Its well put together, sophisticated, and has a nice
European flair. The only negative: the currency is Euros, which made it a
bit expensive. |
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Baie du Marigot is a beautiful beach we walked to with A2C. Our walk
led us by small ranches with goats, cows and other livestock. The ranch
homes were absolutely beautiful. The beach bordered a bay and on the far
side of the bay was a huge cliff that David climbed like a wild bafoon, I mean,
baboon. |
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The beach at Borg des Saintes. Here our group sat and drank a wonderful
tasting beer called Corsair. It was so good, we consumed quite a bit, then
walked down the street and ate huge pizzas late in the night. |
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A shot of the anchorage from Borg des Saintes. |
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| We took a day off with A2C to go sailing, simply for the fun of
it! This is new. A2C had problems with their genaker one night in a
squall, and needed to shake it out, dry and re-stow it. Windfreak was
happy to tag along. |
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This is a common occurrence. A rafting of dinghies trying to figure out
where to go or what to do. Although this flotilla was a great reunion with
our friends Richard and Laila on Nebula. They had been delayed by a couple
weeks in St. Martin for repairs. |
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Vicky slurps the milk from a jelly coconut. |
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