Martinique Trip

Martinique is an island in the lesser Antilles and is a part of France. The language is French (boy is it!) and a local Creole. The temperature stays about 85-75 with a pleasant breeze. Below are some photos of the island and the people I met there.

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This is Anse (cove) Mitan, the beach nearest the hotel.

On the northwest side of the island is the city of St. Pierre. Destroyed by a volcano in 1902, is offers some interesting contrasts...

There are new buildings next to shells of the former town...

There is still a market place selling most everything, vegetables, house wares and really fresh fish, hacked up right there on the stone wall, just for you...

 

On the Atlantic coast is the village of Robert, my favorite town by default

On the southern end of the island is this fabulous beach

While in Martinique I met these wonderful people at the hotel. The speaking of English draws like fellows, here is Paige, Matt, me, Tracy (she spoke French, our savior! and provided some of these photos) and her mom Ella on New Year's eve 1999.

We had a mighty long dinner before going to the beach to ring in the new year,

There we met 2 Norwegian lads who had been looking for a room at our hotel.

We ended up at another restaurant until the wee small hours, discussing all manner of things and wondering why they didn't speak English here, the Norwegians spoke better English than many Americans, claimed they watched a lot of television.


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