Guadaloupe

We sailed down the lee side of Monserrat, saw more of the damage to the island.
There is an exclusion area of 1.5 KM however, we stayed 2 miles to the West. It was a delightful sail for a change. Smooth seas, 18 knots from the East. Once we got to South side the winds went to 6 knots from the West, very strange. As the trade winds blow from E to SE. Once we turned toward Deshaies, the wind was at our back, in came the jib, and we turned on the engine. We had an alternator belt
break. Seas were 3 to 4 footers.
Arrived in Deshaies around 1400 hours. We went into town to do customs, to find a note on door, saying they were close till....Oh well, seems some of these islands are really layed back in formalities. We walked through town, familiarized ourselves a little, found the grocery store, found most people did not speak English, found a tourist shack built on the beach, we picked up a map of Guadaloupe.
Back to the boat for a quiet night.

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