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April 29th 2012

Published: April 29th 2012

April 13 - April 24, 2012 - Guadeloupe Guadeloupe is another one of the French islands located in the Caribbean. This one definitely has a different feel from the others we have visited, at least as seen from Pointe a Pitre. It still is French, however, the look and the feel of the area has a mixture of French and Creole culture and architecture. One of the most noticeable is language. When on M... Read Full Entry

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Bob & Janice Waller

s v Tsamaya

Like so many others we love to travel and we love to sail so cruising makes a lot of sense. Janice has retired from Cornell as a business manager and Bob has retired from South Seneca school district as the high school principal. It's time to sell the house, get rid of whatever doesn't fit on our 40 foot Caliber LRC named Tsamaya (this means Travel Well in Setswana) and set off to see the world. Our reasons for publishing this blog is twofold, first to keep in touch with our friends and family and secondly to share our experiences. If you would like to receive notification when we have added ... full info

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2 blades?

Many windmills you see typically have 3 blades; these appear to have only 2. This is just a small group of windmills that we saw while on our tour of the island.

Moden Methods

This is the modern method of picking the sugar cane, lots less labor needed now for this process.

The Eastern Shore

While driving north toward Pointe de la Grande Vigie we were rewarded with views like this.

What is this place?

This cemetery has become quite a well know tourist site within the town of Morne-a-l’Eau. You can’t miss it as you head right into it as you drive into town. Before knowing it you may think you are looking at a hill full of black and white homes until you look closer and see it is a cemetery. On All Saints Day in November the whole hill is lit up with candles.

Anyone for a Fill Up?

After converting EC to US dollars and liters to gallons we figured we paid $8.20 US per gallon. Anyone for some gas??? Luckily our rental car was excellent on gas consumption.

Agricultural Fields

We saw numerous fields that were planted - tomatoes, beans and this one had melons.

Homeland Security?

We were surprised to see that the Fed Ex envelope with our credit cards had been opened & checked by US Homeland Security. Interesting this was done for a package being sent OUT of the US.

The southern bridge

This looks like a simple bridge, however, there are actually 2 bridges at this location that are an an angle to each other making it a little interesting to go through but not bad

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