Martinique cont.

A few more pics of Martinique. We finally got a window and made it a little farther south.

Pictures of St. Lucia will come soon.

Sunset near Anse D'Arlet.

Diamond rock on the southern tip of Martinique. During the French / English war, Nelson captured this small island and quickly commissioned it as a ship, the HMS DIAMOND. He had crew and cannons installed and began shooting at unsuspecting French ships coming into Martinique.
This drove Napoleon mad because his beloved wife Josephine was from Martinique and it was an insult for Nelson to do such a thing. Napoleon sent a naval fleet to recapture Diamond rock and engage Nelson. The French navy succeeded in retaking the rock but returned to France before Nelson could catch up to them.

Local racing sailboat.

Dormant volcanoes in the background.

Cane fields of one of the many distilleries in Martinique.

Martinique, Carnival

Blake and Stephanie flew down to Fort de France to spend a week with us in Martinique. Their arrival was delayed because the volcano on Montserrat had a colapse of it's dome and continued to throw ash into the atmosphere to such intensity that all flights to Matinique were cancelled till the next day. Following are pictures of Carnival in Fort de France.

Blake and Stephanie

Cross dressing for carnival is common.

In the container is rum.

Part of the Chicken parade.

A local Pottery shop doing their thing.

From the balcony with the bay in the background.

The streets were packed and went on till about 10 pm.