We flew back to Rodney Bay in St. Lucia with Bobby, his daughter Brandy and son-in-law Joey. We washed the dust off the boat and provisioned. Next day we headed for Martinique. We arrived late on a Saturday and barely made it to customs which I found in a ferry terminal as the one in town was closed. Sunday in the capital of Martinique was dead, very dead. Everything was closed. We visited the closed library designed by Eiffel, made in France and shipped to Martinique. It was splendid.
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| Eiffel's cast iron library |
We got bored so we pulled anchor and headed north to a small town called Plymouth still in Martinique. We had a nice night and toured the town the next day. We went to a rhum (rum) factory, did a tasting. Actually Bobby and I tasted a bit too much and decided to keep going when we got back to the boat. We were asleep by 3:00 in the afternoon but woke up and keep going.
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| Plymouth shore, Martinique |
We pulled anchor the next day and sailed to Dominica which had a level 5 hurricane less than a year before. The houses and hotels on the shore were destroyed. Most of the trees were swept bare and the fruit trees on which they depend were denuded.
We took a tour of the mountains, the great fresh water lake that both powers the towns and provides fresh water. It was spectacular. Nature has rebuilt a lot but has more to go. We liked Dominica and would consider going back. Below is a picture of an oak water pipe about 4 feet in diameter that runs for miles across their preserve. They would not allow metal in the preserve so the French built it in 1975 and coat it in tar every seven years. It has lasted these past 42 years.
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| Two of the many water falls |
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| Hot sulphur spring vent produces hot water |
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| We bath in the sulphur |
Below is a statue in front of the home of the now deceased Dominican lady who lived to 127 years of age.
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| Barry, Bobby & Joey |
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| President's palace paid for by the Chinese to get votes in the United Nations |
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