Guadeloupe

Hello everyone!

We haven't been able to update the blog as often as we would like to due to spotty internet service. That also has made it difficult for us to post photos.

We arrived in Guadeloupe Monday evening. We had dinner on the boat, read, and went to bed. Tuesday morning we got up and headed in to Deshaies to check out the town and clear customs. By the time we had done that it was lunch time. After a quick lunch we headed off for an afternoon of hiking. We had another night of dinner on the boat and reading.

We woke up this morning to a very rocky boat so we set off fairly early. We had a quick bite to eat in town and hiked until lunch time. After lunch we ran a few errands and walked to the botanical gardens just up the hill. They were really very beautiful, although, we have to admit the highlite for both of us was the koi fish pond. For 20 eurocents we bought a cup full of food to feed them and it caused quite a commotion. The fish have learned that when they see a hand out over the water it means they are getting food. They gather around and when the food is dumped they dive all over each other trying to get their share. After we saw the entire garden we went back to feed them one more time before leaving. The garden was shutting down for the evening and the woman who worked at the front desk asked us if we would mind feeding the fish for their nightly meal. We got several pitchers of food to throw to them. We took our job seriously though and were sure to evenly distribute it. That wasn't nearly as much fun though-so after we fed the fish their afternoon snack we bought another tiny cup to watch the fish flop all over each other. We headed back down, grocery shopped, and returned to the boat just in time for the sunset and another night of eating in and reading.

We are off tomorrow afternoon and over the next few days will be making our way to Martinique.

We hope you are all having a great week!