Guadeloupe

Jackamy
Paul & Derry Harper
Sat 2 Jan 2010 09:38

 

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Saturday 2nd January 2010 

 

 

We had been in Antigua for 4 weeks and we'd had a great time and met some lovely people but it was time to move on. We’ve started to make our way South through the Leeward and Windward islands aiming to get to Panama for early February.

 

Our first stop was Deshaies in Guadeloupe. Guaudeloupe is a French island, the first of four that we will stop at. So after a 6 hour sail we dropped our anchor just as the sun was setting.

 

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Blue Magic were already anchored here and the next day with Mark and Chrissy we walked a kilometer and a half uphill to the Botanical gardens. It was well worth the walk! The plants ranged from cactus to orchids to very large trees and we also saw brightly coloured parakeets, macaws and flamingos. It was a lovely day!

 

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Parakeets (left)                        Look, I can stand on one leg! (right)

 

 

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Macaws (left)                          Old man at rest (right)

 

 

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