Martinique
December 2024 : Martinique
Martinique was a much needed pause from our eventful passages, even though we didn’t really stop moving, but the seas were calmer and life started to feel a bit slower! We spent Christmas Eve at the beautiful Saline Beach and moved over to Le Marin to meet our friends for Christmas dinner the next day!
Our exploration of Martinique continued with a visit to the charming town of Anse d’Arlet, where we enjoyed a pleasant hike to the beautiful Grande Anse d'Arlet. Rewarded with another lovely beach, we had a swim before returning to Tranquila. On our final day in Martinique, we made our way to Fort-de-France to see off a departing crew member. We took the opportunity to explore the town, purchase a much-missed guitar (we left ours in Sydney), and replenish our provisions. That evening, we began an overnight sail to our next destination: Guadeloupe.
Ted helped us decorate for Santas arrival!
We had a lovely Christmas dinner anchored at Saline Beach!
Santa came at night and dropped the goods!
Walking through Plage de Saline markets!
Yummy BBQ lunch on the beach!
It was so nice to have a delicious beach BBQ meal and not having to cook on the boat!
On the 25th,we had an amazing pot luck dinner with our friends from Chillalot!
The kids had an absolute blast at the snorkel spots around Martinique!
So did we!
We loved paddling around looking for turtles and snorkel spots!
Just sitting in stillness observing the coral!
and cute tiny fish!
We never got tired of sea turtles!
Anse de Arlet was a cute little town we went to explore to stretch our legs!
A walk up to the view point!
It did not disappoint!
Beautiful sunsets!
Exploring Fort-de-France!
It's beautiful artwork!
We sailed by Diamond Rock!
Just out here doing boat work in exotic locations!