Deshaies ( pronounced day yay) Guadeloupe

Steve and I got up today and got the boat chores done then on to exploring and snorkeling. You can just go off the back of your boat and see so much! I looked down and immediately saw a sea turtle skirting the sea floor. We snorkeled to the bank and back seeing a lot of cool fish. Loaded up the dink for exploring the beach north of our anchorage and around the edge of the bay. on our travels I saw a guy scraping scallops off a rock wall, diving fisherman and a small blow hole as we turned the corner to the long Beach.

We anchored our dinghy about 20 ft offshore grabbed our snorkel gear and headed in. Me being the graceful princess I am tried to stand as the swell knocked me into the sand and of course filled my suit with beach 🙄. On to the adventure! We walked to the end of the beach Steve was ahead of me ( as usual), and he signaled me to lay down my fins and follow him. I passed a sign that said AMORE on it and crossed a small creek up a small hill to what looked like an island paradise! BUT looking closer I saw the chairs were worn the huts were aged, but that pool was tip top clean! We thought it was closed but a guy came out and said the Tapas bar opened at 5pm. Everything is so beautiful and lush green due to the amount of rain they get here. We walked on after a nice talk with that guy around the corner where we came in( after grabbing our gear of course) and followed a dirt trail to a cool little beach you had to climb down to by holding on to a tree root and climbing down the rocks. We put on our gear and snorkeled from there back to our dinghy. Seeing some cool fish and lots of volcanic type rocks. Back to our boat we went over the big waves until we rounded the corner then BOOM no waves. We saw the rains coming so we climbed aboard emptied the dinghy and dried off. It just kept raining so we ate leftover broccoli cheddar rice casserole for dinner and enjoyed sitting and listening to the many short rain storms that came off the mountains.

This is a stop worth making if you’re sailing or boating this way! Check in was so easy, you go in to the channel by the fisherman’s marina and check in at the small metal office building behind it. You will know it. The town is so cute and the food is great! Don’t miss this cool stop we didn’t get to hike but heard that the area has some great trails.

Fair winds my fellow explorers!

GUADELOUPE.

I have so much to report since May! I went home to spend three weeks with family and our shop. My grandson Jett stayed with me the whole time! We had many adventures.

So today June 23 Steve and I sailed/motored to Pigeon Island anchoring in Pigeon bay I think it’s called. You can get really close to shore due to the depth of the water. The water is a beautiful turquoise blue and you can see to the bottom. The anchorage is a little rolly, wind shear off the island can be fierce with the rain showers this time of year, and again I haven’t learned to speak French. If you are nice and try to speak French then most people will talk to you in English, if you don’t or are rude, they will act as if they don’t understand a word! Most stores and restaurants are closed on Sunday and Monday. It is their weekend I was told. We did find a cool little food shack for lunch, and oh! They don’t get busy till after 5 anyway when the people come out to play. (And it’s not scalding hot in the evening.)