Martinique and Guadeloupe
I broke the outboard. Matty came to visit and we had a great week exploring Martinique. Starting with Richie and Matty climbing mount Pelée, the volcano that erupted in 1932 and killed 30,000 people. Higher than Ben Nevis, it was a long hard climb and the 2 of them were very quiet that night. Mandy & I didn't go because we had boat jobs to do. We had a few great nights out in Fort De France. Found the equivalent of Lark Lane. Richie joined in with the local chess club and just got beaten by toothless Charles. They were all so friendly. The north end of the Island was the most Jurassic park yet, you could just imagine a T-rex coming out of the trees. We had to cut the drone flight short as it rained Then we walked up to a lovely waterfall through the jungle. Some bits of it did remind us of Brotherton park, green and muddy but very humid. The vines were massive, you can see how Tarzan could swing through jungle on them. We had some great sails up and down the coast of Mar...