Fort
de France - Martinique (France)(2022)
Martinique
is a rugged Caribbean island that is an overseas region of
France
Its culture reflects a distinctive blend of French and West Indian influences. Fort-de-France. its largest town, is surrounded by steep hills |
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Greeted by a Rainbow |
and Dancers in Native Dress |
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The title of our tour was "Historical Martinique |
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Driving
up into the hills, this is a very GREEN landscape |
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This
Botanical garden contains exotic plants Such an excursion must wait for a future visit Our destination today is a RUM distillary
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Mountain
streams of pure water serve the city below People often collect containers of it directly from the source |
The
view from the peak today may be shrouded in fog |
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We
have arrived at the site of the DePaz Rum Distillery Click HERE or either picture below for photos of our entire tour |
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Our
next stop was the town of St Pierre founded in 1635 by Pierre
Belain d'Essnambuc Before 1902 it was the most important city of Martinique both culturally & economically It was called "The Paris of the Caribbean" It was totally destroyed by the eruption of Mt Pelee in 1902 Click HERE or either picture below to see how St Pierre looks today |
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Back
in Fort de France |
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Time
to board our ship again  |
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A
beautiful Caribbean sunset as we sailed to our next port |
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