Driving the twisting and sometimes hair-raising narrow roads with spectacular views and lush vegetation is hugely enjoyable, however it also involves the negatives of traffic jams, congestion and parking woes wherever it is you want to go. Down on the…

Now to explore further afield. There are road-side stands and little market stalls wherever you go … coconuts, bananas, homemade juices, in the smaller ones … more variety, spices, locally produced honey, etc. in others. Best sticking to where the…

What a difference a day makes. Blue skies … coffee on the patio … little black finches perched on the chair backs, begrudging every crumb of the baguette that Jocelin brought us this morning … and, if you weren’t careful…

Martinique not only is part of France, it is fiercely French. It seems as though you can only get here from a place where French is spoken. One of our co-guest/crew members on Eye of the Wind had to fly…