Day 6, Pointe a Pitre, Guadeloupe

Yeay, this is French territory, so is included in my free roaming package. They use the euro and speak French, which I do find strange, this far from the motherland.

I'm wondering if our cabin steward made this deliberately. 

Guessing it is a frog!

There's not much to do in Pointe a Pitre, very little to see and what there is, is very shabby. Most people were on excursions but we grabbed a map and had a walk around the port.

It is festival time, so all the shops are shut. Also, festival doesn't start till 6pm, after we leave, which may account for there being only a handful of people around, they are all hungover maybe? 

As we wandered around, we saw some fishermen by the dock, cleaning their catch, came across the spice market (very pungent) and found the main church.

Colour in an otherwise bland Pointe a Pitre

The most interesting things were the colourful murals and a large lady sitting on a corner, smoking a 12" cigar! That was before we came across a massive museum on the harbourside. 

Looking like a football stadium and built with an EU grant, it was totally out of place with its surroundings. We didn't go in, it's carnival, so it was shut.

We set sail about 16:30. Don't think anyone was sorry to be leaving though. Someone said Marella are the only cruise line to come to Guadeloupe now. Shame but it really is a bit of a dump, in the city at least. 

We now have 183 nautical miles to go to our next destination, St Vincent. Till tomorrow then.