We cleared customs in Fort De France and did
a quick walk around town. Very cute
place for such a large city. We stopped
at The Baguette Shop and had a yummy steak/cheese panini and bought a fresh,
hot baguette to have for lunch.
Back on Soulmatie, we headed across the large
bay to the small town of Anse Mitan.
Great sail across the bay!
There used to be a huge hotel here (which
helped grow the town) but now the hotel is abandoned and in ruins. What a waste … it must have been a beautiful
resort in its prime! We anchored just
off the ruined hotel.
For lunch, we had sliced bbq chicken breast,
chalet sauce and red onions on ½ of the baguette. Most Yummy!!!
Shortly after lunch, we hit the waters. The coast is lined with rock breakwaters
that form cute little coves. Our hope
was that the rocks would house many little fishes and reef creatures. We were not disappointed. We swam to shore and explored for a very
long time. I know I said to check out
our Photos Page to see pictures of our past few snorkeling excursions but Larry
is trying to identify and label everything so it’s taking longer than expected. We will try to get it updated as soon as
possible because we really have seen some awesome things!
When we arrived here, we didn’t notice the
clear, plastic bottle floating at the surface.
We anchored, dropped back, and were uncomfortably close to this
contraption. We just hoped it was
marking a fish trap and not an actual mooring.
Just our luck … about 4pm, a boat pulled in behind us and took that
mooring. There wasn’t even enough
distance between us for our dinghy to float behind our boat. What an asshole! He had no concern in the world that he was THAT close to us. He just tied off his boat and went
ashore. So … now the decision was on
us, do we stay uncomfortably close to this boat or do we pull anchor and move. We moved ahead, closer to shore to give some
clearance from that boat but unfortunately, we felt we were too close to the
boat beside us. Damn … let’s just pull
anchor and head to the back of the pack!
We motored through the parade of boats until
we found a nice clearing in the back, closer to where the ferry runs. It will be rolly when the ferry passes but
at least, we don’t have fear of other boats around us smashing into us in the
night. Oh … and here’s the real reason
we moved the second time (away from the boat beside us). Earlier today, while sitting on Soulmatie
and enjoying our surroundings, I glanced over to the boat off our starboard
side. There, squatted down and leaning
off the back of the transom was a bare-assed asshole (no pun intended) taking a
huge dump into the beautiful, tranquil waters.
Can you believe the nerve of that guy?
Taking a shit in the waters that so many of us are swimming in! MAJOR
YUCK!!!
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