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A visit to Guadeloupe in the French West Indies ... |
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Page Four ~ A Day Trip
Natural Reserve of Ilets de la Petite Terre |
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on board the catamaran "Tip Top Two" |
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 Captain Guillaume of the Tip Top Two |
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Granny reading on the way |
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 Under sail |
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The cross at Pointe des Chateaux At the southeastern tip of Grande-Terre |
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The Tip Top Two at buoy between Terre de Bas and Terre de Haut, the two main islands of Ilets de la Petite Terre |
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Map showing the nature trail in red
No human activity is allowed away from the trail or on the other islands |
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 A lagoon surrounded by coral reef
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Granny on the cliff |
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Surf coming up through the holes in the coral reef |
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The Lighthouse, no longer occupied |
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The terrain of
Terre de Bas |
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The Century Plant which only blooms after ten to seventy years, then dies
The giant bloom can grow almost a foot a day |
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 Century Plant blooms filled with Bananaquits and bees eating nectar At night, the Century Plant is also pollinated by bats |
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Granny contemplates a Century Plant and his 100th year in 2034 |
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This bee was the size of a hummingbird |
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The white sand beach and the Tip Top Two
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We also saw the green Antillean Iguana in heavy scrub cover
This was one of the nature trail signs |
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These Bananaquits were landing on Mary Jane's hat and almost landed on her outstretched finger
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Granny at rest |
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 Hermit Crabs were everywhere in the sand |
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 The Green Sea Turtle and the Blowfish arrive for some lunch scraps |
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Looking across the islands to La Désirade in the distance |
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Under way again |
Returning to the marina at Saint François |
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Now read Granny's The Orphan and the Boot Go to Guadeloupe |
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