It was great to see these smaller islands, both of which had music festivals going on while we were there so we got a good dose of beach, sightseeing and music too! In Marie Galante, a large crepe-shaped island we rented a scooter and scooted around the sugarcane fields to visit a rum distillery (hmm, I haven’t talked much about rum in the blog, but we’ve been making it a ritual to taste each island’s own, none of which have disappointed so far), more beaches (of course), little towns, des falaises (which took us about 2 weeks to realize its cliffs in French) and old towers and windmills.
Travel isn’t always fun and we had to get up the 2nd morning at 4:45am to catch the 6am ferry to the mainland where we’d get the 7:30 bus from Point a Pitre to Trois Rivieres (almost complete opposite side of Gwada) to then take the 9am ferry to our next island, Terre de Haut. Well, the only time it rained during these 4 days was in the 30 minutes it took us to scoot from the sleeping beach to the ferry, and believe me, it’s never fun to drive a scooter in the dark being pelted by cold rain while you’re half asleep and knowing that the only clothes you have are now fully liquid.
But we made it and were able to enjoy the sunny and Bequia-like Island. We like small islands so much that we decided to fly directly to the British Virgin Islands, which are a group of around 50 small sandy things near Puerto Rico for the rest of our Caribbean trip.
