Jennifer Croat

I would have loved to have more time to spend on this island! Although I heard bad reviews from others on the ship, we loved Martinique. I guess it depends on what you do there. Our plan was to take a taxi to St. Pierre to see the volcano and museum. The taxi drivers there are very pushy though, and our driver, Miguel, basically told us he would take us on a 3 hour tour of the island, for $40/hour (for all 4 of us), during which we would see the volcano along with a few other sights. Well, we agreed and were so happy that we did. We even extended the tour by an hour so we could stop an eat lunch in this little open-air café on the black-sand beach in St. Pierre. Besides seeing the volcano (from afar; it’s too long of a hike to hike up it in the time you’re on the island), we stopped and hiked a little in the beautiful rainforest, we saw Balata, a gorgeous, historic, Catholic cathedral, toured a Rum distillery, and drove around some of the ruins in St. Pierre from when Mt. Pelee erupted in 1902 (ish) and wiped out the town. Then we headed back to Fort-de-France to do some shopping.

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