Today we rented a car to pick up Nancy and Vernon from a late night flight at the airport. Since we had the car we decided to explore Martinique a bit more. Heading around the island we passed many Banana plantations where they had blue bags wrapped around the banana bunches. Then we stopped in Le Vauclin for lunch. They had the “Menu Touristik” and we just went for it. It started with the appertif of your choice, “Ti Punch or Planters Punch”. Ti Punch comes with a coconut shell of sugar to add since the alcohol is a bit rough. Then came appetizer of fried fish and cole-slaw. For the main course the guys had chicken and I had the fish with some local side-dishes (the mashed potato thing was dasheen)…Jonathon got a pile of “frites”. Next course was your choice of ice cream, fruit salad, or café. For the digestive we all got a shot of “schrub”. After paying “l’addition sil vous plait” (the bill) we took a walk in the sand bar which was beautiful!
Heading West we wanted to see Fort De France. As soon as we got within 10 miles of the city, we were in a traffic jam…really??? I thought we were in NYC for a moment except for the presence of the Fort of Saint Anne. The commercialization and industrialization just felt out of place on a Caribbean Island.
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