St. Barthelemy (St. Barts)
20 May 2010 | Anse De Colombier
Steve
Found our next car!
We stayed in Anse (bay) de (The) Colombier on the north end of St. Barthelemy (Barts). It is national park and we picked up free mooring ball. I don't mind mooring balls as long as they are free. The anchorage is a deep bay with a beautiful crescent beach backed by steep hills of greenery. Every time you look up you see a sea turtle poking its head up for air and to look around. The water is nearly as clear as the Bahamas (no water is as clear as the Bahamas, not even bottled water).
There is the most breathtaking hike from the park to the Hamlet of Colombier. The path takes you along the cliffs on the north side of St. Barts winding among the cactus and century plants, through rock troughs hewn out by wind and water and up steeps with steps carved in the lava rock by the locals. All with the surf pounding at the bottom of the cliff and blue waters with a ample sparkling of steep volcanic islands. The trail/goat path leads to a small concert paved road which makes a pleasant walk top a beach even nicer than the park . It is lined with villas with a small european hotel at the end. We took the road behind the villas back to the path and were passed by cars and trucks half the size you would find in north america.