16 January 2013
Deshaies, January 7, 2013
We woke up to a cloudy morning which eventually cleared so we headed to customs around 10:00a.m. and found the very pleasant surroundings of Le Pelican a customs clearing location in Deshaies.
Explored the rest of town, stopping for coffee and a baguette at a local patisserie. Continued to look for a wifi friendly café. Stopped at the local market picked up some water, found the wifi café and had a beer while Sharon got on the internet. After reconnecting with the world we headed back to the boat where Don fixed the water maker and Sharon finished her book.
The following morning we headed for the Jardin Botanique. This is a beautifully organized and maintained botanical garden with varieties of plants from all over the southern part of the northern hemisphere and the northern part of the southern hemisphere and all of the continents are included. There are waterfalls, fish ponds, varieties of flowers from around the world. All of this is viewed via a walking path around the premises that takes about and hour and a half. At the very highest point there is a restaurant/bar where one could have a drink or rum punch and probably dinner later in the evening. Great view of the harbor and very interesting not to miss attraction.