travel - the caribbean - guadeloupe </head> <BODY BGCOLOR=#000000 TEXT=#FFFFFF LINK=#0099FF VLINK=#00CC99> <font face="verdana" size="6"> <b>travel </b><font color="#00CCFF">the caribbean <font color="#FFFFFF">guadeloupe <font color="#00CCFF"> <font color="FFFFFF"> <img border="0" src="g-travel-guadeloupe-0-FLAG.jpg" align="right" width="225" height="150"><br> <font face="verdana" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"> <br> French Guadeloupe is really made up of two islands connected in the middle and shaped like a butterfly.<br> The day we arrived at Pointe-a-Pitre, the docks were clogged with striking bus drivers. It took hours to just get off the dock.<br> The normal ground tours were gone. We grabbed an unscheduled bus tour that took us across Grande Terre Island,<br> then across the Salt River that separates the two islands, then across Base-Terre to the west coast for<br> snorkeling off a glass bottom boat.<br> <br> <font color="#FFFF00"> TRAVEL: 1992 ... <br> <br> <img align="left" src="g-travel-aa-travel%20fanatics%20unlimited%20logo.jpg" width="69" height="69"><br> <font color="#CC6600">This location has earned an over-all three-and-one-half star (good+) rating from<br> <b>Travel Fanatics Unlimited</b><br> <font color="#FFFF00">***1/2<br> <br> <font face="Verdana" size="1" color="#FFFFFF"> unless noted otherwise all images copyright d. holmes chamberlin jr architect llc <HR 100%> <font size="2" color="#00CCFF"> <br><br> <img src="g-travel-guadeloupe-pointe-a-pitre-harbor-1992.jpg" width="910" height="640"><br> Pointe-a-Pitre harbor, Grande-Terre Island, Guadeloupe, 1992.<br> <br><br> <img src="g-travel-guadeloupe-countryside-1992.jpg" width="902" height="677"><br> Crossing the island, Grande-Terre Island, Guadeloupe, 1992.<br> <br><br> <img src="g-travel-guadeloupe-street-1992.jpg" width="900" height="677"><br> Street scene, Grande-Terre Island, Guadeloupe, 1992.<br> <br><br> <img src="g-travel-guadeloupe-glass%20bottom%20boat-beach-1992.jpg" width="901" height="680"><br> Glass bottom boating, Grande-Terre Island, Guadeloupe, 1992.<br> <br><br> <img src="g-travel-guadeloupe-glass%20bottom%20boat-1992.jpg" width="897" height="644"><br> Glass bottom boating, Grande-Terre Island, Guadeloupe, 1992.<br> <br><br><br><br> <font face="Verdana" size="1" color="#00CCFF">copyright d. holmes chamberlin jr architect llc <hr align="left" width="40%"><font color="#FFFFFF"> page last revised february 2020<BR> <br>