{"id":8995,"date":"2026-03-15T12:33:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T18:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/syfrenchkissinglife.com\/?p=8995"},"modified":"2026-03-15T14:01:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T20:01:52","slug":"a-very-busy-month-in-martinique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/syfrenchkissinglife.com\/?p=8995","title":{"rendered":"A VERY busy month in Martinique"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

But first a little catching up and how we even got to Martinique…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After our Barbados trip, we returned to Grenada and quickly set out for St Vincent and the Grenadines, the large group of islands to the north. Having been there several times now, we sought out some new spots such as Saline Beach on the island of Mayreau. Just around the corner from Salt Whistle Bay, this is a large bay with a beautiful beach and it offered much better protection from the northerly swells hitting the island. John was able to limp to Lolo’s Bar for a night out and after a couple days we moved on to Port Elizabeth, Bequia. We took the ferry to St Vincent and explored Fort Charlotte. This fort is unique in the islands in that it was not built to protect against threats from the sea. It was built in 1763 to protect against attacks by the Carib natives, slave revolts and a possible land attack from the French. It was later used as a leper colony and finally a women’s prison that closed in 2015. It now houses a marine signal station that is manned 24\/7 to respond to ship emergencies. We had a great chat with the guy on duty and then taxied over to the other side of Kingstown, checking out a couple of big churches along the way, and caught a water taxi to Young Island. This island is next to Fort Duvernette (Click here to read from previous post<\/a>) and has a single, sprawling resort that we explored. Our local taxi van (collectivo?) for the return trip was quite interesting. Tess had to sit on my lap, half the passengers were drinking beer – including the driver, the music was deafening and he had a lead foot on both pedals (and wet roads too!) It was about 1\/20th of the taxi price. We then picked up our friend Patti and returned to Bequia for a few days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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