9th - 11th January The Saints We have anchored again in The Saints, a group of islands at the southern end of Guadeloupe. Very strange these islands are inhabited by people originating in Brittany rather than Africa. The men have gone back to beer and wine as there preferred tipple, a French beer called Desperados, which is flavoured with tequila is the current favourite. We have been for a walk round the main island and up to an old fort on the highest...

7th - 9th January Guadaloupe - Basse-Terre Another short hop to Basse-Terre the capital of Guadeloupe. Again we anchored just down the coast about 2 miles away. Basse-Terre itself was not very exciting and we couldn't get internet access, hence the delay in updating the web site. We hired a car and did a lightening tour of the island. We went to the national park up in the mountains, the car really struggled to get up the steep road then broke down at th...