After a great time in Antigua and a fun night out with Te Mana we got up bright and early to head to Guadeloupe.  It was only a five hour sail and winds were predicted at 15-20 so we were looking forward to a nice sail.  Turns out those predictions were wrong (surprise surprise) and we had winds up to 35 but it was still a nice sail over.  Ryan did some fishing and caught a barracuda!  And he and Stanley caught up on some sleep!

The harbor in Deshaies was nice and we couldn’t believe how clear the water was.  We were anchored in 30ft and could clearly see the bottom!  Stanley had fun running around barking at the turtles in the water.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deshaies has a river that runs through town and we had read about a hike you can do up the river so we went to check it out.  The river is pretty but it turns out the hike is through the river climbing over slippery moss covered rocks.  Not feeling like breaking an ankle that day we turned around after 20 minutes, but we did enjoy the scenery we saw.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While in Deshaies we picked up our friend Kacie!  She flew into Guadeloupe late on a Monday night and luckily was able to get a taxi out to the boat.  Lucky because Guadeloupe was having an island wide gas shortage and the buses stopped running, there weren’t rental cars to be found and a lot of the taxis weren’t running either.  But she made it!  The day after she arrived we went to visit the botanical gardens which are up the hill from Deshaies.  A nice stroll through the garden was a good way to start off her visit!