polkadotannie

Update on our Guadeloupe adventure...

We did the Jacques Cousteau Marine Reserve snorkeling tour and we were quite dissapointed with the lack of good coral and marine life.

Our tour went from the cruise ship pier by bus into Basse-Terre's National Park. We stopped at Cascade Ecrévisses, a pretty waterfall set in the lush jungle... then onto Jacques Cousteau Marine Reserve.

We did have fun on the glass bottom boat -- it was by far the best of its kind I've ever been on!!

The view from the glass bottom was great... it was like being in a submarine. Very cool!

It's really too bad where we snorkeled was so horrible...:mad:

The tour operators were great... & they kept that Rum Punch flowing on the way back to the pier -- yikes!!.. :p

It was also nice to see some of the island from the bus with our tour guide giving information.

I would still recommend this tour -- but just know it may not be the best snorkeling you've ever done.

I hope this helps others when researching what to do on Guadeloupe.

xo

Annie

I just returned from Guadeloupe.

I finally booked a tour before leaving with a German speaking guide. There were also several local people at the pier. I'm sure one would have spoken English...

 

We went to see the Chute du Crévisse waterfall and a rum distillery on "Basse-Terre". Then we also went to the other part of the island and drove to St. Anne and the Castle Point. It took us 7 hours and the cost was 195 Euro for three of us ($230 or $77 USD each) to give you a price to expect. You should have Euros with you (they may except USD, but they'll be much happier with Euros).

 

For more information (or if you speak German, I could give the homepage and e-mail of our guide) just write me.

Guadeloupe is probably one of the safest, richest and cleanest islands in the Caribbean.

GO OUT AND EXPLORE this beautiful Island.

Thank you for the great information onyx007!

Good to know there are tour vendors outside the pier.

Sounds like you picked a great tour ... 7 hours, WOW!!

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Hi

We're looking for a reasonable snorkeling tour out of Pointe-a-Pitre. Sounds like Pigeon Island is a good place to go but I'm having trouble finding tour operators. Le Gosier also sounds great.

If anyone has any information I'll be grateful if you share it with me.

Annie

I do understand some folks being angry -- there are and always will be people who take unfair advantage of social services. Why anyone who can afford insurance wouldn’t pay for it is beyond me – that seems rather stupid.

Medical insurance has gotten so horribly high -- it's one thing to be able to save a little here and a little there to take a cheapie cruise; it's a whole other thing for your monthly health insurance premium to be more than half your monthly paycheck. There is no way to be able to pay that and still afford rent, utilities, food, gas...:eek:-:eek:-:eek:

I wonder if you know that one Carnival cruise is often much less than one month of health insurance? Like by half? and that's just one month!

So ... maybe taking your anger and using it to change this country's health care system may be a better use of your energy ... it's just a thought...:o:o:o

My sister and I travel from Pasadena, CA down to Tijuana for dental work (so much cheaper and we have a great dentist!) -- when I'm down there I also visit my favorite pharmacist and buy a few things. I've noticed he's not selling the bigger bottles of antibiotics anymore -- some new regulation.

I'm a nurse -- so no need to go off about indiscriminate use. I'm conservative, but I do know when I have a bladder infection.

Thanks to everyone for their input -- that's what is so great about the CC Boards! :p:p:p

I go to Tijuana several times a year -- my dentist is there and when I'm there I visit my favorite pharmacy. I used to be able to buy antibiotics (and cheap too!) without a perscription -- now I'm told I need one ... then he sold me some anyway, but not the 100 unit bottle, like before.

I'll be interested to see what other Mexican towns are like for meds.