Pearls of the Caribbean (5)

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27/02/2010 Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe) 28/02/2010 Philipsburg (Sint Maarten - Netherlands Antilles) 28/02/2010 Philipsburg (Collectivity of Saint-Martin - French Antilles) 01/03/2010 Casa De Campo/La Romana (Dominican Republic) 02/03/2010 Catalina Island (Dominican Republic) 03/03/2010 Road Harbour (Tortola - British Virgin Islands) 04/03/2010 St.John's (Antigua - Antigua & Barbuda) 05/03/2010 St. Lucia Castries (Saint Lucia) 06/03/2010 Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe)

Costa excursion: NO. With our travel friends we took a shared taxi and headed to Cane Garden Bay, where we spent the whole day. Adult taxi: 6 USD per person each way (12 USD return). Child taxi: we negotiate 6 USD each way (12 US dollars return) for the three kids (three for the price of one). Sun lounger: 3 USD. Parasol: free after haggling. The parasol is paid for, but DVD haggles over the price, making it clear we'll have lunch (3 families with children) at the little restaurant. This pleases the lady, who in the end lets herself be won over by the affable, flattering manner of the now-seasoned DVD. We don't choose the establishment, the taxi driver does, and he probably has his trusted one. No harm done, given the whole beach is lovely and one spot is as good as another (as long as there's a bit of shade..!). We stayed at: Cane Garden Bay Beach Hotel;

THANKS to Caterina and Matteo simply for this fantastic trip lived intensely together. THANKS to Valerio, Mathias and Renato for the feasts, the dives and the snacks shared with Matteo. THANKS to Adriano, Angela, Nadia, Dario and Sonia for the most pleasant and welcome company.