Saint-Pierre was the original capital city of Martinique. All, but a few building foundations, were wiped clean from the coast by the explosive eruption of Mont Pelee in 1902. Only one person survived the eruption, a prisoner locked in solitary confinement in a tomb of a prison building. People […]
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Welcome to Saint Pierre. For a town wiped off the map in 1902, it is doing pretty good. Of course you get the usual tourist tat, but once you look deeper into the town, there are some lovely surprises. But let us start on the sea front. Saint Pierre has […]
Well the human’s are healthy enough to ‘get a move on’ and leave Martinique for the rest of the Caribbean. Before leaving they ‘of course’ had to go visit one of the islands many rum distilleries for a tasting section. At the foot of the volcano is the rum distillery Depaz. The original […]