Anse Mitan

The detail of Anse Mitan

Going North from Anse D’Arlet, passing Grand Anse D’Arlet and Anse L’Ane, we sailed into Baie de Fort de France and anchored on the South side of it by Le Mitan. We couldn’t get provisions here, the grocery store was almost empty, except for the wine and baguettes. But you would not get hungry in this town with many restaurants and pastry shops.
We anchored in front of a resort and walk to the town Le Mitan through it’s beautiful garden, but we couldn’t use the hotel’s Internet. We connected in a nearby restaurant, where we ordered drinks. More drinks, more Internet time.
From Le Mitan you can catch a ferry every hour to the Capital of Martinique, Fort de France, where one fourth of 400,000 Martinique population found their homes. A mix of modern and old Creole, the city is a working place with many businesses and stores, lively during the day and quiet at night.

Martinique

The tip of Martinique with the Diamond Rock in a sunset

We are on Martinique, Caribs called it Madinina – the island of flowers. It is richly cultivated with banana and pineapple plantations and fields of sugar cane.

You can have breakfast at the French pastry shop and then browse through many charming or elegant stores.

In the cool of the afternoon you would want to visit small squares, surrounded by the flowering bushes, where guillotine was to often used, and pay respect to the victims of time.

Except for a few short periods of British power, French took over the island after killing the Arawaks, who colonized the island over 2000 years ago and fought the newcomers, choosing death over slavery.

The Martinique main road runs along the shore and when you tour the island, spectacular views make you stop and enjoy the unspoiled nature, the contrast of color, the scent of blooming oleanders, the laziness of a hot day and the wildness of the sea, brushing over the coral reefs.