A skull at last
You may have noticed that the trip so far has been somewhat lacking in skulls, but we found one today (or at least a statue of one) in the Eglise Notre Dame de la Bonne Délivrance in Les Trois-Îlets, a nearby town.
It’s quite a pretty church…
… with big chandeliers and decorative stenciled paintwork inside.
They are proud of the fact that this was the parish church of the young Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie, who went on to become Viscountess Joséphine de Beauharnais in her first marriage, and Empress Joséphine when she married Napoleon Bonaparte.
The graveyard has above ground crypts, with portraits of the departed, and fake flowers mounted in pots full of cement.
So, the town is called Les Trois-Îlets (the three islets), and there are three islets clearly visible from the shore and on Google Satellite View.
However, they vanish when you switch the view to regular Google maps.
Maybe these are undead islands. Just like vampires don’t show up in mirrors, undead islands don’t show up in Google maps.
We then checked out Pointe du Bout. There’s a nice beach, a marina, lots of tourist condos, and a bunch of souvenir shops. It’s the most touristy place we’ve seen on this trip.
We lunched at home then tried snorkeling at our local beach.
It’s not as good a snorkeling spot as the last place we stayed, but we still saw some interesting stuff, in shallow water so you get close to the fish.
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Martinique – also home to Aimee Dubucq de Rivery. Childhood friend of Josephine. Look up her biog on Wikipedia.