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We have stopped at Deshaies (“day-hay”) once before, but only for the night.  This time we spent two days in Guadeloupe, waiting for a good wind to take us to Antigua.

 

Deshaies is a small town, but there is plenty to do in the vicinity.  If you walk a couple of kilometres north of the town then you come to a long beach with large breaking waves.  Sometimes it is fun just to jump over the surf.

 

Going south from the town, after a kilometre of slogging uphill, you come to a beautiful botanical garden.  The garden is immaculately groomed (supported by EU funds) and has a large variety of tropical plants, trees, and birds.  It also has a restaurant with a panoramic view, where you can spend a happy afternoon digesting your lunch.

 

The Grand Anse beach north of Deshaies

 

Feeding the lorikeets in the botanical garden aviary

 

They are very sociable birds

 

Tiny lizard that can sit on a flower petal

 

We saw a couple of species of humming bird, which Andrea managed to capture on film

 

This guy was after the koi in the pond, and was not going to move however close we got

 

The panoramic restaurant is alongside an impressive artificial waterfall

 

Anastasia at anchor down in the bay below the botanical garden