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Showing posts with label Guadeloupe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Guadeloupe. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Guadeloupe Carnival

Tuesday 
14/03/17

Harini kak ton free sket so boleh la update blog yg dh berkurun tak update ni. Cite ni pasal CARNAVAL bulan lps bukan sahaja dekat Guadeloupe tp mostly Caribbean islands. 


Ok, kak ton google history sket sbb aku pun tak tau carnaval ni celebrate apa. Celebration basically sebulan in February pastu end of the month 2 hari public holiday sambut besar-besaran gitu. So sebulan ni, semua org in festive mood, nk Christmas pun tak camni feeling dia. Every weekend, different city host a carnaval. Traffic jammed toksah cerita la, tu blom lagi budak2 bukak tol create jammed smpai 12km. Sentap je sbb weekend kita nk pegi beach pastu sangkut jammed, jalan plak takde jln lain, tu je la satu2nye jln nk ke pantai tu.






Carnival (see other spellings and names) is a Western Christian festive season that occurs before the liturgical season of Lent.[2] The main events typically occur during February or early March, during the period historically known as Shrovetide (or Pre-Lent). Carnival typically involves a public celebration and/or parade combining some elements of a circus, masks, and a public street party. People wear masks and costumes during many such celebrations, allowing them to lose their everyday individuality and experience a heightened sense of social unity.[3] Excessive consumption of alcohol,[4]meat, and other foods proscribed during Lent is extremely common. Other common features of carnival include mock battles such as food fights; social satire and mockery of authorities; the grotesque body displaying exaggerated features, especially large noses, bellies, mouths, and phalli, or elements of animal bodies; abusive language and degrading acts; depictions of disease and gleeful death; and a general reversal of everyday rules and norms
(SUMBER MOKCIK WIKIPEDIA)

Carnaval yg kak ton n laki pegi adalah carnaval yg dekat umah kitaorg ni, tak yah bawak kete, jalan kaki je. Umat manusia tak tau la nk cakap, dh siap picnic tepi jalan. Kalau boleh bawak bantal n tilam confirm bawak. Rata2, org bawak kerusi lipat tu sbb carnaval ni start dr kol 3 petang smpai kesubuh esok hari. lebih kurang la sbb kak ton dh tido pun dgr dumdam2 bunyi gendang dipalu. Masa carnaval dekat umah kak ton ni, kira dh besar gak la kot sbb dh pakai costume, yg besar masa cuti Mardi Gras tu kitaorg tak pi sbb tak kuasa nk hadap traffic. Kebetulan pulak cuti kan, masa tu la kitaorg pegi La Desirade, adik bongsu pulau Guadeloupe. 

Penonton dikiri-kanan jalan. Yg parking kete kat sini ko tggu la smpai jln bukak baru boleh balik. kete tak kena calar pun dh cukup baik dah. 

Yg lelaki keje dia main musical instrument, yg pompuan joget la. 

Pesen baju ada macam2 tp kak ton tak amik gambar byk sbb diaorg dok berjalan kan, gambar tak cantik. 




Carnaval ni tak terhad kepada org dewasa, bdk2 kecik pun join jugak. Biasanye hari jumaat diaorg buat parade utk bdk2 ni. Sekolah will participate anto anak murid dia kinja. Kak ton tak tgk yg bdk2 ni tp cukup la dgr cite jalan pun traffic jammed jugak. So tu je la pengalaman first kak ton tgk carnaval. Thn dpn tak kuasa nk tgk dh kot sbb aku "Jom Heboh" Sure Heboh" pun aku xpernah pegi, tak kuasa, maklum la dh tua. 


Thursday, December 15, 2016

Plage de l'Anse Dumont, St Felix Guadeloupe

Sunday 
20/11/16

We are running out of beach to go!!! hahhaha it was funny when nico said we basically already went to all the beaches here in Guadeloupe but he forget that we haven't check the least famous and small beaches around. 

So today we heading to St. Anne again and decided that we will just follow the signage and stop at the beach we haven't went before. We end up at Plage de la Dumont, St Felix. 

The road heading to this beach is unpaved, parking is limited and by the road side. It was raining before we go and water pond is everywhere. 

The beach itself was just ok, plenty of dried algae on the beach but there's a lot of tree to take cover from. Since it was raining the night before, the water wasn't so clear and we had to swim among the leaves which is kind of annoying. 








BUT this is also where we had one memorable day at the beach. We were swimming among the leaves as i said before and get annoyed since it wasn't enjoyable. Then, i saw something and guest what? Its a baby turtle!!! 

I thought it was some drifted wood or something until i look at it closely. It has same color with the seaweed it use to drift around.  Nico already swam further from me so i had to guard the baby turtle carefully before nico arrived. I also thought that its dead since its not moving. When nico arrived, i told him to guard the turtle and i ran like hell to get my phone, thank god the baby turtle didn't escape by the time i came back. 

After few research on google, we came to conclusion that this might be Long Head sea turtle baby. Which apparently endangered and we don't know how its get near the beach since its wasn't hatching season in Guadeloupe. 

We took the turtle further from the beach and only can hope it will survive the rough ocean. We show the turtle to a family with kids and their mom get upset saying we shouldn't touch the turtle. Little that she knows that there's more predator on the beach and baby turtle can die in the hot sun. At least we know that we safe the turtle from becoming some house pet here in Guadeloupe. For more info on Long Head turtle, please read the link here. 



When we found the turtle, it was floating, yes floating on top of the seaweed. It didn't dive right back in even after we pick it up and put it back on the seaweed. We end up taking the turtle away from people around and further away from the beach, guard it until it decided to dive into the water. 


Thursday, November 24, 2016

Plage de Bois Jolan

Saturday 
29/10/16

This beach is another favorite beach in St. Anne. Its further up from St.Anne beach but not so far. If you coming from pointe-a-pitre, you will see plage de caravelle first, st anne beach and after that Plage de Bois Jolan.

There are 3 different parking area, one near to hotel, second in the middle and 3rd one further up the road. I suggest you take the 3rd one since the view is nicer at that area. We parked our car near to hotel and had to walk quite a bit along the beach.

The beach in Bois Jolan is small but plenty of tree to take covered. When we get there theres a lot of dried algae on the beach but non in the water. Its so pleasant to swim and not many people around too. Water is calm and perfect for family with kids or people who love to swim like us. 






Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Club Med beach aka Plage de Caravelle

Saturday 
22/10/16

We always go to St Anne beach and decided this time to check other beach in the area. So our first choice is Plage de Caravelle at Club Med hotel, Guadeloupe. 

Club med beach located before city center St Anne if you coming from Pointe-a-pitre direction. You can easily see signage to the beach from the main road, but you have to parked your car by the road side and walk to public access just next to club med entrance. If you are lucky, there's plenty in front of the entrance but when we went there, it was full. We have to parked our car at the main road. 

This beach is long, starting from public access entrance until right in front of the hotel. So there's a lot of area for everybody, either you are hotel guests or public visitor. This is the view when you coming in from public access :






We walked all the way to right in front of the hotel and settled next to jet ski rental place. There's plenty more area further up to choose from. 




It was cloudy day, so the picture that i have wasn't look so great but the view still amazing and the water is clear.






The other side of the beach right in front of the hotel, beach bar and club med beach club. 









Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Another beautiful beach ~ Plage Anse a L'eau

Saturday
17/10/16

We moved to Le Gosier on the 1st of Oct in order to be nearer to the beach but up until today, we've been going to the other side of Guadeloupe. Today we went to Plage Anse a l'eau which located in between St. Francois and Le Moule. Its been raining for the past 2 weeks and we are looking forward to have sun this week. In my list, this beach is one of the best beach in Guadeloupe.

It took us almost an hour from Gosier and we also lost our way, we should blame waze for not finding this beach.


From the main road, we came to a gravel road which is pretty painful to drive here. I told Nico its better be nice because if its not, its not worth the one hour trip and enduring the hole and dust. Its feel pretty long travelling on unpaved road. 


We were then greeted by this beautiful view, it was sunny and the view was at its best around this hour.





Anse a l'eau beach is quite big with enough tree for everybody to take cover from the heat. When we went there, the amount of visitor is just nice to accommodate the area without feeling cramp. The view is amazing, the water is clear and nice to swim in. We will definitely come back here again next time.












Tuesday, November 8, 2016

2nd Day Terre-de-Haut, Les Saintes, Guadeloupe

Sunday
25/09/16

So, its second and our last day in Les Saintes. We woke up early since check out time is 10am and our ferry to get back to the mainland is at 3.45pm. We still have few beach to check and hope that we could check it all. 

Our first stop is Grande Anse beach, snap few pictures here and we off to the next beach since it is not safe for swimming. The waves was big but the view is nice. Well, its forbidden to swim here, its not that we didn't want to. :P




Not far from Grande Anse beach is Plage de Rodrigue. This beach is as good as empty and i didn't know why, maybe because there's not many coconut tree for people to take cover from the heat? The view is nice, the water is clear and its safe for swimming. We came over twice, first in the morning and later on after lunch. 







We went to Plage De Figuier after lunch and we dont even bother to take off our helmet. The beach is full with seaweed and its smells too. There's 2 people swimming and no one else here. I believe it wasn't that bad actually but we are not comfortable with the smells and the beach look abandoned. 






We then hop off to Plage De L'anse Mire, not far from city center and jetty. The water is clear, they have black sand which is ok but Nico doesnt like the seaweed which i finally found that i dont like them either, its feel funny on your feet. There's also few boats on the water and i think its weird to swim in between boats. But if you are ok with it, its actually not bad. So this is how we end up going back to Plage de Rodrigue to spend our afternoon before we go back to Lamentin.