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.

Plage de L'Anse du Souffleur, Port-Louis, Guadeloupe

Sunday 

18/09/16

I am battling to give this beach the first or my 2nd best beach in Guadeloupe. Definitely need few more trip to both St. Anne beach and Plage de L'Anse du Souffler in Port-Louis to decided. 

Port-Louis is not far from Lamentin and closer than St. Anne. We were amazed by the turquoise color of the ocean when we turned the first corner heading to the beach. We are not really sure at first if we heading the right away just by following the signboard. There's few area along the beach which people hangout and thats enough to create the confusion. Nico check his guide book and after arriving at the beach with cemetery right on it we can be sure that we finally there. 

I was a little bit disappointed when we arrived and keep on telling Nico that we might be at the wrong place since it didn't look as nice as the previous area we saw on the way. As if the ocean heard my complaint, he asked the sun to switch on the light and voila, the beautiful turquoise water appeared. 

The great thing about this beach is, less people, a lot of tree to take cover, water is clean from seaweed and the view is amazing, seriously amazing. By late afternoon, if you stay long at the beach, you need to be aware of yen-yen. I dont know what they called this thing in english and if yen-yen is even english word. Its a small insect that bites and left you itchy. Its itch as bad as mosquito bites or maybe more. This yen-yen thingy is not only at port-louis but everywhere in guadeloupe especially when u stay under the tree (other than coconut tree). Its somehow came out at late afternoon to remind you that its time to go home hahahhaha

what do you think? Yay or nay?

Playing tourist at St.Francois, Guadeloupe

Saturday

17/09/16

Nico cant help checking weather report all the time, he is french after all and again this week we are pretty devastated since the report says its 75% chances that its going to be rain. So we woke up saturday morning and its sunny. I told him we shouldn't trust the weather report anymore and just believe what we saw when we open up the window. 

We actually plan our plan B first, which is to go to Memorial ACTe since its supposed to rain. So we didn't have plan A and anything to take for picnic. But the weather is good and its such a waste to spend our time indoor, so we just grab a towel n off to St. Francois. 

Our first stop is La Zagaya restaurant for lunch (check my other post for this restaurant) and we went straight to Point des Chateaux afterwards. It was one hot and humid afternoon, it was so hot so its also means the view is nice.

We then take a walk to the clifftop, i didn't want to do it at first since its mid afternoon, hot and humid ( we Malaysian really hate to walk in the heat and sweat) but i don't want to disappoint Nico at the same time. So i told myself this will be the first and the last time i went up there lol. The walk wasn't so hard but its the weather which make it difficult, its feel like walking in the oven. No wind and its owh-so-hot.

view from the clifftop

on the clifftop. There were dead chicken with missing head when we  were there.

view from the clifftop

view from the clifftop

view from the cliff top

view from the clifftop

view from the clifftop

view from the clifftop

We went straight to the beach right after Pointe des Chateaux to cool down. There's plenty of area that you can stop along the way to the cliff. We didn't bother to check and went directly to Plage des Raisins Clairs which is one of famous beach in St. Francois. 

Plage des raisins clairs is also rich in turquoise color, surprisingly not many people at the beach but when you think how many beach they have here, people definitely scattered around. And those tourist or played tourist like us will choose to go to the famous beaches first before checking the rest. 

All in all, its another great day at the beach. 

Plage de la Perle, Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe

Wednesday 
31/08/16

Its the 59th Independent Day today in Malaysia (Happy Merdeka day peeps) and we are 12 hours behind everybody back home. Its  also the last day for us after 3 months (more or less) holiday before Nico start working tomorrow and me back to normal routine as a full time housewife. 

This morning we went to Carrefour, did a bit of shopping for our picnic plan this afternoon and shopping for beach gear (most of our stuff still in the storage and only will be here after 6 months). Its been ages since we went for picnic, so we decided to go to Plage de la Perle in Sainte-Rose which is around 25mins from Lamentin. 

The drive was smooth, no traffic to delayed our journey and we could see a lot of signage for a beach along the road. We decided to come here after Nico check tripadvisor and Plage de la Perle came as top 10 things to do in Guadeloupe. Im not usually trust tourist opinion but its at least a good start for us who came to Guadeloupe without any plan (not on which beach to go at least hehehhe).

So, its rained heavily when we almost reached the beach and i was upset that our plan is ruined. But when we parked our car, the rain stopped. So, we jumped out, grab everything and setup our picnic basket.

Well, the beach was nice, clear water, nice view and not many people. There's few restaurant around and the waves can be rough. I lost my Dior sunglasses while swimming because of more than 2m waves. There's a rock also at some area which we need to be aware off and not so many tree to take cover. I think this beach is perfect for paddle-boarding and experienced swimmer. Honestly, i prefer St.Anne beach more than Plage de la Perle.

St. Anne Beach

Saturday

03/09/16

Its raining season at the moment in Guadeloupe but we are lucky enough that our first Saturday here were sunny. So, where we spend our weekend, the beach of course. 

We spend 3 hours at carrefour this morning to get our insurance, local phone number and some grocery shopping. So relief when everything done and we finally can start our weekend. It was around 40 min drive from Carrefour here in Baie-Mahault to St. Anne. 

There's a lot of traffic on saturday since everybody heading out to Carrefour for their weekly shopping. Waze took us into a small road and since its the first time we heading there, we just followed. 

(Stop for petrol, soooo expensive when compare to Malaysia of cos)

When we first arrived, we not really sure if we are at the right beach. And then we saw the amazing view and the water, i told Nico i don't care if we are at the wrong beach but we have to check it out. 

St. Anne beach was amazing, the water is calm, crystal clear and turquoise color. Which is perfect for a swim on a sunny afternoon. There's a tree along the beach to take up cover from the heat and its a perfect place for a picnic. Its one of the best beach in Guadeloupe .

(A lot of pigeon has netting on their legs, poor thing)

(lunch first)

(The other side of the beach)

(Sooooo clear)

After beach, we came back to Lamentin to try some creole food. It took us an hour before we could eat this, they took a long time to prepare. We are so hungry and we finished everything under 10 mins. My prawn soup a little bit salty but we liking Creole food so far. Got to try another this weekend.