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Caribbean | Windward Islands | St Lucia (Helen of the West Indies)
St Lucia was the 5th port of call on the Southern Caribbean cruise aboard Carnival Glory.. The island's beauty has earned it the nickname Helen of the West Indies and I would consider this to be one of my favourite islands that we visited on our cruise.
The island is quite mountainous, owing to its volcanic features in particular the two peaks that rise from the sea- Gros Piton and Petit Piton (2,619ft and 2,461ft respectively).
St Lucia is still geologically active and boasts the world's only 'Drive-in' Volcano at La Soufriere, also known as the Sulphur Springs due to the multitude of thermal springs in the area- some are far to hot to bathe in, however nearby there is a bath house whereby the natural springs are at a more tolerable level, in addition you can also take a hot mud bath.
The beaches are not the usual crisp white sand you see in other Caribbean islands, but has more of a darker shade (black in places) due to the sand being based on volcanic rock.
To get around the can take quite some time despite its size as alot of the main roads circumnavigate the island, and to travel in land the roads are often quite steep and twisty due to the terrain. This can lead to some unexpected, spectacular views at times.
The island is mostly covered by a rich rain forrest, and due to the rainfall and fertile soil there is a large variety of plants and fruits that are grown on the island.
We did not book one of the Carnival excursions as the trips were too short and could not be combined to see what we wanted to see due to timings. Instead we booked a Scenic Tour of Sourfrier privately. On the day we had the advantage of having the entire minivan to ourselves as no-one else was booked on the tour, so in effect we had a 'private tour' as opposed to be herded round in large groups (of people I often find loud/annoying) as is normally the case on the cruise ship organised tours. Our driver 'Shan' was amazing and given the fact that we were the only people on the tour, also meant that we had individual tours at each of the destinations along with being able to spend more time in places to look around etc. He carried a cool box in the minivan which had complimentary refreshments for the day. While driving round Shan was fully of interesting insights relating to St Lucia and was happy to answer any questions. It all made for a very enjoyable day and to be honest I was sad to leave as I genuinely liked St Lucia as the people are warm and friendly and when walking around, you do not get harrassed by vendors as is normally the case with other Caribbean islands. It was a very relaxing place and definetly one I would return to for a longer stay.
During our time on St Lucia we were able to see:
- The Pitons (from a distance, as climbing them takes some experience)
- Toraille Waterfall (You can swim in the plunge pool - but the water is very cold!)
- Diamond Waterfall and Botanical Garden - Originally a sugar plantation, it has been transformed into a diverse botanical garden with fruits, nuts, flowers and trees from around the world growing here. There are independent tour guides who will take you on a tour of the garders our's (Alexander) was very knowledgeable and an interesting character! We had a lot of fun! There is also a natural spring bath here which is available for a small charge.
St Lucia has a mixture of French and British influences as it was fought for on many occasions in the past before finally becoming a British colony; though now independent since 22nd February 1979, it is still a member of the Commonwealth of Nations associated with the UK.
Napoleon Bonaparte's first wife, Josephine de Beauharnais was from St Lucia.
Life on Tristan da Cunha – the World's Most Remote Inhabited Island
Watch the three-part Britain's Treasure Islands documentary series on BBC FOUR, starting Tue 12 Apr 2016 21:00. (repeated Wed 13 Apr 2016 20:00).
This mini-documentary follows Stewart McPherson's journey to Tristan da Cunha, the most remote inhabited island in the world. We meet the Tristanians and an interview with ex-chief islander Harold Green reveals what life is like in Tristan's only settlement, Edinburgh of the Seven Seas.
Please note: although complementary to the BBC FOUR series, the 40 short mini-documentaries are not commissioned or editorially overseen by BBC.
BRITAIN'S TREASURE ISLANDS - MINI-DOCUMENTARIES
Introduction
Overview of the UK Overseas Territories
Filming the Britain’s Treasure Islands TV documentary series
Stewart McPherson’s lecture at the Royal Geographical Society
Mini-documentaries about each of the UK Overseas Territories
Ascension Island – wildlife and heritage
Saint Helena – wildlife and heritage
Tristan da Cunha – wildlife and heritage
Falkland Islands – wildlife and heritage
South Georgia – wildlife and heritage
British Antarctic Territory – wildlife and heritage
British Indian Ocean Territory – wildlife and heritage
Pitcairn Islands – wildlife and heritage
Bermuda – wildlife and heritage
Cayman Islands – wildlife and heritage
British Virgin Islands – wildlife and heritage
Montserrat – wildlife and heritage
Anguilla – wildlife and heritage
Turks and Caicos Islands – wildlife and heritage
Akrotiri and Dhekelia – wildlife and heritage
Gibraltar – wildlife and heritage
Mini-documentaries about specific subjects on particular UK Overseas Territories
Ascension Island – natives and aliens
Ascension Island – supplying the garrison
Saint Helena – wirebird conservation
Saint Helena – plant conservation
Life on Tristan da Cunha – the World’s Most Remote Inhabited Island
Tristan da Cunha – the Monster Mice of Gough Island
Falkland Islands – Jimmy the ex-whaler
British Indian Ocean Territory – coconut crabs
British Indian Ocean Territory – seabirds
British Indian Ocean Territory – underwater
Pitcairn Islands – Henderson Island’s wildlife
Life on Pitcairn Island – home of the descendants of the mutineers from HMS Bounty
Mini-documentaries about systematic wildlife groups across all of the UK Overseas Territories
Terrestrial Invertebrates of the UK Overseas Territories
Amphibians and Reptiles of the UK Overseas Territories
Plants of the UK Overseas Territories
Mammals of the UK Overseas Territories
Birds of the UK Overseas Territories
Marine Life of the UK Overseas Territories
Overview mini-documentaries
Conservation Lessons of the UKOTs
Islands of Evolution
Overview of the Britain’s Treasure Islands book
Shipping 5,000 books to all UK secondary schools COMING SOON
Overview of Britain’s Treasure Islands TV documentary series
New Orleans Neighborhoods #15 - Faubourg Marigny
Faubourg Marigny was laid out in the first decade of the 19th century by Creole real estate developer and politician Bernard de Marigny, on land that had been his family's plantation just downriver from the old city limits of New Orleans.
The portion of Faubourg Marigny closer to the river was built up first; the area on the side of St. Claude Avenue (formerly Goodchildren Street) away from the river was sometimes called New Marigny. In the early 19th century, New Marigny was where white Creole gentlemen set up households for their mistresses of color (and their offspring) in the tradition of plaçage.
Wide Elysian Fields Avenue, named after the Champs-Élysées in Paris, was designed to be the main street of the Faubourg. It was the first street in the New Orleans area to extend directly from the riverfront to Lake Pontchartrain 8 km (5.0 mi) away. In 1830-31 the Pontchartrain Railroad was built, with its tracks down the center of Elysian Fields. (The area at the other end of the rail line developed into Milneburg.)
The neighborhood declined badly in the mid-20th century, and the area around Washington Square was nicknamed Little Angola (after the prison of that name) for the dangerous criminals there. After Hurricane Betsy many Filipino Americans who had been displaced by the hurricane called the neighborhood home.[9] It came back strongly in the late 20th century.
Profiteering related to the 1984 World's Fair drove many long-term French Quarter residents into Marigny. Frenchmen Street developed one of the city's premier locations for live music venues and restaurants and is a destination for music devotees. The neighborhood is also home to the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts riverfront facility.
Faubourg Marigny is one of the city's most colorful neighborhoods; the architecture borrows heavily from the colonial French and Spanish and has elements of the Caribbean. This blending of cultures over time has resulted in a unique architectural style. Marigny is one of the centers for homegrown New Orleans Mardi Gras
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Saint Martin: Spectaculaire atterrissage d'avion ! (Maho Bay - Aéroport Juliana Princess)
Saint Martin: Spectaculaire atterrissage d'avion Air France ! (Maho Bay - Aéroport Juliana Princess)
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Maho Bay Beach est la plage la plus connue de Saint Martin. Située juste au pied de la piste d'atterrissage de l'aéroport International de Juliana Princess, c'est le lieu de d'attraction pour tous les décollages et atterrissages d'avion: Ici un avion Air France, mais il y a aussi les KLM Américan Airline, Corsair et Air Caraibe. Surement le lieux le plus spectaculaire au monde ....et tout ceci sur la plage magnifique de Maho Bay ou je vous invite à vous baigner ! ...3eme vidéo d'atterrissage spectaculaire d'un avion.
...et pour le décollage c'est ici:
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Maho Bay Beach is the most famous beach of Sint Maarten. Located at the foot of the runway of the International Airport of Princess Juliana, the place of attraction for all aircraft takeoffs and landings. Probably the most spectacular places in the world .... and all this on the beautiful beach of Maho Bay and I invite you to swim!...2nd video spectacular aircraft landing
Québec City, Québec, Canada
The many historical buildings and museums include Notre Dame Cathedral, the Information Center and the Musée du Québec (or the National Museum of Québec). Encircled by a three- mile-long stonewall, Québec City's downtown core has been inhabited for 400 years, and still looks as it did during the French regime. You can stroll through narrow winding streets and hidden courtyards, discovering marvelous one-of-a-kind shops and delightful bistros. Fashionable streets are lined with buildings of diverse architectural styles.
Homestay in Paris at Hélène's
Une nouvelle belle rencontre entre Magali et Hélène, hébergeuse sur BedyCasa : Découvrez sa chambre à louer dans son appartement à Paris, en France.
Another beautiful meeting between Magali and Hélène host at BedyCasa : Discover her homestay in Paris, France
Montreal in Canada has a population of 4,027,100, landmarks, travel, tourism, hotels
Montreal in Canada has a population of 4,027,100, landmarks, travel, tourism
Greater Montreal is the most populous metropolitan area in Quebec, and the second most populous in Canada after Greater Toronto. In 2015, Statistics Canada identified Montreal's Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) as 4,258.31 square kilometres (1,644.14 sq mi) with a population of 4,027,100.[3]
A smaller area of 3,838 square kilometres (1,482 sq mi) is governed by the Montreal Metropolitan Community (MMC) (French: Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal, CMM). This level of government is headed by a president (currently Montreal mayor Valérie Plante).
The inner ring is composed of densely populated municipalities located in close proximity to Downtown Montreal. It includes the entire Island of Montreal, Laval, and the Urban Agglomeration of Longueuil.
The outer ring is composed of low-density municipalities located on the fringe of Metropolitan Montreal. Most of these cities and towns are semi-rural. Specifically, the term off-island suburbs refers to those suburbs that are located on the North Shore of the Mille-Îles River, those on the South Shore that were never included in the megacity of Longueuil, and those on the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Peninsula. Communities in that area are also informally referred to as the 450, after the telephone area code that has served the region since 1998.
Due to their proximity to Montreal's downtown core, some suburbs on the South Shore (Longueuil, Brossard, Saint-Lambert, and Boucherville) are usually not included in the off-island suburbs even though they are on the mainland.Baie-d'Urfé
Beaconsfield
Côte Saint-Luc
Dollard-des-Ormeaux
Dorval
Hampstead
Kirkland
L'Île-Dorval
Montreal[a 2]
Montréal-Est
Montreal West
Mount Royal
Pointe-Claire
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue
Senneville
Westmount
Laval
Urban agglomeration of Longueuil
Boucherville
Brossard
Longueuil[a 3]
Saint-Lambert
Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville
North Shore (Laurentides) Deux-Montagnes
Deux-Montagnes
Oka
Pointe-Calumet
Saint-Eustache
Saint-Joseph-du-Lac
Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac
Saint-Placide
Thérèse-De Blainville
Blainville
Bois-des-Filion
Boisbriand
Lorraine
Rosemère
Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines
Sainte-Thérèse
[a 4]
Mirabel
Argenteuil
Gore
La Rivière-du-Nord
Saint-Colomban
Saint-Jérôme[a 1]
North Shore (Lanaudière) L'Assomption
Charlemagne
L'Assomption
Repentigny
Saint-Sulpice
L'Épiphanie (city)
L'Épiphanie (parish)
Les Moulins ,
Mascouche,
Terrebonne,
D'Autray ,
Lavaltrie,
South Shore (Montérégie) Beauharnois-Salaberry
BeauharnoisLa Vallée-du-Rich
elieu
Beloeil
Carignan
Chambly
McMasterville
Mont-Saint-Hilaire
Otterburn Park
Saint-Basile-le-Grand
Saint-Jean-Baptiste[a 5]
Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil
Marguerite-D'Youville
Calixa-Lavallée[a 5]
Contrecœur[a 5]
Saint-Amable
Sainte-Julie
Varennes
Verchères
Roussillon
Candiac
Châteauguay
Delson
La Prairie
Léry
Mercier
Sainte-Catherine
Saint-Constant
Saint-Isidore
Saint-Mathieu
Saint-Philippe
Places to see in ( Paris - France ) Square du Vert Galant
Places to see in ( Paris - France ) Square du Vert Galant
The Square du Vert-Galant is a square of the 1 st district of Paris. It is located at the western tip of the Ile de la Cité , in the Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois district of the 1 st district . The level of the square is seven meters lower than the current level of the other parts of the island, which corresponds to the level it once had. The weak overhang of the square with respect to the Seine explains that it is flooded , or even totally submerged during the most important floods of the river. This site is served by the Pont Neuf metro station .
The square owes its name to Henry IV , nicknamed Vert-Galant because of his many mistresses despite his advanced age. It was created by the meeting of several small islands including the island of the Jews , where the last Templars were burned , and the island of Patriarch. A commemorative plaque also recalls that this is where theMarch 18, 1314, executions at the stake of the two highest dignitaries of the order of the Temple , Jacques de Molay and Geoffroy de Charnay .
The square is dominated by an equestrian statue of Henri IV resting on the Pont-Neuf (which separates the square from the rest of the island). Before welcoming a square, the 2,665 m 2 were devoted to the baths around 1765 , then to a coffee concert in 1865 . It was destroyed by a flood in 1879.
On the occasion of the inauguration of the Montreal World's Fair in April 1967, a friendly ceremony organized by the city of Paris was held with Canadian Ambassador Jules Léger and his counterpart from the General Delegation. from Quebec to Paris, Jean Chapdelaine. The mayor of Montreal, Jean Drapeau could not come and he was represented by Léon Lortie and Jean Vinant, advertising the exhibition in France. A stone from Île Sainte - Hélène (Montreal) was deposited in the Vert - Galant square. According to the author Yves Jasmin of The Little Story of Expo 67 , there were more than 30 000 spectators who attended this event,arrived on the quay where the stone was transported in the company of the prefect of Paris
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