I have to admit we found Marie Gallante disappointing. This doesn't happen very often and we always travel optmistically. We went with high hopes of finding the cute island our friends had told us about, hiring a car for a day and exploring further afield.
Perhaps it was our timing. Today was a Saturday morning and quiet, small groups of people outside the coffee shops come bakery, basic shops, plenty of litter and rusting abandoned cars on the side of the, a feeling of neglect and not one car hire shop open for business. We walked all the streets in search of joie de vivre and couldn't find it. From this small vignette of one MG town, but most popular for visiting yachts given the 50 boats anchored here, we felt this is a much poorer island compared to the Saintes.
With the addition of the wind predicted to turn to the north in a couple of days we decided it would be better to sail on to Les Saintes. We had a wonderful sail; 19 miles with the wind on our backs to Terre-de-haut with the added bonus of our preferred mooring ball tucked in the sheltered north corner of the mooring field available. Bingo!!
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| the extensive bay at St Louis |
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| quiet on Saturday morning |
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| the long pier to the dinghy dock |
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