Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe and National park
Guadeloupe is the butterfly island. Not because of the insect but because of the shape of the island. The western part is Basse-Terre and it extends into the Caribbean Sea. It is mountainous and most of the higher altitudes are part of the national park. The eastern part is called Grande-Terre and faces into the Atlantic.
Guadeloupe is a group of about 6 partly volcanic islands located on the eastern rim of the Caribbean Sea in the Leeward Islands in the northern part of the Lesser Antilles. It is under the orange rectangle in the map below.
It is an overseas region of France in the Caribbean Sea. It thus is a part of the European Union and uses the Euro as its currency. The official language is French.
This is the view from the Pacific Princess on the morning of April 23, 2019 at 7:20 It was cloudy all day.
The ship docked at Pointe-a-Pitre and we had a grand view of the economic centre of Guadeloupe.
To get a quick feel for the island we took a bus tour to some of the best sights of the island. First was the Nation Park where we walked through the rain of what felt like a tropical gain forest, to a small waterfall called “La Cascade aux Ecrevisses”. Loosely translates to The Crayfish waterfall.
Raincoats? . . . 
. . . or bathing suits? 
dreamy long exposure.
As lovely as the place was, it was so good to get back to the bus and be back on the road.
Wow, it looks beautiful there! Great pictures! It’s making me want to travel (well, after my 5 little kids are a bit older… right now would be a nightmare)!
Does it seem like you never have enough eyes, hands, sleep or free time?