Una semana de despedida / A week saying good-bye

After having lunch with Luois and Charlotte we met with Christian and Marie-Laure in town to play music.

Ukulele on the water front

 The sunset was incredible, right at that moment we decided we were staying one more day. It is not going hurt, right?

Music and sunset

Our friends invited us to Ti kaz la, our favorite restaurant in town for lunch.

Philippe, owner of Ti kaz la saying hello after lunch 

During lunch a fisherman came to the beach with a little plastic dinghy full of fish, his catch of the day. I was sent in mission to buy one. 

Me fishing with the wallet

 We split up the fish and the cost, but everybody took turns to have his picture done with the beautiful Mahi-mahi.

Music and fish what a good combo

Ti bo doudou

Christian holding our catch

Marie-Laure and Mahi

Jim attracted a lot of pelicans and tourist with cameras by cleaning the fish on the beach, it was a hard task. Not very comfortable place, but less mess than cleaning it on the boat.

Cleaning fish on the beach

Another night on the park playing music with Cocotier, a popular character in town, a cruiser and Christian, little by little the place filled up with people listening to the improvised band. I was very shy, but at the end I joined them just to loosen a little bit.

The band on the park

Me joining the group or trying

Iz version of Over the rainbow for our audience

Marie-Laure and the musicians

We were definitely leaving that morning, but we woke up counting the hours and calculating how much longer we could stay and still make it in time to St. Martin. Unfortunately our friends were waiting since early to say good bye. We just got in the dinghy, offered a serenade and invited them over for pancakes.

Ukulele to anounce that we were staying one more day

Then we went to town to visit Louis and Charlotte, but we couldn't resist to buy some bbq chicken from Pollo, and some fresh fish from the fish market.

Buying bbq chicken from Pollo in the park, across from the church

Louis loves to entertain Jim, hi showed him his work on the roof and then, they got very involved into making sugar cane juice.

Jim and Louis cleaning sugar cane

Louis making sugar cane juice on his mill

Jim's turn

Straining the juice

Diane et Moi

More papayas 

Lime and sugar cane juice, what a good mix

Charlotte and I cooking a creole dish

Diane when we got to the house

Diane when we were leaving

Louis on the front of his beautiful property

It took us a week to finally go. It felt like it was time, but we had such a good time. This place has it all, the people, the water, the music, the food. It is a magic place, everybody says that about it.

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