St Barth 2008 – 12th day (part II), originally uploaded by didierbeck.

Shelves on the beach, or Beach of shelves ;)

St Barth 2008 – 12th day (part I), originally uploaded by didierbeck.

First time at Shell Beach this year! This beach is actually full of … shelves. Have a look at the next post to have an idea. Funny place also for snorkeling, as there is the same quantity of shelves in the ocean as on the beach.

This evening, dinner at the Wall House Restaurant, with reservation this time ;) Simply excellent!

St Barth 2008 – 11th day, originally uploaded by didierbeck.

Again, at Corossol Beach today. Extremely warm, about no wind. We have also visited l’Anse des Cayes and l’Anse des Lézards. Both are really wild!

Two long snorkeling sessions with my son. Lot of stuff to look at there :)

This evening, we wanted to have dinner at the Wall House Restaurant in Gustavia. As usual, without reservation, just forget it ;) So we were finally at Le Bouchon. Excellent for the price!

Before dinner, some shopping at Mia Sia, Carat and Le Piment Vert. Very good (but cool) service everywhere.

St Barth 2008 – 11th day, originally uploaded by didierbeck.

This morning, it was raining like hell … during about 30′. Then, beautiful (and hot!) weather. We were at St Jean Beach (east), as I cannot walk quite well because of my foot sprain…

Also just finished my 3rd book in 10 days. Not bad, more than 1’500 pages during the last days, plus some magazines ;) This means : less emails = more readings!

St Barth 2008 – 9th day (part II), originally uploaded by didierbeck.

A second picture of Colombier.

St Barth 2008 – 9th day (part I), originally uploaded by didierbeck.

So today was *the* big day. As the weather was perfect, we have decided to go to the most beautiful beach of St Barth (in our personal opinion, there are definitely different views in this field): Colombier. Different reasons: a) beach and sand are absolutely fantastic b) you have to walk about 30′ to access the beach, wild nature & great views all along the way c) best snorkeling place of St Barth!

First time of “total” snorkeling (with tuba) for my son. Great moment, he was absolutely fascinated by the “world of silence” :)

I have tried the “landscape” mode of my mobile cam.

PS: got a foot sprain on the way back, and at the beginning. I have needed about 1h to walk back. I have lost some kg by jumping on the other foot, as I couldn’t walk normally ;) Gosh!

St Barth 2008 – 8th day, originally uploaded by didierbeck.

The weather was a bit more cloudy this morning, so we had first a walk at Marigot, Petit Cul de Sac and Grand Cul de Sac. Great beaches but more “wild”.

After that, we were at Corossol Beach, great small beach, excellent for snorkeling!

Dinner at “home”, based on Maya’s to Go cattering. And a BIG self-made planteur :)

St Barth 2008 – 7th day, originally uploaded by didierbeck.

Today first snorkeling and first time at Lorient Beach. HUGE beach actually.

This evening, great dinner at K’fé Massai, and specially a great “carpaccio de canards aux truffes”, umh :)

St Barth 2008 – 6th day, originally uploaded by didierbeck.

Absolutely fantastic day at the “King of the Beach”, i.e. Gouverneur! Tough day for the skin ;)

This evening, back to “Andy” for a great “pierrade”.

St Barth 2008 – 5th day (part II), originally uploaded by didierbeck.

This afternoon, we could attend to the unique St Barth carnaval!