Saint Barth – Part XXII

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Didier

Although we are back from paradise/Saint Barth, and fully jetlagged, I would like to continue for a while to publish some posts, in order to finish this “Saint Barth 2009 series”.

The last two days in St Barth were quite windy and consequently, we have decided to have a walk on the “wild” coast of St Barth. Completely different landscapes there, you should understand rapidly the reason of the name “wild” ;-)

Our first walk was around the Grand Fond Bay.

For some pictures, it looks a bit like … Ireland ;-)

A video will also follow!

Saint Barth – Part XXI

Posted on March 7, 2009 by Didier

We had our best dinner in Saint Barth at the Eden Rock restaurant. Nice people, nice food & wine, crazy view on the Saint Jean Bay. Perfect!

Saint Barth – Part XX

Posted on March 7, 2009 by Didier

And now, the Lorient beach!

Some pictures

A video

http://cdn.smugmug.com/ria/ShizVidz-2008120101.swf

And two panoramas!

Saint Barth – Part XIX

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Didier

From the Do Brazil restaurant in Saint Barth, for the lunch. I don’t know so many restaurants with such kind of views on a beach (actually it is Shell Beach) ;-) Very nice people there, good food for reasonable price. Recommended by the whole family for lunch and/or dinner!

(Yes, my son is playing with his/my PSP after the ice-cream ;-)

Saint Barth – Part XVIII

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Didier

And now, some sunsets, taken from our villa and from the Gustavia lighthouse.

Pure Caribbean colors, crazy…

From the villa

From the Gustavia lighthouse

Saint Barth – Part XVII

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Didier

The garden of our villa is quite interesting. Lots of – for some of them huge! – cactus.

Saint Barth – Part XVI

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Didier

The villa we have rented is well-positioned, near Pointe-Milou, above the Christopher hotel.

Have a look on the Googlemap below, the villa is marked with an “A”:

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If you would like to find the exact location, use the following googlemaps link.

Saint Barth – Part XV

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Didier

Some pictures taken from our snorkeling session in Colombier Bay with a Canon IXUS 700 and a waterproof case WP-DC70. As I have read, it is not so easy to take good pictures underwater… Anyway, a first try!

I have tried to find out what I have seen ;-) Not always 100% sure. So if you see something wrong, please do not hesitate to correct me.

Ocean landscapes

Ocean bottom

Grooved brain coral, Diploria labyrinthiformis

Elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata

Finger coral, Porites porites

Venus Sea Fan, Gorgonia flabellum

Marine animals

Honeycom cowfish, Lactophrys polygonia

Caribbean Reef Squid, Sepioteuthis sepioidea

Caribbean Reef Octopus, Octopus briareus

Slender suckerfish, Echeneis naucrates

Two sergeant majors, Abudefduf saxatilis

Blue Tang, Acanthurus coeruleus

Sea star, Oreaster reticulatus

Lime urchin, Diadema antillarum

Smallmouth Grunt, Haemulon chrysargyreum

Saint Barth – Part XIV

Posted on March 2, 2009 by Didier

Surely our favorite beach in Saint Barth, Colombier Bay. You have to walk about 20’ to access the beach, with some fantastic views on the ocean. And there, a marvelous place for snorkeling! Some underwater pictures to come!