We were intent on getting sun today. Just had to find some calamine lotion first. We got off the ship around 8:30 and got in a cab/van with some other people from the ship. Good golly the cab driver stunk - so bad that we got out as soon as we possibly could. We wandered a bit looking for a familiar "pharmacy" sign.

Finally just went into a store and asked. Martinique was unlike the other islands we've been too. Very very French. The attitude, the bakeries, the... aromas. Once at the pharmacy, I had fun trying to pantomime "mosquito bite" - she finally gave me something that I think was repellent/itch relief - seemed to work, probably psychosomatic.

We decided to take the ferry across the bay and 30 minutes later found ourselves at Le Meredian Trois Islets. Walked past two of the slinkiest men I've ever encountered - so bad that my eyes started to water. Yikes! The hotel grounds were beautiful and we paid $10 to use the facilities (beach chairs/umbrellas). Were there for several hours until more Carnival folks arrived. It was an absolutely beautiful day and we had lots of good sun before boarding the ferry back to Fort du France.

We did find an internet access, but it was a bar and the bar/people stink was more than we could handle. We bought a small oil painting (island scene) and headed back to the boat. Since the sun was out, we sat on deck for a while as the ship left port. Tonight's towel creatures was a swan - we think :)

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