St Barth 2008 - 17th day (part I) For our last full day on the island, we have decided to go again to Colombier. We have taken the second way to go there. About the same time (30') but much more harder... Quite a lot of boats today in the Colombier Bay. A very long snorkeling session with my son, we have visited the right end of the Bay. It was just fantastic! A giant aquarium. For our last dinner in St Barth, some stuff from Le Bouchon that we have taken back in the villa. Tomorrow, we have to give back the car and the villa before 12:00. Flight to St Martin at 14:30. St Martin to Paris at 17:00. We should be in Paris at 06:00 (on Tuesday, with the time shift) and in Mulhouse for the lunch. Long trip, bad mood. No comment, I know how far we are lucky to be there, a fact which is not really helping to come back from this "paradise"...

St Barth 2008 - 16th day (part I) Weather quite strange today (very warm with sudden heavy rains). Anyway, good half day at Corossol Beach. François, our Chairman at Innoveo, has joined us in St Barth, as he was off in the Caribbic too. So, we had all 4 together a good breakfast at Maya's to Go, and a lunch at Do Brazil. Cool ;) The best dinner *ever* this evening in St Barth at the Eden Rock's restaurant. Absolutely fantastic, great service, unforgettable view on the St Jean Bay "by night". We have also seen some turtles in the ocean. Just unbelievable :)

St Barth 2008 - 16th day (part II) Corossol Beach, the place for snorkeling, near and between all these rocks.

St Barth 2008 - 17th day (part II) Colombier Bay, with boats, and the beautiful colorful ocean!

Travel - third step Hello from St Barth!! Trip was ok, on time, I have slept a lot. Wifi is also working in the villa :) Swimming-pool already tested. The villa is crazy. Again, this very special atmosphere. And 28°C!

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St Bart 2008 - 15th day (part II) St Barth is definitely a volcanic island!

St Barth 2008 - 11th day 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 - 4th day Today, Flamand beach! It was really great, though the waves were really too big for my son... Also a first nap ;) And this evening, a cool dinner at Maya's. Super place, extra service, also with children. Specially like when waitress says "you are from the island!". Yes, for sure, we are working on it ;)

St Barth 2008 - 15th day (part I) Today was a windy day, but hot! We were at the Flamand Beach. Impressive, huge, almost nobody. This evening, very good dinner at Do Brazil (first time in 4 years, definitely too many good restaurants here ;). Very special atmosphere because this restaurant is directly on Shell Beach (cf. 12th day)!

St Barth 2008 - 14th day Back to the normal relaxing routine today. Hot and a bit windy, 25°C at 07:00 in the morning, 29°C during the day, 27°C in the ocean. Too cool :) Also back to St Jean (east) Beach this morning. Again, simple dinner at Le Bouchon, other places just too crowdy because of St Valentin's Day!

St Barth 2008 - 9th day (part II) A second picture of Colombier.

St Barth 2008 - 9th day (part I) 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 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 :)

Travel - From MLH to CDG First step of the travel : Mulhouse to Paris.

St Barth 2008 - 10th day 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 - 7th day 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 - 12th day (part I) 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 - 12th day (part II) Shelves on the beach, or Beach of shelves ;)

St Barth 2008 - 13th day This morning, it was raining cats and dogs! So, it was time to do some shopping again in Gustavia (Blanc Bleu, Carat, Vuitton, Pati de St Barth). After lunch, the weather was again "normal" and we could intensively benefit from the swimming-pool at the villa. Good simple dinner at Andy. I have just finished to read a bit more than 800 new pages, on top of the "first" 1'500. No book anymore now...

Travel - second step And now, the second step: Paris to St Martin.

St Barth 2008 - 2nd day Already at the beach at 07:30 this morning (jet-lagged) - St Jean west. Half the day in the ocean with my son. Great dinner at Pipiri in Gustavia (yesterday we started at Andy) where my wife had to chose the lobster she wanted to eat!