December 26 Fort de France, Martinique

On Saturday we are ready to roll. We up anchor about 10am and head around the corner to Fort de France, Martinique. It is the capital city. Nice town but it is just a big city in our opinion

so it will just be a stop-over point for us.

We passed by Diamond Rock on our way to Fort de France. It is interesting as back in the day, during the brief time that the British held Martinique, they commissioned this rock as a naval war ship, HMS Diamond Rock, and were able to repel the French. I will reserve commentary on the French war machine, or lack thereof, although they were intelligent enough to roll rum barrels up to the rock. These were immediately seized by the British who were then summarily defeated. The "ship's" officers were court-martialed for being a bunch of drunks.

The city and the fort at night.

Every city, village and town has a cathedral at town center. We can always hear the bells from the boat. Here are some for you.