Guadeloupe

Traveling Stories from Another Place

GR-G1 - Day 1 - Beginning the Trace du Alicés

Today we left the boat of Sara after having spent over a week with her and the others on the small island of Marie Galante. It was a bitter sweet moment to say goodbye like this, but in the end it was the right moment to leave.

GR-G1 - Day 2 - A Crazy Hike

Today I wake up and it's dark because the inside of the hut where we slept doesn't have any real windows. Glass might break and is expensive and open windows would allow rats and all sorts of animals to come into the shelter. It's still early.

me looking out through a window in the jungle

GR-G1 - Day 3 - Reaching the Beach

We sleep a bit longer than we would have liked to, but after the gruelling march of the day before, this is understandable. Nothing has really dried and getting back into the wet, grimy dirt clothes from the day before is a pain, but a necessary evil.

orange clouds moving over the sea and palm trees

GR-G1 - Day 4 - Resting

I wake up really early, but even though I am still tired I can't quite make myself fall back asleep, outside I can see a beautiful sunset starting to begin. It's around 6:00 and I grab my camera, phone, and headphones, get out and watch the sunrise.

the first carbet fall showing itself through the clouds

GR-G1 - Day 5 - The Carbet Falls

We wake up early in the morning because we have a lot of hiking to do this day. First we walk up the small roads towards the end of the city of Capesterre de Bel Eau. On the way we meet a friendly man with a machete. He's cutting down some of his banana trees.

GR-G1 - Day 6 - La Soufriere

We wake up early again because we want to hike far today. The plan is to go up to the Soufriere Volcano, the biggest mountain in Guadeloupe and we were told the day before that the way up is hard and arduous.