A very interesting journey: Martinique is an island between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean sea: the Atlantic coast is protected from the great waves by a coral reef. Louis Erdual, a former fisherman is now guide and shows to the tourists the beaufiful beach and islands. In the north of the island local people and tourists enjoy seine fishing (seine-haul fishing) and they share the fishes. Martinique is also marked by the Mount Pelee volcano and its 1902 great eruption who destroyed the town of Saint-Pierre: Jacques-Yves Imbert is preparing a comic book telling the story of this tragical event and invites friends and tourists to dive near the wrecks of the sunken boats.
Martinique is also interesting for its fauna: spotted dolphins, sperm whales, the mangrove grabs and in the forests the Antillean pinktoe tarantula (or red tree spider). Martinique is also a place full of history: colonial time with the slavery: withh Gilbert we see restored slave huts, in the Garden of Balata a beautiful creole house. There is also a new generation of creators like the stylist Emmanuelle Soundjata who promotes the use of the head scarf, and others stylists take care for the curly hairs of the women (re-discovery of the creole identity).
Then this journey is full of very nice encounters: Jacky, the bike tours guide, Tatie Maryse ,the culinary blogger who shows Raphaël green lemons in the market and prepared a spicy cocoa with lemon, chilki and cinnamon, Jimmy and Thierry Lauzé , the chocolate makers, Alain and Kora the cocoa producers, Rémi and Séverine Asensio, the herbalists who speoke about turmeric and "atoumo" (Alpinia zerumbet), two great medicinal herbs, Laurent Valère , the sculptor of Saint-Pierre whose submarine sculptures are near the wrecks of the sunken boats,Tonton Leon, the wise farmer of Fonds St-Denis, Clément Sayagh and Pascal Bilon who promote surfing en Basse-Pointe and Sully Cally, the cooper and drum maker: all pleasant men and women with a great kindness and good sense of humour.