General Aviation/Executive Airport; shares tower with main terminal
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Bar/café with Stella poster
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Hangar: note weeds on fence
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parking area/ runway (about 2km long)
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waiting room:
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customs: you step in off the tarmac
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GA building
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fence lining runway
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St.-Pierre typical house:
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Cyparus's cell
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Cyparus
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rum factory and plantation house (model for Fielding's house):
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view of Mt. Pelée from below:
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view down from halfway up:
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northeastern part of the Atlantic coast:
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Fort-de-France and environs, 5/19:
Just like Paris, it's important to have exact change here:
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Random Gandhi statue:
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Approach to Fort-de-France by ferry from Les Trois Ilets in Southwest part of island (has older luxury hotels/close to airport, including the fictitious Pointe Etieone):
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Lady, you're in my picture!
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Detail of the Pointe du Bout marina, charter/boat rental marina:
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Gated community in Anse Mitan, generic 400K euro condos/safe houses:
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Hurricane Damage from 2007 still in evidence:
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The library:
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The "Fort"—still in use:
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rue Joseph Compare in the Pointe Simone area: lot of small night club; site of fictitious Odelette's:
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model for Odelette's:
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street signs exactly like Paris; weeds, mildew, etc: not like Paris.
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There's no Four Seasons in Martinique, but there is a Four Seasons Plus: