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Henry Goes Out to the Ballgame, other late May ’09
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Martinique
General Aviation/Executive Airport; shares tower with main terminal
Bar/café with Stella poster
Hangar: note weeds on fence
parking area/ runway (about 2km long)
waiting room:
customs: you step in off the tarmac
GA building
fence lining runway
St.-Pierre typical house:
Cyparus's cell
Cyparus
rum factory and plantation house (model for Fielding's house):
view of Mt. Pelée from below:
view down from halfway up:
northeastern part of the Atlantic coast:
Fort-de-France and environs, 5/19:
Just like Paris, it's important to have exact change here:
Random Gandhi statue:
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):
Lady, you're in my picture!
Detail of the Pointe du Bout marina, charter/boat rental marina:
Gated community in Anse Mitan, generic 400K euro condos/safe houses:
Hurricane Damage from 2007 still in evidence:
The library:
The "Fort"—still in use:
rue Joseph Compare in the Pointe Simone area: lot of small night club; site of fictitious Odelette's:
model for Odelette's:
street signs exactly like Paris; weeds, mildew, etc: not like Paris.
There's no Four Seasons in Martinique, but there is a Four Seasons Plus:
Bar/café with Stella poster
Hangar: note weeds on fence
parking area/ runway (about 2km long)
waiting room:
customs: you step in off the tarmac
GA building
fence lining runway
St.-Pierre typical house:
Cyparus's cell
Cyparus
rum factory and plantation house (model for Fielding's house):
view of Mt. Pelée from below:
view down from halfway up:
northeastern part of the Atlantic coast:
Fort-de-France and environs, 5/19:
Just like Paris, it's important to have exact change here:
Random Gandhi statue:
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):
Lady, you're in my picture!
Detail of the Pointe du Bout marina, charter/boat rental marina:
Gated community in Anse Mitan, generic 400K euro condos/safe houses:
Hurricane Damage from 2007 still in evidence:
The library:
The "Fort"—still in use:
rue Joseph Compare in the Pointe Simone area: lot of small night club; site of fictitious Odelette's:
model for Odelette's:
street signs exactly like Paris; weeds, mildew, etc: not like Paris.
There's no Four Seasons in Martinique, but there is a Four Seasons Plus:
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