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Memorial Cap 110
https://azmartinique.com/en/where-to-go ... al-cap-110
Cap 110 is a memorial erected in memory of slavery. It was built at Anse Caffard during the sesquicentennial of the abolition of slavery in 1998 by Laurent Valere, a painter and sculptor of Martinique. The choice of Anse Caffard is not trivial.

This is indeed the edge of the Anse Caffard (which owes its name to Jean Caffard a colon) a ship carrying 300 slaves ran aground in a storm on the rocks of the coast on the night of April 8, 1830. Now at that time, the slave trade was illegal since 1817. The boat was completely destroyed what prevented him from knowing his name and find its source. Only six bodies were recovered.

The bodies of the sailors were buried in the cemetery and those slaves were buried near the shore. 86 slaves, 26 men and 60 women were rescued from the wreck and transferred to Fort-de-France.

The 15 busts were built of reinforced concrete and bleached with sand of Trinidad and Tobago. Their weight is about 4 tons to a height of 2.5 meters. All represent the same face bent in the meaning, worn, distressed, downcast eyes to the earth and the sea. They are the anonymous victims of processed trade, the slave trade, which lasted three centuries (17th to 19th century ) between Europe, Africa and the Americas.

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Rocher du Diamant:

MrKiwi wrote:

Thank you
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Friday 24th - Fonds Saint Denis "Cascade du saut du gendarme":



Saturday 25th - Tartane

Seen at the beach:


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Local products: Hardy - Clément


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"Earth exploration":
Sunday evening, flight to Paris.
Tuesday train to Brest.
Thursday or Friday departure for more than a week in Istanbul.
Then back to Paris for 3 days and on the 13th departure for my new project.
(I will give you the location once I am there...)

Kristof wrote:

MrKiwi wrote:

Thank you
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Friday 24th - Fonds Saint Denis "Cascade du saut du gendarme":



Saturday 25th - Tartane

Seen at the beach:


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Local products: Hardy - Clément


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"Earth exploration":
Sunday evening, flight to Paris.
Tuesday train to Brest.
Thursday or Friday departure for more than a week in Istanbul.
Then back to Paris for 3 days and on the 13th departure for my new project.
(I will give you the location once I am there...)

But this is such a classic!




And have safe travels!!

I wish you all a happy new year 2022.

campfire wrote:But this is such a classic!

Well, it was my first Christmas in the Caribbean and even during my years on the African coast I had never photographed a sandman.

campfire wrote:And have safe travels!!

Thank you.
27th: Fort de France/Paris
28th: Paris/Brest, with high speed train 317km/h
29th: Brest/Paris, plane
30th: Paris/Istanbul
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9th: Istanbul/Paris
13th: Paris/****
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Welcome to Paris from 30C to 10C and rain, perfect to wake up after a night on the plane:


TGV:


Istanbul:

Enjoy!!!

I wonder where Kristof is headed? Learning Spanish does not align to heading for Turkey?

Should be an interesting trip

Delicate Snowflake wrote:I wonder where Kristof is headed? Learning Spanish does not align to heading for Turkey?
Should be an interesting trip

I'm in Istanbul just for a week with my family and then I'm going back across the Atlantic.
At 2000km from Martinique.
Initially, I wanted to stay in the region but:
- because of the non-recognition of the Sputnik vaccine my wife and son could not come to see me in Martinique (...)
France, unlike Cyprus or Hungary, does not recognize this vaccine...
- plus the flight connections to my next project are not so obvious, it is "easier" to return to France and then go back to my destination...

And yes I confirm you, it should be an interesting trip, I thought to land on the airport near the site, but no the flight goes to the capital and then 5h drive to go on the project.

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Istanbul January 3rd
(it's better with the sun...)
From the small streets near the docks to the Tarlabasi Boulevard and the Taksim Square.

Wednesday 5th
Still pictures from the same area, New Galataport and streets close to the Tarlabasi Bld.







and Thursday 6th:
View from the Kennedy Avenue and close to "Zeytinburnu" the "leather&furr" area:



https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g ... anbul.html

About the new port:
On my first visit to the dock, there was no fence, so I was surprised to find one the next day!!
There is an explanation, it is a relatively heavy system because the panels are raised hydraulically and there is a small barrier on the side of the boats but as it is specified in this article it is "hermetic" and the boat is isolated.
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Galataport Istanbul offers advanced cruise facilities, such as the world’s first underground cruise ship terminal. The 29,000 sq. meter Galataport Istanbul Cruise Ship Terminal is designed with a unique hatch system and creates a temporary customs area while a ship is in port, which converts Istanbul’s port into a promenade in an area that has been closed to public access for 200 years. After the ship departs, the coastline is left free.

Galataport Istanbul is capable of accommodating three ships and 15,000 passengers a day. Cruise activities are scheduled to start in September 2021 with the Eurodam, Costa Crociere, Norwegian Cruise Line, Viking Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises, among others.
https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/crui ... month.html
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The "world is small", in 2019 I was taking this picture of the Viking Sea, @roadrunner was on board when she went to St Petersburg and on the picture above it's a sister ship the Viking Sky

Kristof wrote: ...
27th: Fort de France/Paris
28th: Paris/Brest, with high speed train 317km/h
29th: Brest/Paris, plane
30th: Paris/Istanbul
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9th: Istanbul/Paris
13th: Paris/****

Here we are, after the medical examinations (insurance) and the signature of the contract, tomorrow January 13 it is the departure, I return in the Caribbean in fact on the largest island
When I was in Martinique I hoped to be able to stay in the area but no, I had to return to Paris.
Moreover I was not yet 100% sure of my destination following the "big contract" signed mid-December in Saudi Arabia
(https://qiddiya.com/)
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I could make the whole tour of Martinique, by the coast, in the day it will not be the case in Cuba
at today's date, I should stay only one night in Havana and then 8 hours of road to join Cayo Coco:


While looking for the pictures of the Viking Sea that I had posted on ADV, I found this exchange




So soon I hope to be able to cross this kind of vehicles :
Citroën Traction


Peugeot 404


Ural


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"Normally I wait until I get there before posting, but in this case I'm not sure I'll have access to this site in the future...
To be continued, I hope

13/01 - Paris / La Havane
As usual the Chinese at the airport in Paris (also seen in Istanbul)


My first pictures in Havana

01/14 - Havana
Half a day of meetings and then free afternoon, Saturday free all day and it is only Sunday morning that I take the road (8 hours) to join Cayo Coco, so this afternoon I took the favorite cab of the tourists namely an "old American" to make the tour of Havana, including the small streets of old Havana.
It was a tour just to get acquainted with the city and then to be able to find my way around. Tomorrow I will return to the pedestrian part of Old Havana.

My taxi, a Chevy 55






Mercedes Diesel, just like most of the old cars here. I have only heard the sound of a V8 once


Peugeot 404




Sidecars






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I toured Cuba a few years ago shortly before the travel ban and struck up a conversation with one of the old car owners. He had a 50 something Chevy four door. It looked like new. But under the hood was a three cylinder tractor diesel with a two speed transmission. It looked so little in the cavernous Chevy engine compartment.

01/15 - Havana
Walk in the center near the Capitol






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This is the "system" that is becoming widespread in the world, in Istanbul the majority of restaurants used a QR code for their menus, but it is a problem when you do not have access to the internet ...