Travel Tuesday - Sunshine 2026 - Guadeloupe

 Again, thanks to Tigris for giving us space on the blog to write about our trip.

We selected the ship, the MSC Virtousa, because it is the ship they film Good Ship Murder on. When we were looking for an itinerary we wanted, we knew, when it went to Guadeloupe, aka Saint Marie and the home of Death in Paradise, we knew this was the trip for us. For the 15 months from the time be booked it until we went, we affectionately called it our Murder Cruise.

On Guadeloupe we did the Death in Paradise Tour. Ourselves and a handful of fans went to Honore (Deshaies) in what was one of the highlights of the trip. 

First stop, was the beach where the Detective's shackis build every season. 

Me standing in front of the tree that goes through the home

The beach in front of the shack

A famous path to the beach

Then we drove over to the town and visited the harbour (no good pictures here) before walking towards the police station. 

The police station used to be a church building and being inside was like stepping into the TV show. 

I would have loved to spend time looking at the files, so, so many files.

The last stop was Catherine's Bar. Everyone was excited to have a drink of choice here. 

The Man and I decided to share a rum punch. (If you know you know). I was so excited to try it.

                   

It was one of the worst tasting things I have ever had. It burned and there was no punch taste. Found out later it was 100 proof rum! Needless to say, Man and I did not finish our drink. It was just not drinkable and we laughed and laughed, grateful for this experience. 

We were taken to another part of the island for a drink and snack. Man and I avoided any punch before returning to the ship. It was a super hot day (over 40C/105F, so we were glad to get out of the sun and heat. 

Next week, we will vist St. Lucia.