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It is a short tender ride from the boat to the jetty.

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Roseau appeared to be a very genuine town, but also quite run down. I liked it because it was very real and not titivated up for tourists in the same way that some of the other islands have been.

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It is not my thing, so we went snorkelling instead. The catamaran was owned by a french chap called Thierry, who was great fun and took us out to Sugarloaf rock to snorkel. He gave us a full safety briefing, kitted everyone out with fins and masks and told us not to get too close to the rock as there was quite a swell. The snorkelling was fun and we did see some pretty fish, but I am spoilt for snorkelling as we have been to the Barrier Reef where there is just soo much to see. A very pleasant 45 minutes was spent sloshing around face down with my little Kodak Playsport camcorder recording some of the parrot fish that we saw. However the swell was considerable so most of my pictures look like the fish were swimming out of the frame, when in fact it was me floating being swept this way and that.

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The market in Marigot was interesting, but half an hour was all that was needed there. My general impression is that tourism is the main industry and this makes it less of an interesting place to go.

There was the most spectacular traffic jam going round what seemed like half of the island. I am just glad we were going the other way.