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I didn't notice Chez Gisèle et Philippe at first. Once I did, though, I couldn't take my eyes off the red-roofed home just above la plage.

Fort Napoleon (Guadeloupe) was never tested in battle, but as legend has it, death was no stranger here. The tale involves a pair of lovers.

My favorite beaches share a level of inaccessibility, the better to keep crowds away. Pain de Sucre Beach in Guadeloupe is one of them.

My head was spinning from all the options for fun in Guadeloupe, aided in no small part by the initial taste of Guadeloupe rhum I enjoyed the night before.

Les Roches Percées at la Plage de Pompierre in Terre-de-Haut, Guadeloupe is close enough to shore to access on foot and impossible to ignore.

Venture here in the late afternoon hours as I did recently and revel in the dynamic effect the fading light has on the blues and greens of Guadeloupe.

Everywhere I went, she was there, Îlet à Cabrit's beauty and the thrill of her unknown treasures a constant distraction during my visit to Guadeloupe.

Morne Mire is aptly-named, its heights offering a beautiful "mire," or sight, of La Grande Soufrière volcano and Basse-Terre on mainland Guadeloupe.

Experiencing sunrise from the highest point of Terre-de-Haut took my breath away. The Sunset show in this special place is equally as amazing.