A cloud rests over the summit of Nevis Peak. Stone sugar mills emerge from tropical gardens. Wooden houses and Georgian buildings line the compact streets of Charlestown, where church bells, fruit stalls and centuries of Caribbean history occupy the same few blocks. Down by the sea, the mood changes. The water off Pinney’s Beach is […]
Above: the Hardy boutique in Tartane (all photos by CJ) THE RHUM of Tartane is not known much beyond Tartane. Nor, for that matter, is Tartane. This little seaside town on the Atlantic coast of Martinique has a tiny collection of waterfront bars and restaurants and a larger share of fishing boats floating just off […]
Above: the shop in Tartane, Martinique (CJ Photo) TARTANE — You can hear the bell. It’s Sunday in Tartane, a beach town on the east coast of Martinique, and there’s a bell ringing all around the main road. It sounds like a bicycle, until you realize it’s coming from something stationary: a tiny ice cream […]
