South of the Island of Montserrat there's the archipelago of Guadeloupe, a French island group with Basse-Terre being the largest city and the capital of Guadeloupe.

We arrived at Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport which is located on the Grande-Terre Island which is separated from the Basse-Terre island by the narrow Salt River but connected by the Pont de l'Alliance bridge which...