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132/ in one basket" relying on its excellent lime groves was visited by a destructive hurricane a few years ago and has not yet recovered from the loss of the main source of income; hence its men trying to find work elsewhere. At 10 AM we entered the little town and harbor of [[red underline]] Pointe a Pitre. [[/red underline]] Went to fish and vegetable markets and walked around its busy streets. Bought some Rhum and a bottle French Champagne $1.90. There is quite a mix-up here with money change. The money of [[red underline]] Guadeloupe is not accepted in Martinique [[/red underline]] and Vice-Versa. So [[strikethrough]] Brt [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline]] British or Canadian money are most sought after. [[/red underline]] While [[red underline]] American Dollars [[/red underline]] [[underline]] in paper [[/underline]]
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rank [[strikethrough]] best [[/strikethrough]] next best. [[red underline]] Small American change [[/red underline]] is a problem and is [[red underline]] reluctantly accepted. [[/red underline]] - Sheer stupidity of [[strikethrough]] two [[/strikethrough]] the [[red underline]] two dominating banks in Martinique and Guadeloupe and very annoying to casual visitors. [[/red underline]] I had to leave Guadeloupe with some of its money and hoped that the usual street-beggars would relieve me of this problem. But to my astonishment I [[red underline]] saw not a single beggar! - a new experience. [[/red underline]] I intended to take some photos but did not make any. The brilliant color effect of inhabitants [[strikethrough]] a [[/strikethrough]] streets and vegetation is so predominant that only color photographs could do them justice. The man who sold me a bottle of champagne to take aboard 

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