Rare Solent Richard Posted January 6, 2021 #1 Share Posted January 6, 2021 This will more than likely be of interest to British cruisers only. A new series of the popular Caribbean Island police series, Death in Paradise, starts tomorrow (Thursday) evening at 9.00 pm on the BBC. It just so happens that the series was the inspiration for my wife and I to take a cruise last February on MSC Preziosa which called at Guadeloupe - the island on which the series is filmed. To mark the start of the new seriesIve written a review of our day on the island and how we ended up in the Honoré police station cells... https://solentrichardscruiseblog.com/2021/01/06/death-in-paradise/ I certainly hope it is of interest, we had an amazing day out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyancho Posted January 6, 2021 #2 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Very cool mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidari Posted January 6, 2021 #3 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Had a great day out on our second visit to Guadaloupe on Xmas day 2018 with a great guide Jasmine who lives on the Island but is from Germany. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamrag Posted January 6, 2021 #4 Share Posted January 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, sidari said: Had a great day out on our second visit to Guadaloupe on Xmas day 2018 with a great guide Jasmine who lives on the Island but is from Germany. Us too, on your recommendation, February 2019....she was fab. Because we had 2 visits to Guadeloupe, we did DiP on the first Sunday and the other 'butterfly wing' of the island the following Sunday. Both tours were fabulous and, back on board, those who did the ship tour didn't get to see half of what we did....including the truly fab botanical gardens. We are both DiP fans, and the TV is set for tomorrow night and the new series....can't wait, but it'll be a difficult watch knowing it's gonna be some time till we can return there! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Had01 Posted January 7, 2021 #5 Share Posted January 7, 2021 We were on the last Preziosa cruise last March and managed to do the DiP locations (Mirva was our fantastic local guide) on the first Sunday visit to Guadaloupe. We were on a 14 day out of Barbados. The second weekend Guadaloupe (and Martinique) did not allow any disembarkation for tours or transit passengers as France was in lockdown (they are part of France). We were lucky we chose the first weekend to do the DiP/island tour! Hope to return in 2022.............maybe. Beautiful location. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skier52 Posted January 7, 2021 #6 Share Posted January 7, 2021 I believe you said to me that my review of my DiP cruise in Mar-Apr 2016, on MSC Orchestra gave you a push towards a cruise including Guadeloupe, which can be found here http://www.cruisingmates.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=270&t=11371 pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carolerwo Posted January 10, 2021 #7 Share Posted January 10, 2021 On 1/6/2021 at 7:43 PM, sidari said: Had a great day out on our second visit to Guadaloupe on Xmas day 2018 with a great guide Jasmine who lives on the Island but is from Germany. Hi Sidari, Do you have contact details for Jasmine? - we plan to be in Guadeloupe on two Sundays in December on the Seaview and would love to arrange a DIP tour. Thanks, Carole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidari Posted January 10, 2021 #8 Share Posted January 10, 2021 1 hour ago, carolerwo said: Hi Sidari, Do you have contact details for Jasmine? - we plan to be in Guadeloupe on two Sundays in December on the Seaview and would love to arrange a DIP tour. Thanks, Carole Not sure if she is still doing the tour's but will contact her and ask for you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carolerwo Posted January 10, 2021 #9 Share Posted January 10, 2021 2 hours ago, sidari said: Not sure if she is still doing the tour's but will contact her and ask for you. Thanks so much. Very excited to be in planning mode again. Guadeloupe and a DiP tour was the deciding factor for booking this cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidari Posted January 18, 2021 #10 Share Posted January 18, 2021 On 1/10/2021 at 3:47 PM, carolerwo said: Thanks so much. Very excited to be in planning mode again. Guadeloupe and a DiP tour was the deciding factor for booking this cruise. Just to keep you updated not yet heard back from Jasmine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carolerwo Posted January 19, 2021 #11 Share Posted January 19, 2021 23 hours ago, sidari said: Just to keep you updated not yet heard back from Jasmine. No worries - still have plenty of time. And there were another couple of guides I can reach out to if she is no longer doing tours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidari Posted January 25, 2021 #12 Share Posted January 25, 2021 On 1/19/2021 at 9:17 PM, carolerwo said: No worries - still have plenty of time. And there were another couple of guides I can reach out to if she is no longer doing tours. Hi ... Heard from Jasmine and she is working at another job now, she did pass on details for her friends details who is also a guide, she is called Mirva from Finland and is Guadaloupe guide on fb. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzieanna Posted January 30, 2021 #13 Share Posted January 30, 2021 I enjoyed your pictures very much thank you. In the botanical gardens there is a house, if I recall correctly that was where Richard Poole was murdered with an ice pick? I didn’t really know what desth in paradise was until I found out Guadeloupe was famous because of that. So I watched about 3 episodes the week before our holiday and got hooked very quickly. Have to say Richard was my favorite detective! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norwich Cruiser Posted January 30, 2021 #14 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Kris Marshall was our favourite detective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidari Posted January 31, 2021 #15 Share Posted January 31, 2021 A shame they cannot get Danny John Jules back in the series as JP's underling ... 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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