... and there's that rum!

martiniquaise bat

Pips snout-deep in a classic Martiniquaise ti-punch as served at the justly popular local diner Yva Chez Vava in the tiny, beautiful fishing village of Grand-Rivière.

Quarters of lime squished down onto rough brown lumps of local sucre de canne, and stirred up with as much of the excellent rhum agricole—the golden rhum vieux in this case— as a tipsy bat could wish. A particularly happy small bat as the kind ladies of Yva Chez Vava simply plonk the entire bottle down on the table and bid you to pour away!

Batlet of the Islands

pips de la caraibe

Pips living a travel ad cliché... jewel-hued water, a palm-fringed sandy beach surmounted by verdant hills... and where is that bottle of rum anyway?