A St. Martin Highlight: The Butterfly Farm
That's my 6-year-old holding two Owl Butterflies.
by Wendy Perrin
Anyone who's been following my St. Martin adventures on Twitter knows I'm way too zonked from today's action-packed day trip to Anguilla to stay awake right now recapping it. So instead I'll share a few pics from yesterday's awesome visit to The Butterfly Farm.
What an Owl Butterfly looks like when it opens its wings.
Not only did we watch one butterfly emerge from its chrysalis and another newborn take its first flight, but we also learned how to lure butterflies onto our fingers. First you sweeten a finger by dipping it into a glass of punch.
Click to the next page to see what happens when your 5-year-old soaks his entire hand in punch:
Full disclosure: My kids happen to be nuts about butterflies. They even dressed as butterflies last Halloween. But even if you're neither a kid nor a butterfly fanatic, I still think a trip to La Ferme des Papillons (as they call it on the French side of the island) is worth it.
The tranquil tropical garden setting is a great spot just to stop and smell the flowers and shoot the breeze.
You can be sure we're going back.
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Beautiful photos Wendy!
Posted by: elliottng | February 11, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Thanks to my husband. He's the family photographer!
Posted by: WendyPerrin | February 11, 2009 at 10:07 PM
We went to Martinique on a cruise. Of course, all the men at our dinner table were excited to walk down to the nude beach. So my wife booked us an all day bus tour to the butterfly farm instead.
Posted by: Blunderbus | February 12, 2009 at 01:31 AM
WOW! Fabulous!! Now this is "roadschooling" at it's best! Or should we call it "world-schooling"?
What ever the name, save these pictures or the ones of you four on the camels or your multitude of others.... if you ever need to convince the school of the importance of family travel in education!
Kudos to the amazing photographer in your family too! You sure I can't adopt him to do all the photos on our world tour? ;)
I bet you are not missing the cold NYC weather or your daily commute one bit! ;)
Posted by: Soultravelers3 | February 12, 2009 at 08:13 AM
yes, your worldschooling (term courtesy of eli gerzon) is working wonders - the intense concentration on your boys faces is just wonderful to behold!
Posted by: jessiev | February 16, 2009 at 09:51 PM