Internet, Mail, and Shipping in Martinique

In Fort-de-France you can check your e-mail at the Cyber Club Caraïbe, open weekdays from 8 AM to 8 PM and Saturday 8 AM to 10 PM. Internet Haut Depot is a new Internet café that also has other business services, like document scanning and color copying. You'll have to climb to the second floor, where you will be welcomed by the bilingual French owner.

In Pointe du Bout, you can check your e-mail at Prolavnet (and have your clothes laundered at the same time). In Le Marin, the Calebasse Café, a music venue by night, has an Internet station. It's closed Monday. You can also get Internet service at the island's main post office and in some of the branches in towns like Le François.

Airmail letters to the United States and Canada cost EUR 0.95 for up to 20 grams; postcards cost EUR 0.80. Stamps can be purchased from post offices, tobacco shops, and newsstands. Letters to Martinique should include the name of the business, street (if available), town, and postal code, as well as "Martinique, French West Indies." Mail is extremely slow, both ways.

Information

Calebasse Café (19 bd. Allègre, Le Marin, 97290. 0596/74-84-20). Cyber Club Caraïbe (16 rue François Arago, Fort-de-France, 97200. 0596/70-31-62. www.cyberclubcaraibe.com). Internet Haut Depot (61 rue Victor Hugo, Fort-de-France, 97200. 0596/63-12-20). Prolavnet (Village Créole, Pointe du Bout, 97229. 0596/66-07-79).