POINTE-A-PITRE, Guadeloupe -- In the aftermath of eruptions from La Soufriere volcano in the mid-1970s, many thought that Guadeloupe had disappeared from the map of the Caribbean.

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Tucked amid Basse-Terre's verdant mountain landscape sits the Parc National de la Guadeloupe (Guadeloupe National Park), a 74,100-acre rainforest filled with picturesque traces (walking trails ...