Dominica
Travel Blogs from Dominica
i went
... to stay in the caribbean called 3 rivers, on it's website one of the activities is listed as 'inactivity', i'm only booked into dominica for a week meaning i have a non-changeable ferry ticket out to guadeloupe next friday and a short visa to match but i ...
being an eco-tourist
my time at 3rivers included a lot of hiking to the many waterfalls around the southern part of the island, my favourite was river cyrique, the climb down was amazing as it had been raining for 2 days solid so was real slippery but totally worth it. The ...
Roseau, Dominica
... about 45 fellow passengers before heading out to meet with Augustine Beno Pascal for a grand tour of coastal and rain forest regions of Dominica in four mini-vans. Dominica is not what one might class as a rich country but they are rich in culture ...
It's Been One Week...
... hit a little chop an hour or so outside of Roseau but that's it. Save for the cruise ships that dock here, Dominica is a relatively tourist-free island. There's no international airport so it's more difficult to get to than other Caribbean destinations ...
Class TIME
WOW! I just got out of my Global studies class and we had a guest speaker who is a teacher on the ship for a different coarse. His talk BLEW my mind! 10 years ago this man started a non-for profit organization in Nepal for girls who are sold at the ...
We came back to Calibishie: Calibishie Lodges
... : this hike: do it. The Carib Territory: those Indians: go and see how they live. Emerall Pool: is amazing. Batibou beach: the beach nummer one of Dominica. We have again a wonderfull time, it was to short again. We need to come back again i ...
After 4 Years Back in Dominica
... the bee in Calibishie area. Maybe next time we start to build: ho knows. Everybody that's love nature, need to come to Dominica. Everybody that's love from friendliness, needs to come to Dominica. Only what we hoop, how long it go bee stay like that, ...
We arrive in Dominica.
... world: This is the place to bee. We have a beautiful time in this area. A few days later we travel around the island. Dominica has rivers, waterfalls like water. Nice hiking tracks. On the other side of the island is the see like a lake, so calm is that ...
Roseau, Dominica
We went with Wacky Rollers http://www.wackyrollers.com/ - Tubing. I highly recommend this excursion and it is not necessary to go through the ship. We had 8 people with 4 guides to assist us. It was private and we received helmets and life preservers. ...
Back in Dominica, Back in Calibishie.
... people come inside with there fish and sell them on the street. Men come back from the banana fields. Everything here is so different. I go show you now a lot of pictures, than you have a better idea, about what is Dominica. We come Back for ...
Mixing Pleasure with business, Dominica
... later learned was my driver's girlfriend. Not very professional but life is pretty laid back in the Caribbean. Dominica is situated between two French islands, Martinique and Guadeloupe. It was fought over by the French and the ...
October 2008
I have start this month with pictures of Calls which is the school that I teach ...
The next part of my adventure.
It has been a very interesting last couple of days. Yesterday I took the taxi over to Roseau. And what I mean by a taxi is a van with twelve people crammed together. It takes about an hour and fifteen minutes for the trip. I have posted a picture on the ...
Porthmouth, Dominica
... . My heart went out to the employees of the airline. How they kept there cool I don't know. We finally arrived on Dominica three hours behind our attended arrival time. Went through the customs line with all the pushing that just comes with the ...
Dominica Eco adventure at Manicou River Eco Resort
... and its natural beauty, she was great and always helpful suggesting activities. We drove all over the north side of Dominica visiting rivers, swimming holes, jungles, ruins and snorkeling. And the diving here was phenomenal! Overall, the place was ...
Domineek-i-neek-i-neek
... , we found them to be friendly, often answering our "hello" with a smile and "ok" - the island's equivalent of "hi". Dominica's main industry is agriculture, primarily bananas. Tourism has yet to take root in a significant way of Dominica, so the towns ...
Dominica, the land of the jungle!
... know how I am going to do intense school work with these circumstances. Anyways, DOMINICA was AMAZING! Absolutely beautiful! We arrived in Dominica at 8am on Saturday and a big group of us headed on a hike ...
Cruise Day 3
... We signed up for the Caribbean cooking experience...it was really fun! We rode a bus up into the mountains of Dominica to the owner of the tour company's house. The Drive was amazing...little narrow streets through town with all the ...
Visit to the "Nature Island"...
... went inside and its kinda pretty still despite of its age, however i think it need more attention now. I heard as well that Dominica got their independence from Britain since 1978. After we saw much of Roseau, we went ahead and got the taxi on the ...
Dominica's favorites
... , but somehow, Dominica looked more intriguing and wild. One couldn't help but feel somehow curious about this island. Dominica lies between Guadeloupe and Martinique, which they say, is an unspoiled Caribbean paradise. The vibrant, rich ...
I travel under God's good graces
Yesterday was my fancy $200 tour. It was action packed. Jem and I did a full tour. It started with Titou Gorch where I swam through a gully to waterfall (this was my favorite thing of the whole trip I think). It was fantastic. Then we drove to numerous ...
Travel day home
Well, yesterday was an annoying day. LIAT doesn't tell you that they are making 2-3 stops, so what was a 1.5 hour flight became a 5 hour flight. ON the plane, I learned that my new beautiful silver bracelet, which cost me $180 EC, or $60 US, ...
It begins
5:05 am Alarm goes off. Shower. Get dressed. Change sheets on bed. 6 am Leave the house. 7 am At the airport. Eat Wendy's breakfast sandwich. Slightly tired and confused. ...
The Landing
After a stop to St Maarteen and Antigua, we landed in Dominica! I told my friend it was a long way to the city from the airport, with narrow roads on the side of cliffs. The taxi drivers are just nuts! They don't even slow down when they meet another ...
My sandals done walked off
My sandals left me. I always wonder what to do with used up Reefs and these were getting there. They are 100x better than any of the junky sandals on this island, so I hope somebody makes good use of them. I was "angry" at them for getting my feet ...
Leaving Dominica
I'm leaving today. I'm a mixture of happy and sad. I got a ride to the airport with the american couple which saved me $70 US. Yesterday was fairly uneventful. Got back on the bus from Roseau. Getting around has been an intricate system of connections. ...


