Symes Zee Villa Roseau

Dominica The Nature Island - Travelogue Ian R Clayton, September 30 2009 A visit to Dominica is like a step back in Time. The island has not changed much in 50 years, there are more hotels, boutique accommodation and of course Johnny Depp and the cast of Pirates of the Caribbean have all been there ...

... fairly cheap hotel for $86 in San Juan. Not the "american" hotel that I had been fantasizing about, but not $130 either. So I was tired and hungry, 8:30pm, I got to a restaurant and eat some puero rican food. On the way back, I stumble and completely wipe out on the street. Serious road rash on my leg, elbow and hand. bleeding. After 9 days of slipping in waterfalls, bizarre skin ailments, etc. i never actually cut myself, except when i ...

... the ecology was pretty much the edge of civilization. I went by Steve again last night and drove by Jem to say goodbye. Low and behold, my sandals came back. They had been put in the container (Steve's restaurant). Right now I'm sitting in my first bit of AC at the airport and it's quite nice. Steve brought me a "pancake" this morning. It was more like a crepe ...

... area via a van to the Wacky Rollers park where you embark upon a challenge that involves Ziplines, climbing and other physical challenges.

While the guys were on this tour, we set out out to explore some of the island before we met up with the guys to continue on.

Note - our original cab driver that we reserved for the day did not keep his reservation. It was noted that he was seen leaving with another ...

... that will go ahead and Ricky and Myron has to watch Makayla. We start trekking the rugged and rocky terrain of the beautiful rainforest, in Trafalgar Falls, there is two spectacular falls. The moment we saw the falls..we are in awe.. it is totally magnificent! Once we are back to the main entrance of the falls, i saw Makayla being carried by an English woman. Ricky told me shes been crying non stop ...

... 20,000 people live in Roseau, 74,000 more dispersed on the island. English is the official language and is spoken throughout the island. Patois, a mix of French and Creole, is also spoken by many.

Again, we were first in line for our tour, therefore, first getting into our air-conditioned transportation getting good seats, me at the front. As we drove through Roseau, it was raining. The roads were quite ...

... it and it also didn't kill him.

After dinner, we saw people rolling around on the floor for the crazy casual photography portraits on the white background, and it looked like there was a fat man with no shirt on who was quite fat with a woman sitting on his back. The rolls of fat were actually just wrinkles in a skin-coloured shirt and this made us burst into fits of laughter. We got into an elevator with even ...

After a monster week of rum drinking, cricket, beaches, rum drinking, mostly naked girls dancing in mini-Carnivale, and one of the worst sleep-deprived hangover days (spent in 3 different countries) I've ever had - it was time to wave goodbye to Grenada. The Aussies smashed the Kiwis and all was well. Not to mention the treasure trove of rum that I took away. The last night at Grenada was spent at the ...

... collapsed until KABOOM! Eight o'clock pm the fue d'artifice started right on schedule. We were closer than we've ever been to some of the most amazing pyrotechnics - and we've been close before. A few times I started to head for cover fearing I'd get sprinkled with twinkles. It seemed a fitting way to cap our visit to Guadeloupe and we left the following morning for an overnight in the wonderful Pain de Sucre bay on our way to the English-speaking island of ...

I guess there is one cool thing about a cruise, the perception of no travel between locations. Travelling between destinations can often be a royal pain. Here, somebody is taking care of that for you. While you have a good time and catch some z's, the travelling takes place. Definately beats being stuck on a smelly bus for eight hours. So I woke up in the morning, and we were in Dominica. Another short day, 9-6 to be exact. This is the island I knew ...