15.34.5999 N 61.27.5999 W 

So people talk about Dominica as the island that shows what the Caribbean used to be like. Its pretty rugged and people are generally pretty poor. The island its self is incredibly beautiful with high volcanos and lunch dense rainforest. I had been lucky enough to explore Dominica with my brother and mum and dad 6 years or so before so I had an idea of the kind of adventures we were in for.

We arrived and met our man ‘Bounty’ as we picked up our mooring buoy. Bounty had been recommended to us by a friend as a great boat boy and guide. He honestly helped us out with absolutely everything. Couldn’t recommend him enough if you ever find yourself on a boat in Dominica. We arranged with Bounty to do a tour the next morning and go from there.

We met Bounty early and headed off up a river into the jungle. This is the same area where some of the pirates of the caribean was filmed and there are still parts of the set there, so we went and had a look around. We also ended up at a bar in the middle of a lush productive farm where Jo and Nick sampled the local rum (8.30am). The guys there also hooked us up with bags full of fresh veggies and fruit. We came back with our bags stuffed full of things like passionfruit, cinnamon, lettuce, coconuts etc etc.

After another strange checking in experience (the officer was not fully dressed as he had just got out of the shower and his mum was there talking about what she was going to get at the supermarket) we decided to hire a car and get into exploring the island.

Over the next couple of days we generally headed south and found waterfall after waterfall. One we trecked to over an hour there and an hour back to, which was great – super steep and remote. Nearly at all of the waterfalls there was no one around. We also checked out the knarly surfing options and decided against it and got some lovely lunch instead and then later explored one of the exposed beaches.

Time to leave was coming closer and looking at the weather we needed to make the call about timings for Jo to be able to get her flight from Bonaire. As we had spent a bit longer in the Saints then planned (due to a public holiday there and not being able to check out and our desil issues) it ment that we were pretty tight for Jo to make it back in time to Bonaire. So to play it safe Jo got a ferry from Dominica and headed back to Guadelupe. Which left Nick and I to the 4/5 day crossing to Bonaire.