Fw: Portsmouth, Dominica

Oyster Moon
Paul Foskett & Rhu Nash
Sun 8 Jan 2012 02:00

Next we passed a bit of forest where Johnny Depp came rolling down the hill in that big wheel thing – in Pirates of the Caribbean II – as the guide kept telling us.

 

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We then went through a disaster area. Apparently a landslide had created a reservoir up in the mountains about 20 years ago. It burst and swept away all in its path. The road, well track, has just reopened after a couple of months. Sand everywhere, must have been 4 to 5 m deep in places. On the plus side they are now exporting different grade sand to all the Caribbean islands as building material (I assume).

 

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Last stop was little village by the sea where we had a cup of coffee and got bitten by mosquito’s.

 

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