Travelling South towards Grenada
Petronella
Thu 18 Apr 2013 13:48
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Saturday April 13
We have been on a mooring off Portsmouth on
Dominica for the last three days, having got here via Deshaies on Guadeloupe and
Bourg des Saintes both visited when we were heading north in mid March. We
also stopped in Dominica on our way up the islands but didn't have
time, and the weather wasn't in our favour, to do much
exploration ashore (we did the Indian River trip when it rained solidly for
3 hours!) so we wanted to have another go. The weather certainly
looked more hopeful this time so we booked onto any land tour that our
'boat boy' Martin of boat Providence was able to arrange with like minded
individuals!
Prince Rupert Bay, Portsmouth in the
sunshine!
Mouth of the Indian River in the sunshine!
The day dawned with us being collected from
Petronella and then we were taken together with another seven assorted
yachties (4 American and 3 Norwegian) on an island mystery tour in his
taxi. It was a busy day and we saw a lot of the island - we visited
charming fishing villages, hiked to scenic waterfalls and swam underneath them,
lunched on local foods including breadfruit, dasheen, yam and plantain
overlooking a beautiful bay, visited a Carib village where we bought
intricate basket work, helped to move a newly built dug out canoe and
visited the Red Rock coastline and plenty more! Martin
trained as a botanist and was very knowledgeable about the flora and fauna which
added even more to the experience. We came back laden with Lemongrass, Bay
Leaves, Vanilla and a local "apricot".
  Fishing
village on the West coast of
Dominica Carib
Indians with their handmade baskets and
Martin with his homemade beard!
Dug out canoe on the
move
Carvings in the red rock sand
 Whose
in the dog
house?
Hampstead Beach, North Coast
one
of the sets for Pirates of the Caribbean
Yet another spectacular rainbow off Portsmouth
We plan to spend the weekend here as there is a
regular cruisers' BBQ on the beach on Sunday which we thought would be a bit of
fun before moving on to Martinique.
We are heading south with very mixed
feelings. In some ways it is good to be revisiting places that we are
familiar with and getting to know them better We are also beginning to
look forward to returning home after six months and meeting up with friends and
family . On the other hand we will miss the buzz of pushing on and exploring new
places and new experiences. The grass is always greener and all
that!!
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