Dominica

15:34.917N 061:27.831W 5th February – 9th February Dominica is probably the most Caribbean of the islands we
have visited so far. It has very little tourism so is still very natural and
really nice and friendly. There are only really two places to anchor, the
capital which no one recommends and Portsmouth which is a lovely big bay
(Prince Rupert Bay) with a small town and a few great beach bars. Downtown Portsmouth (right) and a typical supermarket
selling lots of not much (left) The notice outside the cinema which also doubled as the
hurricane shelter (left) and the chandlers which did have the engine bit we
needed, they just took it from another old engine! Rusty old ships washed up on the shore during the
hurricane season The beach and the beach bars where everyone is friendly, drinks
are all 5 EC (£1.20) and the food is good and cheap. So far the best food we
have had has been in the cheapest places. We did a bit of hiking whilst there, a couple more dives
and a boat trip up the indian river. 14 of us squeezed into this little boat!
Great tree roots, birds and a boa constrictor (top right)
The anchorage from the top of the hill and Alan still
finding any excuse to go off in the new rib.
It was also very rainy but you do get some great rainbows We always take our photos when it is sunny so thought we
should include a rainy one! You cant see the wind but it is still very squally
and constantly gusts from 3 to 30 knots in seconds. The other downside of the rain is it takes ages to get
things dry so we started hanging our wetsuits under the sprayhood. We decided
these then act as ‘scarecrows’ to deter potenial theifs as
particularly at night it looks like someone is there, well they keep fooling us
anyway! STOP PRESS: We have just heard but not seen it yet that we are in the
February Yachting Monthly! They interviewed us in Las Palmas but we never
thought we would make the cut! |