Background: Dominica was the last of the Caribbean islands to be colonized by Europeans, due chiefly to the fierce resistance of the native Caribs. France ceded possession to Great Britain in 1763, which made the island a colony in 1805. In 1980, two years after independence, Dominica's fortunes improved when a corrupt and tyrannical administration was replaced by that of Mary Eugenia CHARLES, the first female prime minister in the Caribbean, who remained in office for 15 years. Some 3,000 Carib Indians still living on Dominica are the only pre-Columbian population remaining in the eastern Caribbean.
May 16th 2008Central America Caribbean » Dominica » Portsmouth Hi, Everyone
My White Coat ceremony is tomorrow at 2pm and the school has provided a live link of the event. I've pasted it below.
http://exmediasite.rossmed.edu.dm/webcast/
Just incase anyon ... [full story]
May 14th 2008Central America Caribbean » Dominica » Portsmouth May 14, 2008 2:00pm
It’s been a couple of days since I’ve written. It’s currently Wednesday and I have completed my third day of medical school. Things are going alright so far& ... [full story]
May 10th 2008Central America Caribbean » Dominica » Portsmouth Pictures are finally here!!!
Go to:
http://brookeroebuck.shutterfly.com/action/
This is the site I will be using to continue to upload and share pictures. I will make new blog posts when new ... [full story]
May 8th 2008Central America Caribbean » Dominica » Portsmouth Hi, Everybody!!
I FINALLY got my barrels, which means that I finally got the stuff to upload my photos!!! WWWOOOO!!!!
Dominica is getting better by the day. I think I have found some people who ... [full story]
May 5th 2008Central America Caribbean » Dominica » Portsmouth Sunday, May 4th 1045am
Well, I have made it safe and sound to San Juan, Puerto Rico. I left Boston a little after 0630 and touched down in San Juan right around 1010 local and EST time. The flight ... [full story]
February 23rd 2008Central America Caribbean » Dominica » Portsmouth We had a nice quiet day for a change. We went into town early after visiting Sol y Mar and Meggie. Unfortunately, we came back with almost nothing. Box of cereal, Nido (milk), guava cookies, that was ... [full story]
February 22nd 2008Central America Caribbean » Dominica » Portsmouth Yesterday was a working day for us. Raymond never showed, boat boy. Oh well, it is the islands...We took a ride to Cabrit National Park, where the small cruise liners can dock. We had heard they would ... [full story]
February 17th 2008Central America Caribbean » Dominica After a pretty disappointing whale watch in California last year, it was with high expectation we handed over our money to go out yesterday. We weren’t disappointed. We were lucky to have a PhD ... 5 photos[full story]
February 15th 2008Central America Caribbean » Dominica Emerald pool is the easiest falls and pool to acces with its own visitors centre and a short walk. This is one not to visit when cruise ships are in as taxi after taxi deposity passengers here. We had ... 3 photos[full story]
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