Blogs from Portsmouth, Dominica, Central America Caribbean

Ubytování nás nezklamalo. Vítá nás Ellie, majitelka Caribbean Sea View Holiday Apartments, a je ráda, že nám zpráva dorazila. Ptám se jí, jakou zprávu má na mysli? No přece tu, že už je vše připravené a nemusíme čekat až do večera a můžeme se rovnou ubytovat. Aha, tak to je to pípnutí mobilu, když jsem řídil vlevo a proplétal se úzkými uličkami obce Saint Joseph. Ihned se tedy ubytováváme a jsme apartmánem nadšení. To bude krásný odpočinkový týden s výhledem na Karibik. Pláž je přímo pod námi, ale vzhledem k zažívacím obtížím z plavby, odkládáme koupání na zítřek. Teď se majitelky ptáme na základní informace typu, kde nakoupit, čím se platí, kde mají platební terminál atp. Po obdržených informacích se rozhodujeme, že peníze si vyměníme v bance v Portsmouthu, což je druhé největší město Dominiky a ... read more

This is the first entry of few more entries to come soon, spent on the seas in the Caribbean. I board for a week the Club Med 2, the biggest five masts sail boat in the world. I will speak a lot more in the coming entries about the cruise experience. But one thing for sure, due to the people I met, this week ended up being a wonderful one. I had been on the Club Med 2 fifteen years ago to cruise Turkey and Greece. That was a pretty cool trip too, way prior to my time on Travelblog. I wanted to come back, but never found the opportunity. There are few islands I wanted to see in the Caribbean, but most of them are only great for a day or two, and going from ... read more

The Duncan’s Day Out On Dominica (Cameron & Daddy) On Wednesday we went on a tour around the island. To split the cost we did the tour with a Dutch family, their names are Hene and Nadine. Our guide was called Craig. His taxi, like all the taxis in Dominica, is a minivan. We started heading to Emerald Pool, which was our first stop. The walk from the where the taxi stopped was about 15 minutes, through the jungle. As we arrived we could see that the waterfall was right next to the fresh water pool. I have to admit it was very cold. Titou Gorge was stop number two. The walk was about 10 minutes and, apparently, Pirates of the Caribbean 2 was partly filmed there. We got changed and headed into the ... read more

So I've officially been in Dominica for 1 week! Wow! Better than a lot of other students. After talking to a couple of 2nd and 3rd semester students I found out that a lot of new students come to the island and within a few days decide to leave because it is a 3rd world country. I love the 3rd world country part of Dominica. The simple life. If you're intune with things here you "feel the vibe?", explained Gregory, my Indian River tour guide today. I'm feeling that vibe, and I don't plan on leaving anytime soon. It was a rough start getting here! Holy crap, Caribbean airlines are MISERABLE! My flight was last Thursday, it read Boston-->Charlotte-->San Juan-->Dominica. We get to San Juan late bc our flight was delayed. We hop on another flight ... read more

We decided to spend more time exploring Dominica but wanted to see the sights of the north end of the island, so we moved our boats up to Portsmouth. As we approached the anchorage we got a call on the vhf radio. Someone was hailing the “Boat entering Prince Rupert Bay” which is the anchorage we were heading to. So following proper radio etiquette we answered. We soon found out that it was just a local boat boy welcoming us to Portsmouth and letting us know that we can contact him if there is anything we need during our stay. We thought, well isn’t that nice. Then a few minutes later, just as we were getting ready to drop the anchor, we were approached by a couple of more boat boys. They also wanted to welcome ... read more