Our house for a week - Casablanca in Macoucherie

West Dominica – A real house and more jungle

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February 3rd 2008
Next stop is a private cottage for a week, overlooking the sea on peaceful western cliffs. We can walk down to a black sand beach to a dive centre for lunch (bit of a shack), and we can sit on a cliff top terrace at sunset watching the pelicans soar by. Yesterday we headed into the interior to Morne Trois Pitons National Park with the intention of taking the hike to Middleham Falls - but the w ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Dominica

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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... ... read more