We took a holiday to the Caribbean, Dominica, with KE Adventure to
escape the some of the British winter.
KE has partnered with Michael Eugene; whose company Experiences Caribbean
was the tour operator in Dominica.
Dominica is much the same size and shape of Fife, but that's the
only similarity!
Dominica has ~one-third the population of Fife, has a mountain
higher than Ben Nevis, and is on average 20degC warmer than Fife!
Here is a
selection of photos from the trip, not necessarily in the right order.
Dominica is a
natural history paradise! Here's a selection of flora and fauna:
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Land crabs are abundant in Dominica |
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Dominica
reminded us a lot of Costa Rica: both small countries but with such an
incredible diversity of habitat and wildlife! |
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We were
introduced to Creole cooking by Daria Eugene, wife and business partner of
Michael our head guide.
Not only did we
cook the food we also ate it - and it was not'arf
good!
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We
visited a couple of big waterfalls: Left and above, Middleham Falls Right, Sari Sari Falls Both of these waterfalls were spectacular. The walk to Sari Sari being problematic due to the severity of a tropical
storm in 2015: the worst in living memory. |
There are only
two places on Earth that boiling-lakes exist: one is in North Island New
Zealand, and the other is in Dominica.
Quite a long
walking day, 7-hours on the move, but well worth it: this was (for me at least)
the highlight of the holiday.
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A flooded
volcanic crater ~500-ft across is permanently heated to boiling - even at the
edge the water is more than 90degC!
This place is
most amazing, and when the breeze blows the steam away you can both see and
hear the boiling caldron.
The trail to
the crater is through the "Valley of Desolation", past boiling
mud-pools and sulphur-stained rocks.
We took a boat
trip on Indian River, near Portsmouth: such an unusual place, it was used to
film parts of "Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest".
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The boat
operators on Indian River are all great characters: ours had the nickname
'James Bond' - we never did find out why??
It is obvious
to see the attraction of shooting a movie here. And the set for 'Tia Dalma' is still intact.
Precarious truck-ride:
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Nick |
Eric |
Colin |
To access the
start of one of our walks we were transported uphill in (on) the back of two
trucks.
Just after the
photos above were taken, our truck stalled. The only way to restart it was to
reverse bump-start down a steep hill!!
Our local
guides
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Jonathan (singing for us) |
Prosper (Kalinago guide) |
Justin (farmer and guide) |
Other photos (sunsets)
Other photos (two of our accommodations)
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Other photos (swimming, or not!)
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Julie snorkelling and Lance freezing. Well the water was only
23degC!
Other photos
(Michael, lead guide and mass photographer.
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Other photos (Jungle and Views)
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A
brand-new school bus crushed when a hurricane struck the island - luckily
without anyone on board!
The end
Nick, Chris,
Eric, Vaughan, Julie, Val, Colin, Rob
Nick, Gill,
Lance, Diane
Fabulous
Company!
We had a great
holiday!
