Dominica

North to Dominca.

After one week down to the Grendines, Claus and Chira had to go home to Denmark.

Barbara and Maurizio decided to go with me to Martinique and Dominica for one week.

I had to be at Martinique the 28th. of January to meet my friends from Norway, so this was perfect

for my schedule.

We had a little rough ride between St. Lucia and Martinique, but we made good speed.

Martinique was getting bigger in the horizon

We landed first at Grand Anse de Alert, were we cleared custom.

Stayed one night, and then sailed to St. Pierre up north.

We got there 10 minutes after the tourist office had closed at 2 pm. The tourist office

is were you clear custom, and we needed to clear out before we could sail to Dominica.

This was at Saturday, and the tourist office is not open at Sundays, so we were forced

to stay until Monday . It turned out to be a pleasant delay.

Got to know some of the locals, and had a good time with them.

They have carnival at Martinique the same time as in Trinidad, ( 21-22 of February) and they

practice every Sunday four weeks before.

Don't  know why the men was dressed up like girls, but it sure looked funny.

Well this was real girls.

This is not......

Not eider.

Monday morning we went to the tourist office and cleared out, going to Dominica.

You don't go to Dominica to see beaches, but to see the beautiful island ashore.

We made first stop at the capital Roseau for one night.

We arrived late in the afternoon. Went into town and had dinner. The town was

a different experience than other towns I seen in the Caribbeans.

The houses was mainly built of wood, and looking like they did 100 years ago.

Some well kept, others looked like they would fall apart any time.

Sorry, we all forgot the camera.

Next morning we sailed north to Portsmount. After a nice sail trip up the coast,

we were welcomed by the water taxi and tour company, Cobra.

I had called them up on the VHF, because I had red about them in the Chris Doyle pilot book.

After tied on to a mooring, we went on a river trip by rowing boat.

Very nice, you almost felt like being in Africa.

Rowing up the Indian river.

Beautiful colours.

And in the end of the  river was a bar.

A hurricane hit Dominica in 1979 and 1980, and did a lot of damage to the island.

Many ship was flushed ashore, and they are still there, making the waterfront looking

like a ship grave yard. I heard that a company from Venezuela has got the

contract to cut the ship into pieces, and remove them.

Sad look.

 

About 8-10 ships like this