We are at Dominica for a week now and it is wonderfull. We are the only one anchored in the South part of the bay. Good holding and very quiet. Titus, Ken and his collegues of PAYS help you with mooring in the North part of the bay and they organise excursions inland. The Dominica Cruisers group on Facebook is also a good source of information.
for us its about 2km with the dinghy, very glad the outboard is working again!
there is a good dinghy dock right in the center of Portsmouth
this sailing boat was pushed ashore during hurricane Maria in 2017
Black pearl, a 105 meter sailing yacht build in Holland was here. We saw her before, in Montenegro
magnificent to see it sailing with its 3 Dyna-rig masts
A short hike from Portsmouth town on Dominica island is Brandy falls. What we did not know is the last part of the path was destroyed along with 90% of the infrastructure by hurricane Maria. I’s still worth going, a wonderful walk, past the Chinese agri project on the right as you leave town, a little further on four cows looking adorable imitating Jerseys.
Creole house with bamboo terracing
this skeleton could be a nice house too
the streetlights are charged by small wind turbines on top
The road is well made and bends right, past a tidy well painted house to rent and across the road a two hundred foot tulip tree, and up to the sign where Brandy Manor advertise horse riding. We took a sharp downward driveway over a river and up through rain forrest farms with papaya,banana, coconut and other good food.
Our first hike in a really long time. Such a joy
When we reached as high as we could, the sound of the water fall was there all right, but no path. So we had a rest and came back. No insects. Not too much sun (so lucky!).
Sweet goats with kids hid under extravagant looking plants.
landcrabs
a dead boa constrictor
coconut
pineapple
On our return there was a young man looking at his ponds so I started a conversation with him. Marvin bought his six acres here and made six ponds to farm lobsters and shrimps as a start to his grand project. It is realistic as his land is sandwiched between two rivers up a mountain in pristine jungle where there are already farmers turning the earth. He plans to have some bungalows and a dining room where he can offer organic local food grown on the doorstep, a beautiful retreat for nature lovers and foodies alike. Best of all, first he says they must work together to clear a new path to the Brandy Falls. We wished him luck and walked back to the town.
On another day Ken of Mr. Nature Tours organised a group excursion to the North and West coast
Red Rocks
We walked down into this volcanic crater near Calabishie. Hot bubbles are not unusual coming up from the earth but these are cold, sulphuric, healing mud puddles which makes them unique . Cold bubbles are quite mysterious. This volcano has been asleep for a long time our guide Ken tells us.
a strong sulphur smell in the air, its alive....
The Creole food is magnificent
We had to pay a little amount since we must pass though a private estate. You can also hire watershoes there
after some walking along the river you will find that...
they have great showers on Dominica: Syndicate falls
We also visited the Chocolate Factory at Pointe Baptiste, not far from the Red Rocks.
