Tons of Photos From the Trip

I finished uploading a bunch of fantastic photos from our trip onto my website. You can see the non-underwater photos here, and the underwater photos here. Enjoy!!

The End My Friends

Better late than never? As sad as we all were to say good bye to our gorgous home for this past wonderous week, we all had to pack up and set off for home. The drive to the airport was relaxing yet sad for it would be our last pass through the tropical forests of [...]

Dominica’s people

We visited the Carib Territory today in the central and eastern parts of the island. The ancestors of these Kalinago people named the island Wai’toucoubouli (which means “tall is her body”) as they traveled up their sea highway in canoes thousands of years ago settling the islands of the Lesser Antilles. Unfortunately, due to Western [...]

Last Day

On our last day in Dominica we went to the Carib territories, but first, we spent 5 last minutes saying our goodbyes to the black sandy beaches. It was very hard for all of us.  Then we took another strenuous, leg burning hike/climb down to Dog’s Head.  There were many gigantic waves crashing onto the cliffs and rocks, [...]

The Johnny Depp extravaganza and some snorkeling fun!

After a delicious breakfast this morning, we all headed out to Scotts Head to snorkel for our last time on this trip. On the way there, we had the opportunity to see one of the sites for the second Pirates movie! The “cannibal village” site is here in Dominica, and yes I relished in the [...]

Debut: Bubbus maximus

A creature of much size and stature has yet to be given the credit it deserves. Bubbus maximus, endemic to Japan, was introduced to Dominica early in the 1980’s and quickly adapted to the rough terrain that makes up this unique island. B. maximus, locally referred to as “Big Bubba,” has a rough exterior, a [...]

Day at Roseau

Today, half the group went to Roseau. We walked a long ways, going up and down roads, looking in stores and trying to find the right souvenir to bring back for our friends and families back home. Everything was fascinating. There was Dominican art being sold at the side of the street as well as [...]

Mighty Max and the Kubuli Kid

Today we were given the option of going to Roseau to do some shopping and to sample the culture, or the option of going to the beach in Mero Beach to do some snorkeling. I opted for the beach since I can never get enough of the ocean. Damian dropped a group of five of [...]

More Snorkeling Pictures and Video

We had a free day today. One group went to the capitol city of Roseau, the other group went to the beach in Mero. I was in the beach going group. We did some more snorkeling while we were there and saw lots of cool things and got many great pictures, and videos. Where we [...]

A day at the Beach

Today was our day of choice! It was either sightseeing and souvenir shopping in Roseau or a day at Mero beach! I decided it was a good day to lay about and do a whole lot of nothing, to rest up before our last few days. Most of our day was spent laying about on [...]