The French & British architectural influences in Roseau
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Overlooking Roseau from Symes Zee Guest House
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Breakfast at Symes Zee
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Cruise ship in Roseau from Morne Bruce lookout
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Windsor Park stadium to the right
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Mr Jones instructing students on tour
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All paying rapt attention, including Ms Messiah, at left
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Looking to the South, Soufrière and Scotts Head
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Driving along a coastal road
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Ruins of old sugar mill
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I dare say, there's a cut in the cliff ahead!
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Getting ready for a sail along Indian River, Portsmouth
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Look lively chaps, it could get bumpy
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And off we go...
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Ahoy there, me mates…
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Look sharply me Hearties! It's the Pirates-of-the-Caribbean-Witches-hut
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Beyond this point is Dead-Man's-Chest
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Along the haunting stream...
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Shiver Me Timbers!!! There are other pirates on the hunt...
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Pirates-at-the-bush-bar
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A trail along the banks of Indian River
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It's lunch time... what you lookin' at?
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Welcome to the Cabrits National Park
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History unfolding...
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ATTENTION: don't wander off alone in the woods...
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Fort Shirley beckons you...
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C'mon lads, just a wee bit more to go!
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Looking across the bay from Fort Shirley
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It's not a horse Nicholas!
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A-Picture-Perfect-Moment
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Look around laddies, there must be pirate treasure buried around here, somewhere!
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Keep looking...
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Looking for hidden treasure is hard work...
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To Roseau, to Roseau, to buy a fat pizza!!!
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St. George's Anglican Church and "Neg Mawon" Emancipation Monument
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Roseau River flowing towards the Caribbean Sea
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"I don't quite see the resemblance...!" said the lion to the lad.
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KFC ahead... yippee!!
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Roseau River at low tide... climate change you think?
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misty... mystique... mountain
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By George, I think she's got them perplexed...
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Gets you thinking of the "Bussa" statue in Barbados
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Trekking through the woods to Soufrière sulphur springs
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Do we have to go over there? YES WE DO!!!
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Hey... there's someone living down there!
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What a Relief!
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The Morne Vert Loop from Soufrière
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Ellerslie Mountaineers, under the command of NCO Mountaineer, Anson Griffith (F-R). Bravely trekking where no Ellerslie student has trekked before.... We hope!!!
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Bridge crossing in the mountains
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Trekking deeper into the mountainous rainforest of the Waitukubuli National Trail:
Segment 2
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Morpo Junction
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Night fast approaching.... We're still on the trail.
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Don't worry people... the baby is looking for his real daddy...
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The Morne Trois Pitons National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Across the bridge there's no more sorrow.... Looking to take a picture of the ogre under the bridge?
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Another trek through the woods...
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Emerald Pool in the Morne Trois Pitons National Park
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Intruding on the couple in the pool...
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All decked out for the Fall on the deck of the Fall. Hope they don't all fall...
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Contemplating his next move at the Kalinago Barana Autê (Carib Model Village)
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Mr Kevin Dangleben, manager of the Kalinago Tours Inc., explains the history...
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Leaning in for a closer look, while Mr Jones (with tablet in hand) captures every square inch of the picture display at the information centre.
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Another display of related history
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This is how and where it all began....
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FYI: the Kalinago name for Dominica is Wai-tu-ku-bu-li
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Draped in snake skin? All-hail-the-new-chief-of-the-snake-skin!!!
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Surveying the Kalinago compound
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The craft shops. Authentic Kalinago craft sold here...
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Cool garage...
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I think I'll sit right here and be the new chief of the village...
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An elevated hearth... perhaps?
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The Atlantic surf
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Ellerslie champions...
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Taking in the rustic beauty of the compound
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At the check-in lounge of the Melville Hall Airport
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Poor Rasean... I guess the mountain trek was too much for him after all!!!
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We Came! We Saw! We Conquered!
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| Outside the check-in lounge of the Melville Hall Airport |
OOW
2014
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