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Dominica
Brian K wrote:
Fly to one of the nearby islands that has direct US flights, then take a ferry or a sail boat. Hmm..... I don't know I might get seasick Have to remember I'm a landlubber from Missouri and never been out on water that long |
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Dominica
Brian K wrote:
Fly to one of the nearby islands that has direct US flights, then take a ferry or a sail boat. That is if you don't mind being a sea for a length of time. I forget which island. But it does have passenger sail boats that carry small groups. Does this keep the cost down of getting there? |
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Dominica
On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 09:37:58 -0500, wrote:
Don Wiss wrote: I think the best hiking is Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe. OK I will check that out too! These pages mention 22 walks on Basse-Ter http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail...lid=XHP010-022 http://www.allgetaways.com/view_dest...nid=XHP010-022 Here's the official site, but without Flash I can't get in. http://www.guadeloupe-parcnational.com/ Don www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom). |
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Dominica
On Sat, 07 Oct 2006, Brian K wrote:
It's just a more relaxed way to arrive. You'd fly in to Guadeloupe, Martinique or St. Lucia and then take high speed catamaran ferry to Dominica. The ferry operator is L'Express des Iles http://www.whitchurch.com/express.htm I kind of enjoy it, but if sea travel isn't your thing, then don't do it. It had been almost impossible to fly directly to Martinique from the US. I used that ferry. I would not do it again, at least not for Martinique to Guadeloupe. It is very time consuming compared to island hopping by plane. Maybe okay for adjacent islands. And I found it boring. Most people were glued to the television that had one of those non-stop violent movies on. Don www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom). |
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Dominica
"landlbreis" u27563@uwe wrote in message news:675571eae4326@uwe...
David, it sounds like you have been around the caribbean. My family is going on a vacation over xmas, but we cant decide where to go. 5 kids age range 18-26 yr old. They will definitely want something to do at night, but also we like exotic things to see or do in the daytime. Any unusual suggestions? Linda How about St Lucia? There are the Pitons to climb and other 'forested' areas, loads of watersports and a well-developed tourist industry. |
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Dominica
Nice pix. We have visited and loved the place. Very low key. Not overly
commercialized. Cindy "Don Wiss" wrote in message ... On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 20:20:49 GMT, "k" wrote: David, that was a very thorough reply to John, so let me ask something else. We are Americans looking to retire somewhere a bit more affordable. We're already looking into Mexico, Panama and Costa Rica, but a quick look at the links you provided to John have me thinking Dominica as well. One thing I find is that the Caribbean is hot. It is always hot. On Dominica, if you get up into the mountains it can be very pleasantly cool. You could live up there. If you want some heat, you could always go down to the coast. I do have pictures I took when I was visiting: http://donwiss.com/pictures/Dominica-2003/ Don www.donwiss.com/pictures/carib (e-mail link at page bottoms). |
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