Roseau, Dominica

Tuesday, January 5

Happy 50th birthday, Anton!

Yesterday was an "At Sea" day, this is what we did:

Today we docked in Roseau, Dominica (pronounced Dom-in-eek-a).  It is a small island, 24 km wide by 47 km long.  It used to be a British territory but gained its independence in 1978.  It is known for its nature.

We had originally booked a kayak excursion but the ship cancelled it, so Anton chose the Emerald Pool and Beach combo.  

First, they drove us through town and pointed out highlights, there was lots of evidence of past hurricanes.  After Hurricane David, the island was without electricity for 2 whole years.  This is a bus that was crushed under a tree:

We took some curvy roads up into the mountains.  It was raining as we hiked through the rainforest to get to the Emerald Pool.

This is the Emerald Pool:

After the Emerald Pool, they took us to Mero Beach, a black volcanic sand beach where it was sunny.

Frankie accidentally discovered quicksand:

Since it was Anton's birthday, we booked the Normandie, a specialty restaurant on the ship with a $50 cover charge.  EACH.  Good thing we had a shipboard credit ("Use it or lose it")!

The restaurant was really nice, and the waiter did not believe we had been to Serbia.

We played shuffleboard in the evening.

Captain Kate's Confucius saying of the day:  

"Wise man do not play leapfrog with unicorn."