The Wandering Scot

An occasional travel journal.
 Suriname

2022 Dominica

 
  Roseau   Indian River   Fort Shirley   Waterfalls

Roseau

Fort Young Hotel, guarded by Cannon, Roseau, 2022 Dominica
Fort Young Hotel, guarded by Cannon
View from Fort Young Hotel, Roseau, 2022 Dominica
View from Fort Young Hotel
Old State House, Roseau, 2022 Dominica
Old State House
Office of the President, Roseau, 2022 Dominica
Office of the President
Hurricane-wracked shell of the Carnegie Library, Roseau, 2022 Dominica
Hurricane-wracked shell of the Carnegie Library
Wrecked shell of the Anglican Cathedral, Roseau, 2022 Dominica
Wrecked shell of the Anglican Cathedral
Methodist Church, Roseau, 2022 Dominica
Methodist Church
Catholic Cathedral, Roseau, 2022 Dominica
Catholic Cathedral
Roseau Street View, 2022 Dominica
Roseau Street View
Neg Mawon Emancipation Monument, Roseau, 2022 Dominica
Neg Mawon Emancipation Monument
Dominica Museum, Roseau, 2022 Dominica
Dominica Museum
Dominica Museum: Export Crops Sugar, Coffe, Lime Juice, Vanilla, Roseau, 2022 Dominica
Dominica Museum: Export Crops
Sugar, Coffe, Lime Juice, Vanilla, Bananas, ...

Indian River

A one hour boat tour down the brackish Indian River and some smaller creeks, through mangrove swamps.
Some of the scenery was used for one of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
Boat and Boatman, Indian River, 2022 Dominica
Boat and Boatman
Paddling down Indian River, 2022 Dominica
Paddling down Indian River
A narrower side creek, Indian River, 2022 Dominica
A narrower side creek
Buttressed
Buttressed "Bwa Mang" trees
Cafe-Bar "Built for Pirates of the Caribbean", Indian River, 2022 Dominica
Cafe-Bar "Built for Pirates of the Caribbean"

Fort Shirley

Fort Shirley was built around 1780 to defend against the French. It was the site of an 1802 mutiny by African slave soldiers,
which eventually led to all British slave soldiers being freed in 1807.
Distant view to Fort Shirley, 2022 Dominica
Distant view to Fort Shirley
Fort Shirley, 2022 Dominica
Fort Shirley
Officers Quarters, Fort Shirley, 2022 Dominica
Officers Quarters
Graham at Fort Shirley, 2022 Dominica
Graham at Fort Shirley
Negotiations with Rebel Maroons Probably a rather idealized vie, Fort Shirley, 2022 Dominica
Negotiations with Rebel Maroons
Probably a rather idealized view.
Idealized view of Native Party, Fort Shirley, 2022 Dominica
Idealized view of Native Party
Guide "Martin" with cannon, Fort Shirley, 2022 Dominica
Guide "Martin" with cannon
Graham + Cannon, Fort Shirley, 2022 Dominica
Graham + Cannon
Ominously named school, in the town of Massacre (Named for an i, Fort Shirley, 2022 Dominica
Ominously named school, in the town of Massacre
(Named for an infamous 1674 massacre of Caribs by British troops)

Waterfalls

Island view, from near falls, Waterfalls, 2022 Dominica
Island view, from near falls
Entrance to Titou Gorge You need to swim in.  (I skipped.), Waterfalls, 2022 Dominica
Entrance to Titou Gorge
You need to swim in. (I skipped.)
Middleham Falls, Waterfalls, 2022 Dominica
Middleham Falls
Middleham Falls, Waterfalls, 2022 Dominica
Middleham Falls
Trafalgar Falls, Waterfalls, 2022 Dominica
Trafalgar Falls
Trafalgar Falls (A), Waterfalls, 2022 Dominica
Trafalgar Falls (A)
Trafalgar Falls (B), Waterfalls, 2022 Dominica
Trafalgar Falls (B)

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