Dominica

Can anyone tell me about Dominica.

Is it safe. Is it civilized. How's food.
How's accommodations. Is it expensive or
reasonable compared to St. John.

> Can anyone tell me about Dominica.
>
> Is it safe. Is it civilized. How's food.
> How's accommodations. Is it expensive or
> reasonable compared to St. John.

Its a few years since I was there, but then it seemed quite safe (we used
public buses to get into Rousseau and walked about quite a bit).
The roads werent too good (and have huge drainage ditches at the side) .
The main problem we had was that we arrived at the airport near Rousseau but
half our luggage (our u/w camera housing and quite a bit of diving stuff)
was sent to the other airport and we had to go and collect it.
We stayed at Castle Comfort - which was fine for what we wanted.
It IS a 'poor' island, but has lovely scenery (under and over the water).
Never been to St John so cant compare.
From my point of view, its disadvantage is getting there from UK if you've
only got a week's holiday.

"David" <david_bruney@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1159955334.869198.237760@e3g2000cwe.********* ********...
> John wrote:
>> Can anyone tell me about Dominica.
>>
>> Is it safe. Is it civilized. How's food.
>> How's accommodations. Is it expensive or
>> reasonable compared to St. John.

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.

Is there an established ex-pat community in Dominica? I don't mean that I'd
want to live in some enclave, but they often have helpful information and
real-life experience.

thanks,
Keith
>

"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.