1 Sept 11th - Ready to go
2 Stephen heads here via Gatwick. Paulie heads to France
3 Monday 12th -Arriving late (via Barbados) at the apartment across the road from Stephen's work
4 Fine architecture across the road with (overconfident) master builders in action
5 Tuesday night to himself... time for Stephen to acclimitise at Le Flambeau down the road
6 The Pride of Dominica
7 Acclimitised
8 Wednesday. Pal Colin arrives from UK and Stephen starts workshops on campus
9 As run down as some of the campus is, backs onto the sea
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11 A morning walk before it gets too hot
12 Which way?
13 Oh Oh... are those duelling banjos he hears? Pretty, but back he goes
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15 View to Cabrits National Park & Prince Rupert Bluff past Portsmouth
16 Morning of the 16th - with an 11:00 am setup, time to make that 5km walk to Portsmouth. A local home
17 Some shacks are rather cute.
18 Fisherman HQ. Snapper and lobster it seems
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20 Some breakfast on the way and these fine Haitian ladies happily sell this for 15 East Caribbean dollars. Tourist inflation?
21 Rusty knife and petit dejeneur is served
22 Guided by new friends & energised by pineapple, the lads head to Fort Shirley
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25 Time to head back. Stephen gets angsty about time as he has to set up for a 4 hour gig to 50 staff (it's an hour walk back)
26 The big 4 hour session is delivered and time to relax
27 Friday after work drinks at Sisters Beach Bar in Picard (a short walk from the Uni)
28 Making a point to a Leeds pharmacology teacher
29 Home?
30 Saturday. Our hostess, MaryAnne, takes us for an hour's drive to Trafalgar Falls near the big smoke of Roseau
31 Stephen scampers over some slippery boulders to his private pool
32 Very changed after last year's hurricane we are told (the drive was slow as many temporary bridges and diversions are still there)
33 Into the big smoke. Local diets, alas, are changing (Cuba beware)
34 Although there is plenty of fresh food
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36 District civil court
37 On the way home, Mero Beach
38 And Colin and Stephen go for a dip.....
39 ...before the French owner of Romance Cafe cooks up some Tuna and Shrimp. French/Carib fusion
40 Sept 18th. A stowaway tried to hide in Stephen's luggage and seek assylum in Europe
41 The last morning walk. Some well off local homes are in contrast the shacks in Portsmouth
42 Up a hill and picking breakfast - guava and orange.
43 Then a quick face wash
44 and a farewell to the Caribbean Sea
45 Before a 40 minute winding drive to Dominica's swish departure lounge
46 ... and off he goes to Antigua
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48 Only 15 mins out... Stephen flies over flat Guadelope. Infact the other islands all seemed flat and developed.
49 An 8+ hour flight & 2 hour bus ride later a quick stopover in Oxford before heading to France in the morning.
