Indian River

We have now been two days here in Dominica and are really enjoying it. Although we really liked Martinique, it is great to be somewhere else after a longer than planned stop there.

Today we took an excursion up the Indian River here with Karen and Stewart from Pampero. This is one of the well known highlights of the island and was excellent value. It is quite a small river but is now a national park and the guides will row you about a mile up the river where there is a bar. It is a narrow heavily forested marsh river with lots of local trees, herons, egrets, humming birds, iquanas, land crabs and various fish.

These are a few pictures I took.

The river has a more tacky claim to fame as being used in the Pirates of the Caribbean films as well. We are going to have to rewatch those when we get back.

As a side to this, the traditional boat boys have become very professional here and have organised themselves into a thing called Portsmouth Association of Yacht Security or PAYS. They will deal with a lot of issues for you such as laundry or water as well as organising tours such as up the Indian River. They have fixed prices and this is an excellent way of having hassle free help while afloat which benefits both the cruisers and the local economy.