Carnivale in the Caribbean

Domincia.  On Dominica, Martinique, and Saint Martin, we enjoyed parades full of enthusiasm and warming up to Carnival. These photos are all from Dominica.

Dominica

One of the least developed of all the Caribbean Islands. In one photo, we are rowing up the river with a local guide. 

This is the only island where there are still descendents of the Carib or Kalinago people who originally inhabited the Caribbean Islands, when Columbus “discovered” them.  We took a tour and bought some baskets that the Kalinago people make, using the same techniques that their ancestors used in 1492. 

We also enjoyed flavored rum – we chose the “Obama Special.” 

Like all these islands, there is a fort – a remnant of the dispute between the French and English that persisted for many years. We visited with our new friends Lance and Susie of “Queen Emma,” from Berkeley.