So having got over the trauma of Fionas birthday we have been exploring Domineeeeeca.  This includes purchasing samples of the native wildlife (£6), boiling them up and scoffing them!!  The local 'guides/boat boys' are actually quite helpful and not as intimidating as maybe they have been in the past.  They are really keen to get yachtmen into the bay - so why do they then think its quite acceptable to play really really loud music 3 times a week 100yds from the boats until 5 in the morning!!  When asked the answer was - 'hey thats how we party here man'.  Sort of sums up the whole Island.  Guadaloupe is like a bit of France dropped in the Caribbean, Dominica is what most of us would consider to be more like a real Caribbean Island - so laid back its beyond horizontal.  We started in Portsmout at the top of  the Island - a great big bay with the wrecks of at least 5 ships right on the beach front as a result of hurricanes - been there for years and no-one really sees why they need to be moved.  We are now in Rouseau the capital - marginally less decrepit but still very laid back. For all that the people are genuinely more friendly than any other Island we 've been to so far, its a shame there are so few places to stop. Out to dins tonight for a shared birthday meal (hint kids) Probably going to go whale watching tomorrow.  We'll stay here until mid week then our two weeks clearance will need renewing so we'll scoot off to Martinique. So Peter and Neil,  its still looking good - oh and the weather has perked up considerably.

Bit misleading!!

i agree