JE 104

Friday, February 24 – Dominica

I’m a few days behind on my journal; catching up will be this morning’s task!

By early afternoon the journal was updated (it’s not like I’m in a rush, I’m on vacation!), and I was getting hungry. Time to head back to the ice cream place for lunch!

When I was sitting here yesterday enjoying my cone, a family from London came by and ordered lunch. That’s how I discovered food was offered here. Had a nice conversation with the U.K. folks…

Lunch was grilled fish, rice, beans, potatoes, vegetables and a salad (5.50 USD). I also asked for a rum punch, but ended up with a rum & coke (3 USD). Oh well! All tasted great!

George (nickname: Dantie, hence the name of the restaurant/bar) and his wife run the this place and the adjacent store. They’re originally from Dominica, but lived in New Jersey for 30+ years. They decided to move back here when they retired. Their children still live in the States. Nice couple. While I was having lunch a family from Oregon came by for some drinks. It turns out this place is a fun gathering spot for travellers on this part of the island. I’ll be back (probably tomorrow…).

Saturday, February 25 – Dominica

I headed out early this morning (around 7:30) to check out the local pastry shop. My Airbnb host told me about it. I stopped by yesterday afternoon following lunch, but all the good stuff was already sold out.

The pastry shop is straight ahead on the right. Just up the road a bit is a grocery store.

I bought 2 each of 2 different kinds of morning buns and the Dominica version of a baguette (3.50 USD total).

Later in the morning my Airbnb host Phillip stopped by with some tasty offerings to share with me. Thank you!

Plantain – grilled and toasted. Both were very good!

The plantain are left to ripen on the fence in the back yard (out of the reach of the chickens!).

Phillip also brought along some sea moss for me to try. It’s a drink made from the moss, plus milk, vanilla, cinnamon, and sugar. Tasty!

By late afternoon I was ready to return for another meal at Dantie’s.

Today’s offering is similar to yesterday’s, with chicken instead of fish, and plantains (more!) instead of potatoes. And for the drink I went with a bottle of sea moss (more!) for 2 USD (middle bottle in photo). Note: George has no set menu; he offers whatever he was able to get at the market that day. (I liked the fish over the chicken!)

Today’s visitor while I was eating lunch was a backpacker from the Netherlands. I love this place!

Sunday, February 26 – Dominica

I had one of the morning buns this morning. I can’t say that it was all that great, but hey, the price was right!

Travel Note: My next stop is the island of Guadeloupe, a French territory. I’m looking forward to trying the pastries there!

Today’s mission is to finalize my Belize itinerary and accommodation bookings. And it seriously took most of the day!! The main issue was figuring out how to transfer to the difference places I wanted to visit. For such a small country, they make it difficult to get around. What a pain! Anyway, I finally got it sorted. So now all of my transportation and accommodations are booked for the entire trip. Whoo hoo! (Sure would have been nice if I had gotten all of this done months ago, rather than trying to freelance, right? Lesson learned!!).

Looks like there’s a storm coming our way this afternoon!

Author’s Note: This journal entry is rather boring, I know. Sorry about that. I plan on getting out more in the next few days. Feel free to abuse me in the Comments section!

JE 104

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