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The Voyage of Vega

Month: April 2016

Total 3 Posts

Dominica Part 2. Roseau

By • April 30, 2016 • 10 Comments

  • Roseau, Dominica

  • Roseau, Dominica

  • Roseau, Sea Cats moorings

  • Ken Valley of Desolation

  • Valley of Desolation

  • Ken at boiling Lake

  • Roseau street

  • Dominican Presidents office

Friday 8th to Thursday 14th April After a week in Prince Rupert Bay we sailed down the coast to Roseau, the capital of Dominica. We had heard that Sea Cat was the man in Roseau and it was one of his ‘associates’, Greg, that met Vega as we neared the

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Dominica part 1. Providence

By • April 19, 2016 • 5 Comments

  • Prince Rupert Bay, Dominica

  • Prince Rupert Bay, Portsmouth

  • Street Portsmouth

  • Pink shell house Portsmouth

  • Indian River

  • Indian River shack

  • Humming bird

  • Dominica houses

  • Ma Pampo

  • River Dominica

  • Ruined sugar cane factory

  • West coast Dominica

  • Coco pods

  • Coffee

  • Coco beans drying

  • Black sand beach

  • Black sand beach

  • Emerald Falls

  • Emerald Falls

  • Purple Turtle beach

  • Happy Sailor

  • Fort Shirley

Friday 1st to Friday 8th April As we entered Prince Rupert Bay, Dominica after a 20 mile sail from The Saints, we were approached by a wooden boat with a powerful outboard motor, with ‘Providence’ painted on the side. Providence, whose real name we later discovered was Martin, has a

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The Saints

By • April 7, 2016 • 6 Comments

  • Isles des Saintes

  • Isles des Saintes bay

  • Bourg, Isles des Saintes

  • Bourg, The Saintes

  • Doctor's house

  • Isles des Saintes bay

  • Church Isles des Saintes

  • Isles des Saintes bay

  • Isles des Saintes bay

  • Fort Napoleon

  • Iguana

  • Rainforest, Guadeloupe

  • Lizard's Leap

  • Lizard's Leap

  • Porcelain Rose

  • Trembling Bird Guadeloupe

  • Marmoset

  • Statue of Liberation Guadeloupe

  • Tourist Office

  • Houses, St Claude Guadeloupe

  • Volcano Guadeloupe

  • Pointe des Chateaux

  • Pointe des Chateaux

  • Botanic Gardens

  • Heliconia Caribaea

  • Botanic Gardens

  • Porcelain Rose Botanic Gardens

  • Hummingbird

  • Hummingbird

  • beach Grande Anse

  • School of love?

  • Cathedral, Point a Pitre

  • Exhibition Centre, Point a Pitre

  • Point a Pitre

Tuesday 15th March to Friday 1st April The Saints, back to Guadeloupe, and The Saints again.   As we moved out of the shelter of the mountains on mainland Guadeloupe, sailing south to Les Isles des Saintes, the sea was increasingly rough. Halfway across the straits, renowned for strong wind,

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