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From the ship, we could see several church steeples (photo 4), but apparently in Dominica, the cemeteries are grouped in a central location and not at each specific church. When the first tour took us up to an area overlooking the city, we could see the graveyards spread out in front of us (photo 5). There is an Anglican cemetery, a government cemetery and a Catholic cemetery. We also passed the graveyards in the bus and I tried to take a picture of them from there (photos 2 and 3)
The Anglican graveyard is next to the Savannah, which is an open green square used mainly for sports, especially football. About 340 yards northwards is the Catholic cemetery, and opposite to it--on the side of the Botanical Gardens--is the Government cemetery.
Catholic cemetery is situated on a land granted to the Church by King George III in 1766. According to Honychurch (1995: 176), it was a move that King made in order to recognise the importance of the French planters in his new colony. Ten acres (about four hectares) of land area on the hill between Central Roseau and Newtown was given away and except for a small portion that was donated to Methodist in 1865 when the original 99-year grant ended, it still remains in the possession of the Catholic Church. Leave a Comment
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 by delphisLeave a Comment
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the people are gentle, helpful not jaded and very poor yet happy. If you see a rasta man with a huge machete coming at you, even if your all alone in the woods, don't worry he just wants to help you with directions - they call a machete a cutlass Leave a Comment
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Try to take the Caribe Indian tour...and buy the Dominica rum cologne and any aloe products that you can find that are made right on the island. They also make a local beer that is quite good, but I forgot the name... Leave a Comment
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Everybody in dominica is friendly. It is funny because when I went over there strangers will greet me according to what time of day it is. At first I didn't answer back thinking they were talking to someone behind me. But you get use to it real quick. So make sure you have yur friendliest smile and be prepared to do a lot of greeting.
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 Some natives by BROOKSLeave a Comment
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Dominica, like the rest of the Caribbean, is one island time. Don't ever expect to rush to do something or expect to get anything quickly. Just relax and wait patiently. If your annoying you'll get a stare and they'll go back to doing what they were doing before. Its not uncommon to wait for a clerk to check her text messages before taking you. But, remember, they will help you for a while too, so it works out.
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Though the official language in English, everyone speaks Patois or French-creole (broken French) Leave a Comment
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