Category Archives: Dominica

Jumping over fear – canyoning in Dominica with Extreme Dominica

By Carmen and Dave Allan-PetaleJanuary 12, 2014

The first image that jumps into my head when I think of the Caribbean is a cocktail glass twinkling in the sunset over a glowing beach. Relax. Take it easy. You’re on island time now. So I was very surprised when I found that Dominica, the island we house sat on for two months, is […]

Over our budget in December… Island life in Dominica is more expensive than we thought

By Carmen Allan-PetaleJanuary 8, 20146 comments

Oops. We went a little over our budget in December, just like we did in November. After hoping to claw back some of the funds we lost in November, we spent more than US$400 over our US$3,000 budget last month. The main reason is because we booked some flights, but more about that later. Dominica […]