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into
Dominica's
Melville Hall airport
(YouTube Video)
Travel
Tips Intro
Airline Options
Transit
Insight
Hotels,
Connections,
Customs, etc.
Driving on Dominica
Transportation
Drivers for Hire, Taxis,
Car Rental, Local Buses,
Gas Stations
Places to Eat
Groceries
& Supplies
Staples, Fish, Meats,
Fruits, Vegetables, Bread
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Additional Useful information, especially
for Ross University students, can be
found here...
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Dominica
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Traveling to
Dominica is an adventure in itself.
Before
departing the US, Europe or wherever you are coming
from, make sure you do your homework in learning about
and understanding what awaits you, including:
Though tantalizingly beautiful
and photogenic from sea,
to coasts, to rain forest mountains, Dominica is NOT
the resort style Caribbean that many envision nor
is it like any other Caribbean island.
Be wary if
taking advice from a travel
agent who has never visited the island; if they have
not, most, it seems, don't have a clue as to
understanding the island themselves... thus, provide
their clients with inaccurate information.
Basically they error by believing that Dominica is
similar to other Caribbean Islands from the perspectives
of topography, infrastructure and available amenities.
For example,
an agent told one traveler that one could fly directly
from San Juan and land within a few minutes of the
island's capital city, Roseau. He failed to
realize that Dominica has two airports and that the "major" airport
is on the far side
of the island--opposite Roseau. Learning of his error, he then told his client that even though the
airport was on the other side of the island that the drive to the
hotel in Roseau would only take a few minutes, his
assumption upon noting the island was only 29 miles
long, surely a journey
of less than 20 miles. --- It might be 20 miles as
the crow flies, but the mileage is more near 60 miles
due to Dominica's terrain
and, well over an hour's driving time.
It takes
time to get Dominica... Sans for a few flights leaving the
US east coast, it generally takes travelers two days,
meaning an overnight
stay in San Juan, Barbados or Antigua, to arrive in
Dominica. Likewise, for return flights.
Flying from all
departure points in the U.S. to Dominica involves a
connection in either San Juan, Barbados or
Antigua dependant on the airline you are flying.
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