Arriving in Dominica Phone calls and message exchanges with Konstantin on the following day somewhat clarified the situation. Apparently, once the boat left Martinique she would not be allowed to return. So, Konstantin could pick us up only after he checked out of Martinique. He did ask around the fellow yachtsmen if anyone could bring
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Denver to Dominica While our quarantine “prison” was a comfortable beach cottage, Anna and I were supposed to be in Dominica in transit only. We signed up to be crew members of a catamaran Elli Di. The catamaran at that time was in Martinique with the skipper and one more crew member. Initially, Anna and
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A new trip is like a new life. I hate when it starts with a night flight and I have to leave home when it is dark and snowy outside, when all I want is to crawl into bed and sleep. Instead of that, I shoulder my backpack and take the bus to the airport.
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El Yunque Tired after the lengthy accommodation search and hours of driving on the day before, I decided to have “a beach break”. Close to Hyatt Place Manati hotel, there was a beach called Mar Chiquita that in Spanish means ‘a small sea’. It is a sheltered cove surrounded by jarred rocks. A narrow passage
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Fajardo Next morning, I loaded my backpack into the rented bright blue Kia feeling wonderful that I did not need to carry it on my back and drove off in the direction of El Yunque National Forest. It was a good idea to check the forest website the night before. Apparently, visiting El Yunque required
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San Juan Driving in Puerto Rico was exactly the same as in my home state, Colorado – busy highways with traffic jams in peak hours and almost no cars in small towns where the main problem was jaywalking chickens. In Colorado, we have the same issue with squirrels that can appear out of nowhere and
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Dominicana to Puerto Rico So, the trip to Cuba got cancelled on a short notice and instead of Cuba, I ended up in Puerto Rico. I was totally unprepared for visiting it. I did not read guidebooks or look at the map. I did not plan to go there at all. In any case, the
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Zona Colonial, St. Domingo The COVID test result came negative. I filled out an online form required to enter Puerto Rico, uploaded the electronic test result and received a QR-code. My last day in Dominicana was spent again in Zona Colonial. There were plenty of streets in it which I had not seen. As it
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Santo Domingo The sudden change of plans to go to Puerto Rico instead of Cuba left me with only 2 days in Dominicana. I spent them exploring Santo Domingo’s Old Town called Zona Colonial. My hotel was 15 minutes away on foot from it. Almost all museums and attractions were closed because of the pandemic.
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Samaná, Dominicana After 2 nights in Punta Cana, The Greek Resort hotel called a taxi to take me to the bus station and paid for it. I don’t know if it was the hotel policy to provide free transportation or if they did that because the visitors were so few that they took the utmost
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