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Dominica November 2005A week-long trip to the mountainous Carribean island of Dominica (pronounced "Dom-in-EEK-a"). Primary rainforest covers over two thirds of the island, making it arguably the most untouched island in the Caribbean. This is not your typical tourist's Caribbean. The best beach is accesible only by rappeling down the side of a cliff, and the loudest nightlife hotspot is 15 feet in the air, in a treehouse surrounded by the cacophony of jungle sounds.Dates of travel: Nov 18, 2005 to Nov 26, 2005 Duration of travel: 8 days Photos taken with Canon Rebel XT 350D |
Champagne Beach
The second snorkel spot is at Champagne Beach. The name "Champagne Beach" derives from a sub-aquatic hot spring which causes tiny streams of sulfur bubbles to rise from cracks in the rock floor. The beach itself is covered with rocks and large pebbles, not so easy to walk on. We enter with our gear at the middle of the beach and snorkel around. No bubbles. No fish. Nothing. Andrew calls to someone on the beach "Where are the bubbles?". No response.Then we notice a tour guide leading a couple to rocky spot on the very far end of the beach. We follow them along the shore and suddenly...bubbles everywhere. The sight and sensation is unreal, it really does feel and look like swimming in champagne bubbles.
The aquatic life around the sulfur bubbles is strange and amazing - multi color fish, strange anenomes, and big puffy sponges. A school of barracuda circles us and decides we aren't tasty enough for further interest.
NOTE: photo taken from A Viritual Dominica
Champagne Beach
The second snorkel spot is at Champagne Beach. The name "Champagne Beach" derives from a sub-aquatic hot spring which causes tiny streams of sulfur bubbles to rise from cracks in the rock floor. The beach itself is covered with rocks and large pebbles, not so easy to walk on. We enter with our gear at the middle of the beach and snorkel around. No bubbles. No fish. Nothing. Andrew calls to someone on the beach "Where are the bubbles?". No response.Then we notice a tour guide leading a couple to rocky spot on the very far end of the beach. We follow them along the shore and suddenly...bubbles everywhere. The sight and sensation is unreal, it really does feel and look like swimming in champagne bubbles.
The aquatic life around the sulfur bubbles is strange and amazing - multi color fish, strange anenomes, and big puffy sponges. A school of barracuda circles us and decides we aren't tasty enough for further interest.
NOTE: photo taken from A Viritual Dominica
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