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“Make sure you plan your trip around one of Dominica’s national holidays – say, Independence Day (3 November) or Whit Monday (Eighth Monday after Easter). Try the local festive dish manicou (or agauti), which is smoked (or stewed) opossum served with generous helpings of rice, yucca and pumpkin. We opted for the less exotic vegetarian version, so we can’t really tell you what it tastes like, but the locals did insist that we were missing out on a very special culinary experience”
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“The capital city Roseau is the cruise ship port. Outside of shopping, there’s little to do and see to warrant more than a short visit.”
“Unquestionably, the greatest thing to do on Dominica is to snorkel the Champagne Reef! It’s like swimming through a warm bath of bubbly, which is twice as nice as it sounds, actually.”