Driving from beautiful Dominica Mero Beach to Roseau 5 months before hurricane Maria hit the island
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- Driving at beautiful Dominica Mero Beach to Roseau 5 months before hurricane Maria hit this Caribbean island. Recorded with ION action camera mounted on windshield with a suction cup mount adapter.
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Almost in F Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Dominica
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with the Dominican Republic or Domenica.
For other uses, see Dominican (disambiguation).
Coordinates: 15°25′N 61°20′W
Commonwealth of Dominica
Motto: "Apres Bondie, C'est La Ter"[1] (Dominican Creole French)
"Post deum terra est " (Latin)
"After God is the earth"
Anthem: Isle of Beauty, Isle of Splendour
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Location of Dominica (circled in red)in the Caribbean (light yellow)
Location of Dominica (circled in red)
in the Caribbean (light yellow)
Location of Dominica
Capital
and largest city Roseau
15°18′N 61°23′W
Official languages English
Vernacular
languages Dominican Creole French
Ethnic groups (2001[2])
86.6% Black
9.1% Mixed
2.9% Indigenous
1.3% other
0.2% unspecified
Religion 94.4% Christians
3% Folk religion
0.5% Irreligious
0.1% Muslims
2.0% Other[3]
Demonym Dominican or Dominiquais
Government Unitary parliamentary republic
• President
Charles Savarin
• Prime Minister
Roosevelt Skerrit
Legislature House of Assembly of Dominica
Independence
• Associated Statehood Act 1967
1 March 1967
• from the United Kingdom
3 November 1978
Area
• Total
750 km2 (290 sq mi) (174th)
• Water (%)
1.6
Population
• 2016 estimate
73,543[4] (195th)
• 2011 census
71,293[5]
• Density
105/km2 (271.9/sq mi) (95th)
GDP (PPP) 2016 estimate
• Total
$808 million[6]
• Per capita
$11,429[6]
GDP (nominal) 2016 estimate
• Total
$521 million[6]
• Per capita
$7,362[6]
HDI (2014) Increase 0.724[7]
high · 94th
Currency East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
Time zone Eastern Caribbean (UTC-4)
Drives on the left
Calling code +1-767
ISO 3166 code DM
Internet TLD .dm
Dominica (/dəˈmɪˌnɪkə/ or /ˌdɒmɪˈniːkə/; French: Dominique; Island Carib: Wai‘tu kubuli), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is a sovereign island country.[8] The capital, Roseau, is located on the leeward side of the island. It is part of the Windward Islands in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The island lies south-southeast of Guadeloupe and northwest of Martinique. Its area is 750 km2 (290 sq mi), and the highest point is Morne Diablotins, at 1,447 m (4,747 ft) in elevation. The population was 71,293 at the 2011 census.[5]
The island was originally inhabited by the Kalinago and later colonised by Europeans, predominantly by the French from the 1690s to 1763. Columbus is said to have passed the island on Sunday, 3 November 1493, and the island's name is derived from the Latin for "Sunday". Great Britain took possession in 1763 after its defeat of France in the Seven Years' War, and it gradually established English as the official language. The island republic gained independence in 1978.
Its name is pronounced with stress falling either on second syllable of the word, after the Latin word dŏmĭnĭcă "lordly", or on the third syllable, after the French name Dominique. Dominica has been nicknamed the "Nature Isle of the Caribbean" for its natural environment.[9] It is the youngest island in the Lesser Antilles, still being formed by geothermal-volcanic activity, as evidenced by the world's second-largest hot spring, called Boiling Lake. The island has lush mountainous rainforests, and is the home of many rare plants, animals, and bird species. There are xeric areas in some of the western coastal regions, but heavy rainfall occurs inland. The Sisserou parrot, also known as the imperial amazon and found only on Dominica, is the island's national bird and featured on the national flag. Dominica's economy depends on tourism and agriculture.
I have never traveled to Dominica,but I feel that am in Dominica by watching all the community,i am a St Lucian. Thank you very much.
Hello Mary Bastien 🌸🌴🍒🐬✨ You're very welcome 🙏 Thank you very much for letting me know that you enjoyed this driving video from amazing Dominica 🌴🌊 I believe I visited your island too at one point. Hope I can put together a video from there as well. Best wishes from South Florida 🌴🌊🌞🐬🌸🍀😎
Dominica 🇩🇲 is very clean and beautiful
I particularly liked the speed you were driving, I got to see all the communities and Recalled all the people I went to school with from each community. Also reminded me I haven't been home in a while. Thanks
Hi Daryl, glad you liked and thank you for sharing your thoughts :) Cheers from Florida :)
Volkan Yuksel You're welcome.
Hope recovery efforts from the hurricane going well...
Volkan Yuksel They are.
I had the privilege to be there for 10 days in October 2012 just as Sandy blew up the west side of the Caribbean. Fortunately it missed Dominica. Stayed in Layou just above the quarry. We went to Mero beach every evening and drank in a little bar while watching the sun go down and people playing volleyball. Went to the World Creole Festival that was on at the Botanical Gardens and watched Damien Marley rapping his dads songs. Hope to get back there someday.
Thank you for your message, I hope to revisit Dominica as well. Cheers from South Florida🌴😎🍀
I left after the hurricane and I can’t wait to visit again ….lived there for 5years…wonderful place
Hello Tini Mii, hope you'll be able to go back to Dominica soon 🌬️🍀 Cheers from US VI 🌴🐬🌞🌊🍀✨
Nice town. Mero so clean so beautiful
Yes love Dominica, never enough visiting there 🌴🌞🦜😎
I enjoyed watching this, nice music as well. thank you.
Hello Fran Cella Music, Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed it. Best wishes from Florida :)
I love Dominica.. Love from. India.. 🌺🌺🌺🌻🌻🌻🍁🍁🍁🌹🌹🌹🌸🌸🌸🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈
Beautiful video, I went to the academy, almost thought I was getting dropped of to school again
Hello Dalton Charles, thank you for letting me know that you enjoyed this driving video from Dominica and brought back memories🙏😊 Wishing all the best from Florida 🌴🌊🌞🐬🍀
Lovely video of my home land.
Hello 😄 glad you enjoyed this scenic drive before the major hurricane hit Dominica. If you haven't seen it yet, there is another driving video from Roseau Dominica which you may like, th-cam.com/video/tXLNao2Rm5o/w-d-xo.html
Best wishes from Florida🌴😎
That's really lovely. Many thanks.
You're welcome Don, glad you liked it :)
I saw my street. King George the 5th Street in Roseau. Wow that was great to see.
Glad you were able to see your street Joanne Clegg 🌴😎
Thank you...that was wonderful to see.
It's just butifful
Dominica🇩🇲and Dominican republic 🇩🇴 Brothers 🇩🇴🇩🇲🇩🇲🇩🇴🇩🇲🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇲
Praying for recovery 🙏
Hello Cheryl Simmons, thank you for your message and support to Dominica. I believe recovery from the hurricane has been going well past several years. Cheers from Florida🌴🌞🍀
Dominica has special place in my heart. It'sy late mom's birthplace
Hi Ceryl I Hope you'll have plenty chances to explore the amazing volcanic island Dominica as much as your heart desires 🌴🌞🍀
Dominica is very beautiful, I am at lucian
You're welcome Fitzallan Charles. Hope Beautiful Dominica's wounds be healed soon...
For some reason around 10:19 I got super emotional all the way until around 11:33 where I had to stop watching. I was watching and started thinking where I live I can never see a sky like that because that view of the sky was something else and then I almost started crying I think...I'm not even sure but honestly I think I was liking the view so much It was basically like Inner tears of joy lol but anyways that was a Bright Video with lots of Amazing shots
Hello@@TheWilder30 glad you enjoyed this video and the scenes from the wonderful Dominica Island. In a way this part of the world is different because it has some of the cleanest air in the Northern hemisphere because it is away from main pollution sources. Yes, in other places clouds rising from horizon like in this video, is not too common to see because of widely spread smoke and haze... I appreciate that your eyes noticed the extraordinary skies of Dominica. Thank you much for your message and best wishes from South Florida 🍀🌎🌺🌴
@@VolkanYuksel please can I talk to you on WhatsApp please
Good drive-by video. Would have preferred no music to listen to the hustle of the road and the wind.
let me see...🇩🇲 , Mero, st.joe, layou, tarreau, jimmit , lapointe, massacre, mahaut, stock farm, Canfield, Roseau ? it's been a while. nostalgic non the less.
Glad you still remember all the Town names :) Cheers from Florida 🌴😎🍀🌎
Volkan Yuksel ... childhood memories 🤗 . awesome video. thanks
Wow, glad it brought back hopefully very many happy moments with your childhood friends and family. Hope the recovery is going well and Dominica will be stronger than ever before 😎🍀
Volkan Yuksel .. thanks. I've been living abroad for almost 2 decades and I try to keep abreast on the "happenings" in DA.
Holly Molly, my abroad living approaching to almost 4 decades...🌎😀
can i use some of this footage please
That person driving lives aboard.
Hi John, yes, I am not from there but hope I can visit Dominica soon to explore more. Take care
@@VolkanYuksel I know cause u drive like me when I visit.
🤭 I think any driving in Dominica is good driving 😎🌴🎥
@@VolkanYuksel I thought mine was good too. Until a bump truck passed me by going 100 mph on a 5 foot wide winding road going down a the mountain. My soul ran and left my body behind in the jeep.
Wow! 😧 Glad you're still with us 😎 Perhaps he had breaks failure because of the severe volcanic slopes in Dominica 😎🌴🐬🎥
Alguns lugares mostrados no vídeo são idênticos a algumas regiões no Brasil.
Olá Marcos Oliveira
, obrigado pela sua mensagem. É muito interessante que algumas áreas da Dominica se assemelham muito aos lugares da outra metade do mundo no Brasil. Saudações da Flórida 🌴🌞🍀
Vitoria da conquista , Bahia
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Dominica looks awesome. Makes me want to commit a crime, become a fugitive, and hide out in Dominica.
Yes, since you're appreciating to Dominica so much, they may welcome you there very easily. Hope you can think of more peaceful way to visit or stay there🌋🏝️🌴...Take care😎
I'm from there, u don't have to commit any crime to visit or stay. Come as y are, u will be welcome by us !
I just might. It's so green and lush and not cold, unlike here in Canada.