des moines regional airport You ll see groups of young people strolling along the roads and ordering from roadside snack shacks

767-448-6371, www.avirtualdominica.com/funsun/fish.htm. Game Fishing Dominica is based at the Castaways Beach Hotel and offers individual and group charters. The crew will custom design a full-day or half-day of fishing and video the big catch when you reel it in.

You ll see groups of young people strolling along the roads and ordering from roadside snack shacks in this area. They are medical students from nearby Ross University. Because of its protected harbor, Portsmouth was important to early settlers and was intended as the island s capital until malaria and yellow fever broke out. When the epidemic forced government to set up in Roseau, Portsmouth became a seaport town catering to worldly-wise ship crews. Travel between the two main towns was difficult until well into the 20th century, when the west-coast road was carved out of the mountains. Today, visitors will notice a definite difference between the capital and the number-two town, and many may prefer the high-spirited, rough-around-the-edges style of the northern port.