The Day I Did A COVID PCR Test At Windsor Park, The National Football Stadium In Dominica “Cold cold heart – hard done by you. Some things look better, baby, just passing through” – Elton John. Northern Ireland play their home matches at Windsor Park in Belfast. I’ve been watching them there for 5 decades…
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“Take me away, cos I just don’t wanna stay” – Noel Gallagher. When COVID hit the world in 2020, it was for sure a dent in my travel globe, a halt in proceedings. Life changed dramatically for me after that. I was locked down in Warszawa in Poland having just come back from Africa in…
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“Come on we’ll go to Windsor, watch the boys in emerald green” – Stewart McAfee (later GAWA). Let’s get the nuts part out of the way first. Dominica is pure class, a real lovely country, a true travel gem. And remember the name of this country – DOMINICA. It is NOT Dominican, Dominika, Dominican Republic…
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“You should never fight your feelings. You have to follow nature’s law” – Embrace. I arrived into Dominica a little later than expected and it was really a crazy few days of whackpacking travel in December 2021. Here is why – I was backpacking in Dominica during the pandemic, after some truly personal struggles and…
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“All along the waterfall with you; my brown eyed girl” – Van Morrison. As of 2025, I have officially been fource (four times) to The Caribbean, if I’m counting islands only (2011, 2014, 2021, 2022) and two of those were both over Christmas and New Year when COVID began. It became a thing to go…
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“A very big house in the country” – Damon Albarn. Dominica came as a big surprise to me. It’s a beautiful island country and one that I did two COVID tests in during my December 2021 Eastern Caribbean adventure. It was a topsy turvy trip and this place was a pleasing greeny paradise. I chose…
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