29th January A mouth watering treat in the Kora La

 If it's Thursday it must be? Trouble is after over a week on here neither of us can recall what day of the week it is never mind where we are. A quick check on the daily Cruise News has informed me that we have docked in Roseau on the island of Dominica, famous for its rain forests and waterfalls so we should not have been surprised that our arrival was greeted by banks of bible black clouds and a sudden tropical downpour, which made the temperatures both hot and humid.

We were the only ship here today and so not in competition with other passengers we were able to wait until the showers had passed and the sun appeared. With all of the organised trips appearing to require walking over difficult terrain or negotiating steps to see and of the waterfalls, we had a mooch around the botanical garden where the highlight was a tree that had fallen and crushed a school bus during the hurricane David in 1980.., which if it were known more widely would surely have all the major cruise lines flocking here in a giant armarda (not). Although TOM did have an encounter with some local wildlife the local guide book forgot to mention.

Tonight we had our third culinary adventure with a trip to Kora La, the south east Asia/Indian fusion restaurant high up on the 11th floor. As one of the pay extra dining experiences I was a little taken aback at the limited number of options available for each course on the menu but what I initially thought it might have lacked in quantity it certainly made up in quality.

 TOM's sea bass was to die for and my chicken bhuna curry was fabulous. In the end despite my initial reservations we were both full and realised that any extra side dishes we might have ordered would simply have been wasted.

A latter dining time meant we missed the 8pm theatre show but after a really good show called 'Divas' the previous night the prospect of a show entitled 'the seven sins of rock' didn't really appeal to either of us.