syracuse airport restaurants Another indigenous and endangered parrot that lives only on Dominica is the Amazona arausiaca or Jac

Money Matters The official currency on Dominica and St. Lucia is the Eastern Caribbean dollar (EC$), but hotel rates are usually quoted in US dollars and most shops and restaurants accept syracuse airport restaurants them for payment. All EC$ bills have a similar appearance and are interchangeable, but each of the islands that uses them prints their own. Paper bills come in denominations of 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 EC dollars, and coins are available in denominations of EC1 , 2 , 5 , 10 and 25 , as well as EC$1.

The two rocks jutting up from Calibishie Bay are now called glass window or open door by young islanders because they seem like an opening into the underworld. Old-timers still refer to the boulders as Porte d Enfer because they once supported an arch that resembled Hell s Gate. On the night of October 26, 1956, the top of the natural arch collapsed and fell into the sea. Nevertheless, visitors still stop to photograph this captivating spot.

chien is the snake s staircase and the name fits the geological formation quite well. Carib mythology involving the snake-patterned rocks has been altered into obscurity but probably involved a pilgrimage up the formation in order to gain special powers or blessings.

Another indigenous and endangered parrot that lives only on Dominica is the Amazona arausiaca or Jaco (St. Lucia s native parrot is the Jacquot). This bird is smaller, and a paler shade of green than the Sisserou. It has a distinctive syracuse airport restaurants red band around its neck, and lives at lower elevations in the rainforest.