I haven't been there but, like most third world countries. The poor are really poor and the rich are very rich. Most of the places I have visited are very remote. Few have clean drinking water and no sanitation. The outdoors are beautiful because they haven't been spoiled by the filthy rich. We always took hard candy to pass out in villages. You have to keep moving or the children will swamp you. Being able to speak the language is a plus.

I don't know where you were but it wasn't Dominica. I grew up there and have visited several times over the past few years. And one, Dominica is not a "poor" country and two, the children there don't behave like that. I was highly insulted when I read your comment. Of all the people I know who have visited, including celebrities, that has never been the opinion I have heard. the opposite, in fact. And, for your information, Dominica is also the location used for several TV shows and movies, including Pirates of the Caribbean 2 and The Seventh Seal

Mark, that's interesting about the language - while walking through the port, my brother and I actually stopped speaking English, switched to German, and the children (and adults as well) left us alone. Jo-Ann, we came into port via a cruise ship, and it WAS Dominica (what kind of person doesn't know where she travels?!). Our cruise ship workers unloaded old, dirty mattresses and linens, then locals loaded them into the bed of an old teal pickup truck and drove up through the streets as a man sat on the top of the mattress stack to hold it down. Our guide there told us that Dominica has been a poor island nation since it gained its independence, and that they're trying to bring commerce to their country by opening a cruise ship port. And, for YOUR information, Jo-Ann, many places are used for filming television shows and movies; this practice doesn't make the said place any more special. Watch "The Deer Hunter" - does THAT jungle look like a place you'd want to visit?