Dominica

Why it sticks

1. 1

   Known as the "Nature Isle", it has rainforest, hundreds of rivers and the Boiling Lake, the second-largest hot spring lake in the world.

2. 2

   Its flag shows the purple Sisserou parrot. Dominica and Nicaragua are the only national flags that use purple.

3. 3

   It is home to the Kalinago Territory, where the last organised community of the Caribbean’s indigenous Kalinago (Carib) people lives.

4. 4

   It is a different country from the Dominican Republic. Columbus named it after the day he sighted it in 1493: Sunday ("Domingo").

• No official Street View: only user photospheres.
• Drives on the left, with English signage, but many French Creole place names such as Soufrière.
• Very steep, rugged volcanic island covered in dense rainforest.