Coming in low over the coral reefs and lagoons on Guadeloupe.
Then the sugar-cane fields of the island, before a ten minute touch-down to exchange passengers.
Reaching Dominica (pronounced Domin-ee-ka, and as the brochures tell you, not to be confused with the Dominican Republic) on the northeast coast, above the village of Calibishie and its orange cliffs.
Over the dense forests of Dominica (which cover 80% of the country) on steep mountain slopes. The Nature Island slogan seems justified.
Rivers speed down from mountain peaks to the coast, over rapids and volcanic boulders.
With rich volcanic soils and high rainfall, it's a fertile island, with small plots of banana, coconut and yams around villages and in the highlands.
It used to be a major supplier of bananas to the UK, before the European Union removed special trade subsidies between the two countries. Since then, the island has been unable to compete against larger Central American producers, and the industry has gone into decline. However, nowadays it still manages to continue supplying the local market and other Caribbean islands, along with growing sales of fair trade bananas to Europe.
