Enjoying Dominica

We are having a great time here in Dominica. It is a very friendly island with lots to see and do. We took a river tour of the Indian River. The guide picks you up at your boat and with another couple we motored over to the mouth of the river and then Martin (our guide) starts to paddle. The tour was two hours and he was non stop commentary on the trees,flowers and birds. It was really quite amazing. The river scene for Pirates of the Carribean was shot there. It was so peaceful and beautiful. It was from 3-5 so the sun was low in the sky and gorgeous in the tres. I have no pictures yet as I didn't take the iPad and haven't taken them off the camera yet. 

Dawn,Laurie,Brian and I have been walking the Cabrits National Park and today we have the last segment to finish. It has a been a lovely collection of trails up to the top of the hills above the orange roofed buildings. The odd shower has rained on us but nothing too bad. Actually it usually feels pretty good since it is so hot. We also took a bus to get to Chaudier Falls for a hike. The hike along the road was a good long up and down hills but the walk into the falls was brutal! Dawn and Laurie's idea of a fun walk and ours is sometimes different. It had rained the night before so the trail was wet and muddy. I had chosen to wear a light coloured pair of pants ..... a mistake for sure! I had a couple slips and slides and my pants were a mess. But when we had to wade through a stream where I fell again I was pretty cleaned up. What  a day! But it was well worth the trials and tribulations. 

 

The pictures of the small coral out crop is about 10 feet off the back of the boat. It is alive with fish as you can see. We haven't done much snorkelling at all this season.

We are starting to watch the weather and get on to The Saints. They are a small collection of islands to the north. They are part of Guadalope so we're off to France, again! Not that there is anything wrong with that. Everyone says we are going to love it. We'll let you know.