Dominica

Dominica has been a lot of fun. Everyone is back on the boat and wishing we were staying another night (mostly because we have school tomorrow). The first day we went to the Titou Gorge (one of the places they filmed Pirates of the Caribbean on the island!) which was about a 20 min drive then a 5 min hike. There was a big fresh water pool that was being fed by naturally warm water. Then you swam through a narrow opening in the rock for a couple min to another pool being fed by a waterfall. Trying to be cool and not letting anyone know my huge fear of fish I went the whole way to the other pool and was happy I did because it was really pretty. At one point in the swim I could put both hands out and touch the sides of the gorge. At the waterfall people were climbing up and jumping off into the deep pool but I decided against that just in case the fish we hiding down deeper.
We got back to Roseau (the capital and where the boat was docked) to get some lunch. Unfortunately, because it was a Sunday, everything was closed except for two hotel restaurants.  I ordered lunch along with a rum punch (Dominica is known for its rum so I thought I should definitely try it out). The drink was much more rum then punch… I guess it is normally on the rocks but I didn’t want to risk having the ice. After out late lunch we went down to the hotel dock and swam in the ocean. Completely clear water.
Sunday night was pretty dead in Dominica but they opened up a club, Krazy Koconut, for the boat so we went out for a little bit, nothing too exciting but was fun to meet some new people.
Today we went to Mero beach, an all black sand beach. Unfortunately the weather was off and on rain and we didn’t get to enjoy the beach as much as we would have wanted. A couple people went in the water but I mostly stayed wrapped up in my towel. Lunch was the first real Dominican food (I think). I had chicken (a lovely drumstick) rice, and beans. I was so hungry it didn’t really matter what it tasted like and Im not sick yet so that’s good! We left the beach around 2 and when we got back to Roseau (about a 30 min drive down the coast) it was sunny out so we walked around the capital for a while. We found a fruit market and bought a pineapple and two mangos that the lady cut up for us. They were amazing! I miss fresh produce on the boat so the fruit was awesome.
Back on the boat now and getting emails about the craziness from Hanover! So sad I missed it! Happy to hear the eldreds and company made an impression on the theta delt basement