On Monday, a group of us explored Roseau a little bit. We walked all around, saw a church, went to the botanical gardens, and went to a grocery store. I have to be back at the ship at 12 for the Carib trip (Carib, or Kalinago, are the indigenous people on Dominica). The drive to the reservation was crazy. The roads are all really steep and narrow, and also there are no rules. No speed limit, no alcohol restrictions, no patient people. We went to the reservation in these oversized vans and it was terrifying. But, there was really nice scenery the whole way. I snapped some good pictures from inside the van. When we got to the Carib village, we got out and were taken to see different cultural things. We got to grind up sugarcane and drink the sugar water, which was SUPER sweet, we chewed on some sugar cane, we saw some crafts made out of woven reed, we learned about local herbal medicine, and then they made us food. There were fried bananas, green bananas, plantains, curried fish, some pastry thing, and a coconut cookie, which had a lot of ginger. I ate all of those things. I enjoyed the curried fish and pastry. Unfortunately, we were delayed and didn't get to hear the history, so I was really sad. I DO know that Pirates of the Caribbean was filmed on Dominica, and I met some Caribs who were extras in the movie.
I got to the ship around 7, and learned that some people were going out to a club that was open exclusively to us. I decided I should go, and my roommate was going, so I tagged along with her group. To my dismay, her group was 203957039410 people. And then I was less happy. But right off of the ship, there were other people that I like, so I hung out with them (My roommate decided to ditch the large group as well). We still went to the club. It was pretty cool because it was all SASers and we haven't gotten to know each other very well yet. Kind of like a big social. I tried Kabuli beer, which was better than the other beers I've tried because it tasted lighter. But don't worry, I only had one bottle. A lot of people got really drunk, but nobody in my group did. I learned that two of them don't drink at all and the others only drank a little. That was pretty awesome.
Today we went to Middleham Falls. Google some pictures, it was awesome. The hike there took 40 minutes and it was through the rainforest so it was steep and slick. Of course I fell like 4 times and I have more bruises than I can count. But the waterfall was beautiful and I swam in the pool. The water was freezing, but after a while it felt good. We had to climb rocks to get there. That's right, I climbed rocks. Wet rocks. Up and down hills. One time I fell and caught myself on a vine. That felt legit.
We ate lunch at a local restaurant. It was okay, I had curry chicken (curry is big here) and rice. The chicken didn't seem cooked all the way so I didn't eat much of it. But it only cost $3, so I felt okay with that.
Okay. I don't really know what else to say, so yeah. You should know that I'm sailing down the Amazon right now, but it's too wide to see anything. I'll be in Manaus on the 31st. Look forward to hearing about nighttime jungle exploration and hopefully an eco-lodge.
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