Dominica - Victoria falls

Heidi, Fritze and Mina arrived on Alytes and we booked an tour with SeaCat to Victoria falls. It was a great day out and SeaCat is a great tour guide. We piled into his minivan and headed up into the mountains, stopping frequently along the way to enjoy the views and natural beauty of Dominica.

SeaCat pulled to the side of the road often and climbed trees, rocks or on the van to pick fruits from the jungle for us to taste. I'm not sure what they all were but from the taste of them I don't think I'd survive long if left to my own means. The others all seemed to enjoy the various fruits.

We stopped at a local moonshine store and had a morning rum distilled from the local bay leaves. SeaCat yells from the car window at the various stops...mooonshineeee, mooonshineeee....breaddddd....and also at the locals he knows along the way.

We eventually arrived at the river to begin our trek up to the falls. 

At this stage we were all hungry and SeaCat told us we can order lunch at the ' Rastaraunt ' and it would be ready for us on our return. Jen  and I were craving pasta or chicken burgers and chips, but all they had on offer was lentil soup. We reluctantly ordered a bowl each and began our walk up the winding river trail to the falls. The walk required quite a bit of rock climbing and 5 river crossings but was easy enough, except that some of the rock climbs were a bit high for Balrog and we had to help him up here and there.

We eventually reached the falls and they were well worth the hike. The power of the falls falling into the pool was similar to the helicopter rescue demonstration in Lanzarote, with water and wind blinding as you got closer. We swam in the pool before following the slippery slide track back down for lunch.

At this stage even lentil soup was sounding good!

And it was!! Full of lentils and delicious local veggies we all quickly consumed our bowls and headed back for seconds. 

After lunch we continued our journey, stopped at the beach where SeaCat picked up a coconut, smashed it open on a rock, geared off the husk and cut the top off with a rock before sharing the contents with us. Sweet milk and coconut.  

We then headed on our way, stopping at a small bay leaf distillery and a few other places along the way, which included the emerald pools. A small emerald color pool and waterfall which wasn't much in comparison to Victoria falls and quite busy with German tourists from the cruise ship in port called FhartWind...?!!?

We arrived home to Sephina at around 1800. A really nice day!