Island Tour

Okay...I went on a tour of Dominica today. Just to start things off, I thought that I would show you all my wonderful flip flop tan.

Above is the town of Scotts Head. This is where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Caribbean Sea. It's quite spectacular because the Atlantic side of things is choppy and rough, but the Caribbean Sea side is calm. Above, the Atlantic is on the right side of the land barrier.

This small pool of water is a hot spring. Dominica has them throughout the island. It's a result of volcanic activity. Below you can see that I took a dip in one of them. The water was very warm and yummy.

The picture to the right is at Trafalger Falls. We hiked a little bit to see this stunning waterfall. There is another one about 200 feet to the left of this one. Dominica receives 300-400 inches of rainfall each year...gorgeous waterfalls are the result of all of this rain.

We went to a botanical garden and saw amazing trees. Below is a Banyan Tree. The Parrot Conservatory was very interesting too. Parrot's are protected species in Dominica.

To the left and below are pictures of the capital, Roseau. So far its the heaviest populated area of the island. Everything is very colorful. The stadium is for cricket and soccer.

It was a very interesting tour. It lasted nine and a half hours. It took that long because there is basically one road to everywhere. So we had to travel the perimeter of the island to get wherever we were going. But, it definitely was fun.