Roseau, Dominica

So, like I said before my first port was in Dominica. Which is actually pronounced Dom- i- nee- ca, with the accent over the "nee" part. So basically, we could not have stopped at a better first port. It was so amazing. There was so much to do and so much to see. We were there on Sunday and Monday and set sail again Monday night. Sunday was so amazing. I was so excited to get off the boat that I got up at 7 am and was ready to go by 8 Unfortunately I did not get off the boat till about 9 But it wasn't too bad. When we got off the boat the town was dead. I mean no one was out except the taxi drivers. So Sarah, a guy named Dillon, and I walked about for a bit before heading back so Sarah could catch her planned trip. But while we walked around we found a little church and watched the service for a while. It was really neat. Every one was dancing and singing. The whole place was packed. that must have been where every one was. The whole island is not that big. It only takes like 3 hours to get across the whole island. Lucky for us though the tourist attractions where still open. After Sarah met up with her group Dillon and I and Somme other people set out to a place called Trafalgar falls. It was a place with a twin waterfalls. It was the most beautiful thing ever. It was also really cool because the water fall water was about 65 degrees but there was a spring running right next to it that was 85 to 90 degrees. See the island was an active volcano so there were certain springs that were naturally heated by the lava running under the earth. It was so cool to be able to go back and forth between cold and hot water that was naturally occurring right next to each other. I have to say that Trafalgar falls was my favorite trip on that island. When we reached the bottom of the waterfalls we could actually swim right under neither and through it. It was so cool. After we headed back to the doc so i could meet up with another group of people that I was to go kayaking this. Kayaking was okay. It was a lot of work but it was fun too. We started out in a river and kayaked down into the ocean then back up stream some to an end place. Along the way we saw people fishing and cleaning the fish they caught. We also got to try fresh coconut, oranges, grapefruit, and sugar cane. I had never had sugar cane before and it was pretty good. You chewed on the cane and sucked out the sugar water. Then other took us back to the ship where I was very exhausted. I took a nap, ate dinner and showered. Now what happened next was so fun. Remember that it is Sunday and nothing was opened. But the locals were so excited that we were staying the night that they opened some bars up just for us. It was so cool because the bar was so authentic. We went to a place called JR's first then to a place called crazy coconut. Jr's had an opened roof so when it started raining on us we all just danced harder and had more fun. Then we made our way over to the crazy coconut which was all black lighted. This place was pretty cool!  At one point Sarah and I were dancing and we looked up and there were about five locals surrounding us. At this point we were like, "ooo, got to go..." so we moved to a different spot and it was fine. We headed home about 1130 because, A. We had been out since about 8 and B. We had to get up at 730 the next morning.
        So, the pent day was pretty amazing too. Sarah, Lauren, Dillon, some other people, and me all met up to go canyoning. Essentially, this is repelling down canyons. It was really cool because there were waterfalls and rivers flowing all around us. Unfortunately, it was raining so the water high and dangerous to canyon in the starting place. But they took us to another spot where were able to repel down into some water a couple of times. It was rally scary at first. I almost cried. Lowering yourself down over a 90 degree angle of a cliff and then down 80 feet made me a little nervous. But after the first time, I had no trouble and wanted to do it over and over again.
        After we were done canyoning, we walked around town a bit and did some shopping. Then we got back on the boat showered up, ate dinner, and went to bed. All in all, Dominica was an amazing place and  I highly recommend you traveling there. My room mate made fun of me for saying ts but i have no other way of explaining the island so here goes, I call it a hidden treasure. No one knows about it, but it is so amazing!