Batibou Beach!!

FINALLY got to take Chris and the kids here!!  This is one of the BEST beached on island!  This is the first beach I went to when we came here for Chris' job interview.  I got the worst sunburn that day!  I have been back 2 more times and finally talked Chris into going, with the help of our friend Robby and Melinda!  The beach has had a lot of improvements made on it by the Douglas family.  They have tables, a bar, parking and hammocks!

Who wouldn't want to hang out at this beach?  Also, parts of the Pirates of the Caribbean 2 and 3 were filmed right on this beach.

Waitukubuli National Trail Segment 1

So I know it has been a long time but I really feel the need to write about this hike.  In Dominica they have what is known as The Waitukubuli National Trail.  It is 14 trails that cover 115 miles.  Here is a link about it:

http://www.dominica.dm/index.php/waitukubuli-national-trail

So my friend Jennifer has decided that before she leaves the island she wants to complete the trail.  So what better way than to start at the beginning?  So a group of us, including Tyler and Cass, took off.  We did however start at the end of the trail and do it backwards. 

This is all of us at the start.  Now I am not in the best of shape, this trail was hard on the way up!!  Had to stop a lot, drink a lot and almost got sick a few times.  This was a very hot day, yes I know I live in the tropics so should be used to it.  However, in the "jungle" it is usually cooler, well not this day.  We made it to the top, ate some lunch then headed down the mountain.  We got to the old coffee plantation where we met Thomas.  He farms up there and walks up every day!!  He kindly told us we had to turn around because of a landslide that had occurred from TS Chantal the week earlier.  We were all determined to make it so he felt like he had to help us out.  He had built a ladder for one side of the landslide but not the other side.  We had to go down his rickety ladder:

Thomas yelled at each of us as we went down to touch nothing but the ladder and stay to the right.  We were a bunch of crazy white women afterall you know, well except for Tyler.  Here is Thomas....he cleared the path for us:

So to get up the other side we had to use tree roots to pull ourselves up.  Wow, what an adventure that was!  This in total added about an hour to our hike.  We had such a great day!!  We just wish we had time to snorkel at Scott's Head, the water was super calm and clear!

Thanks for such a great day!!