Posted by For the last few months I have been researching each of the Caribbean Islands. The islands each have their own cultures, histories and appeals. However, for the last few months on our travels from Guatemala to Belize to Mexico Florida Bahamas and into the Caribbean, Dominica is where we have truly been heading. The island of Dominica is pure nature. Large mountains covered in lush forests and jungle. The high mountains capture the moisture from the trade winds blowing in from the Atlantic. This creates lots and lots of rain. And from this rain sprouts lush vegetation, lakes and rivers. 365 rivers it be exact! That’s right this tiny island country has 365 named rivers. And when you combine large mountains and lots of rain and rivers, you get WATERFALLS! And if you have read any of my rambling blog posts you know this family loves to hike to waterfalls, particularly waterfalls in tropical climates such as Dominica. We only have 7 days before we had to get to Grenada so we put down our anchor in front of the 2nd largest town in the country and began planning our expeditions. We went on two different waterfall hikes. We explored a wetland area with two of the largest lakes on the island. And we explored a river and a farm. There is still so much more to see and do in this wonderful country. Next season we plan commit at least 3 weeks to further exploring Dominica. One last thing. Water is a scarce commodity in most of the Caribbean Islands. However, in Dominica water is everywhere. Anyone can get free water from the many water spigots that line the roads. And it is the best tasting water we have ever had. There is even a buoy that we can tie our boat to that has a hose running along the seafloor and up to the buoy. This way we can fill our tanks with the amazing water of Dominica. We filled our tanks with 250 gallons of the drop of heaven from the sky.
Sailing Samadhi 