Dominica: 2

all the trails were awesomely maintained.


So we sleep in the basement of Auntie's.
Totally weird, on pilly sheets, freaking out that I may get scabies.
Wake up early, decide to head to Roxy's Mountain Lodge a night early,
as staying at Auntie's wasn't quite an option.

We get to Roxy's. It's delightful.
We have a nice big room, with a nice big shower, and a nice big bed.
And a balcony.
A balcony that overlooks the mountains, a beatup old van, and a pile of lumber.
Decent enough.

After ham and cheese sandwiches (important fact) we hike around Freshwater and Boeri Lake.
Totally rad.

holy shit.

freshwater lake.

greenery.

oh, this will be much more greenery, my friend.

Dominica: 1

the view from what should've been our cottage on night 1

Day one: arrive at Melville Hall Airport, Dominica at 3p.
pick up rental jeep.
drive to the opposite end of the island,
on the left side of the roadup and down mountains
on lanes of roads big enough for a car and a half.

arrive at cottage,
no one is there with our key.
awesome.
we drive around, kind of lost and freaking out.

note: driving around consists of this above stretch of road

as we are at the bottom of the island.
Roseau, the capital, is up and over one of the mountains
in the background.and it's getting dark.
so! we pick up a hitchiker (5th one of the day)
and give him our storyhe gets us a room at his "auntie's" place.
auntie being some random citizen of Soufriere.
it was definitely a place to stay but not relaxing and we were totally nervewracked.

another would be view from the cottage - Scott's Head

Chia's head.