Day 631 was a busy day. I again had a rather sleepless night but was up by 8 to shower and eat before our tour guide showed at 9 am. Gregg from Canada was out guy. First stop was Tete Paul, a community ran agricultural tour with stunning views. It was just under and hour hike with tons of information.
Next stop was the mud baths. This natural hot springs has healing mud you rub all over your body, let dry then wash off in the natural springs followed by a fresh water shower. It was good to have advice to take our old suits as the mud never quite came off even after that, a snorkel and a shower :-) It was quite entertaining to be covered in mud but as promised our skin felt baby soft once done. We enjoyed salt fish, a local deep fried fish fritter which we all enjoyed. Sheldon grabbed 4 beers which were double the price due to location I assume but were refreshing after the hike and bath. We next tried dahl, a deep fried vegetable empanada like snack. We had it with a hot sauce/ketchup combo.
Gregg took us to a "secret" beach that was not so secret once we arrived but it did clear out before we left. The snorkeling was lovely, the water blue and the sand pretty however it was marred by allot of trash left by locals and yacht people tossing crap overboard. How sad for such a beautiful place. Sharon picked up a hand crafted gourd like item before we continued our adventure.
The next stop was the Morne Coubaril Cocoa plantation. Again it was an hour tour of the plantation with emphasis on the coconut and cocoa trees along with coffee and sugar cane. We stopped quick at the heritage site for the Pitons then made our last stop at the Maranatha prayer garden.
Gregg dropped us back at Cashew by 3:30 but we saw and did a whole lot in that time. It was now time to relax with a cold beverage before trying to shower the mud of with not much success.
Sheldon cooked supper tonight making sausage, potato/onion/carrot mix with actual garlic toast. I spent time updating the blog but was frustrated to find that an entire day was not saved when the internet went down which it does intermittently all the time!
After supper the other 3 played cards by candlelight while I continued to update the blog and get a skype in with Shaina. It was 7pm here and only noon the next day for her. She was going to bungy jumping. with some friends. Popcorn and games for them; frustrated blogging for me rounded out the days events but at least it is 24 degree weather sitting on the balcony with a rum and coke kind of evening with crickets chirping. :-) I took a sleeping pill and donning a spare pair of ear plugs from Sharon headed to bed to read at 9 hoping for a good nights sleep, the other played cards a bit longer before they too retired.
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