The days are starting to blend together, so it is much harder to justify writing my journal. So I’m going to try and just save it for the more memorable events.
Two days ago our group went on an excursion. It was to a series of waterfalls. We had arranged out own guides instead of through the resort, so it was much cheaper and on out own schedule. And did not include any trips to tourist traps like plantations or historical museums. It wasn’t like Ocho Rios which is a big wide waterfall that is easy to walk up.
In this case we hiked for half an hour through forested trail. Nice and pleasant. We did hear the lowing of the “Dominican Elephant” aka the guide mooing.
We got to the first waterfall, and had to climb up a ladder. From that point on, we were in the creek for the rest of the way up. It wasn’t wide, maybe two meters tops. But you could tell it could be deeper. It had carved a deep channel, and sometimes I couldn’t feel the bottom. To get over some of the waterfalls the guides literally manhandled us up.
After seven waterfalls, we got as far as we could go. The trip back was slower though because it was more entertaining. We could slide down the waterfalls. The second last waterfall was where we hit “Happy Hour”. We could slide down, or jump down, or wuss out and take the ladder. Or we could slide, climb up and then jump. People who know me should know what I chose to do.
My new hero is a girl called Erin who didn’t know how to swim. She decided to slide down, and she was shaking for a minute as she psyched herself up. And then after she did it, she climbed the ladder and did the jump.
On the hike back, we came across an actual herd of cows with a bull. We took a few pictures that made it look like we were doing the. Running of the bulls before continuing ahead of them. A guide did the lowing sound of the “Dominican Elephant” and was pleased with himself. But I did enjoy the look of panic on his face when I turned back and said “Oh yeah, here they come.”
It was an exhausting day. I fell asleep on the drive back to the resort.
For dinner I went to the Mexican restaurant with some friends. We nearly passed out waiting for our food.
2014-10-27 11:25