I apologize for the lack of post yesterday, I have been
really busy balancing out the necessary school orientation “stuff” and relaxing
and enjoying this beautiful island.
Where to start??
Wednesday we spent the morning on campus learning about the
island, how to dress, behave, and act in the city, and learned more about our
classmates. Once that was done we took
an island tour to see all of the island’s history!! WOW…it was so interesting
to say the least. The tour included the Caribelle
Batik which is a botanical gardens with cute boutique, tours through an old
sugar cane mill, an old blacksmith shop, walked though the Central Forest
Reserve National Park, drove/hiked to the Brimstone Hill Portress and many
other wonderful sites. After the island
tour we cleaned up to head down to port for
a campus sponsored BBQ and hand out. I have an amazing time with my group even
though we waited for 3 hours in the chicken line but lets just say we kept
ourselves VERY entertained with Fat Tuesday Drinks, dancing, singing, and a few
buckets of beer.
Today (Saturday) we had our catamaran trip at 9am
where we went to the tip of the island and go to snorkel and hang out some
more. The snorkeling was AWSOME and I
saw lots of colorful fish and shells. Our
boat crew was amazing and on the way back to the docks we sang, dance, did the tango
line, limbo and of course the maracana dance.
It was an AMAZNG TIME!! I am so
lucky to have met some wonderful girls in my orientation group! After the
catamaran we headed to Reggae Beach to meet up with my mom and Lynda.
The beach was BEAUTIFUL and we finally got to see Wilbur the pig, Mocha
the Goat and the monkeys the beach has adopted. Tonight I am staying in to organize things
for class since I am on this beautiful island to study and go to school. Tomorrow we are going zip lining and then who
knows what in the afternoon. I hope you
enjoy the pictures
Brimstone Hill Portress
Mocha the Goat
Lava rocks
More pictures to come later
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