We left our first port 3 days ago. Dominica was amazing! It is a small Caribbean island. Having been to many islands, I would have to say this was one of my favorites. It was beautiful and the people were amazing. I can honestly say this is the happiest I have even been! Anyways let me tell you about my first port! When we first arrived I had an 8am river tubing tour. They first took us on a short hike to a waterfall where of course I was the first one to just jump in. Then they took us to a river with crazy rapids. We were a little nervous when the tour guide grabbed a huge knife and told us to hop in our tubes and follow him. It turned out to be a little rough but a lot of fun! We stopped along the way and sang songs and told jokes (They love to sing songs). I met so many cool kids on the tour. After our tour was over me and a group of kids went into town and grabbed drinks and tried to grab food but the food sucked. We then found this bar right on the water with dollar bottles. We were having a blast listening to reggae and drinking together. Then we saw a dock and decided to take our drinks and jump off the dock. It was so relaxing a fun. We met a lot of Europeans that were on vacation and hung out with them. Later that night we rented a hotel and went out. The locals are so nice here and love to party. The laws on the island are crazy. You can drink and drive and go any speed you want, but if you litter you can get a $5000 fine or 1 year in jail. A group and I decided to go to a club called crazy coconuts. It was filled with sas kids. We had a blast! Then the next day we had to be up at 7am for another tour. I love to hike but not hung-over. We went on a hike threw the rainforest. I am not kidding when I say it was one of the hardest things I have ever done physically. 6 miles all up hill and not to mention it was down pouring so everything was slippery. The hike lead us to one of the most beautiful/ biggest waterfalls I have ever scene in my life. It was well worth the hike. When we got to the waterfall our tour guide asked us who wanted to jump from a 40-foot jump. I could not say no. The motto of this trip is YOLO. Everything we do someone says it. I was nervous to jump off the fall but someone yelled YOLO (you only live once) so I had to jump. So yes, I jumped from 40 feet! It was the scariest thing I have ever done. We had to climb up the side of a mountain barefoot literally just holding on to branches. I cannot believe they let us do it. The whole time I was shaking thinking I was going to slip and die. I am so glad I jumped it was awesome! I got a picture of it. It was the coldest water I have ever been in. Then after we swam around for a while, we had to climb back up to the top to hike back. I was climbing up huge boulders that were so slippery. I got pretty cut up. It was so hard to climb up these rocks. When I finally got back up to the top we had to hike back. The hike back was just as hard. I don’t even know how to explain this hike. We were climbing over branches and rocks in the rain trying not to slip. I was so dirty and cut up by the end. At the end we got free beer that was much needed. It was very adventurous and I am glad I did it. When our whole day hike was over we had to get back on the ship. The ship was a ghost town last night. Everyone was in bed by 8. We were all so tired. It is so funny how even though we all were so hung-over the next day, we all got up and did what we had to do. I am very sore today from the hike. Dominica was amazing. Our next stop is Brazil. I will be taking a small boat down the Amazon River then I am flying to Rio. Rio is supposed to be nuts right now b.c they are getting ready for carnival. The world’s largest carnival. I am so excited!
