Monday was our first excursion - the Mayflower Waterfall HIke - rated a "3++" on a scale from 1-3 - and they weren't kidding!!! There were portions where a rope was required to continue on the trail! But Ed didn't need the rope cause he was part monkey apparently and is accustomed to hiking on all fours - as everyone was aware as he was yelling "stay down!" to me while I was relying on the rope! The trek was a hike/botany excursion to the point where we relished the pauses in the hiking because it was so strenuous. Along the way we discovered what a Coco tree looks like, learned about the tourist tree (a tree that turns red when the sun hits it), and watched leaf ants work their hearts out for a leaf. At the top of the hill sat a fresh water pool, this pool was soooooo cold that it was refreshing. This pool was well worth the hike to get there. We all jumped in (except Wendy and Richard) and everyone gave a scream as they hit the water! Of course jumping in the whole way is the only way to do it! Once everyone jumped in, all the insect repellant came off and everyone got completely eaten up by the flies and mosquitos! (except Wendy and Richard) We saw some awesome waterfall views on the way down and a view of the jungle all the way to the Carribean Sea! The trek down was just like the trek up, hard on the knees and tiring. After the hike, our tour guide found a scorpion and shared it with everyone (after removing the stinger!).
Ed and I enjoyed the post hike nap that was well deserved. That night we joined everyone for happy hour and had dinner with Virginia, Liz, Dana and Mike - we all had a ton of fun and laughed at storied over dinner for at least 2 hours! Liz and Virginia are both from Boston and Dana and Mike are from Harlem, NYC. We headed in early at about 10pm and fell asleep to reading.
Tuesday began just like any other day here...totally relaxed. We got up way too early for a vacation (7am), but we decided to make the most of it. We went down for another wonderful breakfast and met two new faces, Osbert and Birilla. Everyone is so nice that it's unbelievable that we are in another country. You would never get this kind of gratitude in the states. Needless to say the remainder of the day was spent reading up at the treehouse, down by the sea, and at our table at lunch. We have never done so much reading before this trip on one day. Now mind you, the whole day wasn't spent lounging around reading. I believe that we can officially say that we have mastered "hammock reading" and are now ready to hang one somewhere in the house. We did have a massage scheduled for today that wasn't going to be missed. As you can see by the photos, the massage was a success for Ed. So totally relaxed that I could have gotten anything out of him (like a lobster dinner).
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