When we had tried to sit down and plan out our excursions for the days that we were in port, my main request was to do some sort of zip line tour. Steve found this outing that was called, 'High Hopes! High Ropes!' We weren't quite sure what all to expect but were excited none the less! Nana Kathy figured this wasn't going to be at all an enjoyable experience for her, so she and Sawyer hung out together for the day! Thanks Kathy!
We piled into yet another white van with a jolly guy named David. He was energetic and entertaining, giving us a complete rendition of Dominica's history as we wound our way through the narrow streets of the city. Did you know there are six women to every man in Dominica? Yeah....I know what some of you men are thinking! "When's the next flight to Dominica?"
David got us through the city, along the gorgeous coast line and into the jungle, right up to the 'Rocky Rollers' place. We signed our lives away, got suited up and were ready to go!
I love zip lining!
In between zip lines, there were also tons of different tight ropes, hanging logs and other rather difficult obstacles that we needed to cross. It was sooo fun!
And as Steve pointed out afterwards, we went up in a really random order: Dani, Me, Steve, Alex, Bill and Ron brought up the rear. So no pictures of Bill and I up there together :(
Toward the end of the course (that ended up taking about two hours) there was 'The Tarzan Swing'. You stood on a platform, harnessed to a long rope, jumped off, drop swung fifty feet and tried to grab a hold of this net and pull your self up.
Dani went no problem, I, on the other hand, got up there and had a little mini freak out :) The guy ended up pretty much just tossing me off! I grabbed the net though! Gold star for Carrie*
We all survived!
After we had zipped the last zip line across the river and into the bamboo brush, we were treated to drinks (rum punch!), fresh coconut, sugar cane shoots and orange wedges!
All the staff at 'Rocky Rollers' was SO nice and just made the entire experience so enjoyable!
After downing our Rum Punch, we headed back into town, hoping to be able to see a little bit of the town before boarding.
We ended up finding this really cute sidewalk cafe that looked like we'd be able to eat there and not pick up salmonella (unlike some of the other places we passed!). We ate really good jerk chicken dishes and beef stew~D-lish!!!!!
Yup. We fell for it. The little tents selling a bunch of random, over priced junk with Dominica branded across the top, and had to haggle for it too! But hey, it wouldn't be a tropical vacation if you didn't come back with coconut jewelry and Dominican hot sauce!
2 comments:
what an awesome trip!!! the food looks sooo good! don't you just love green coconut water reminds me of Brasil, we used to always get it at the beach.
Carrie, so aren't you glad that I taught you everything I knew about zip lining???????? :) That would scare the liver out of me!!!!
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