A nice relaxing weekend in one of the most relaxing (if not THE most relaxing) places on the planet. Following the drinkies on Friday night, I had a bit of a lie-in on Saturday morning. Thankfully, when I went for breakfast, bacon and eggs were on the go along with some fresh coffee. I just had a chilling day at Rosalie Forest and tidied up a few small issues with computers.

The previous evening, I had been invited to jam with Xavier and his band and he called round on Saturday to make sure I had remembered and also to let us know that he was cooking up some saltfish and bananas for us. Jem dropped Michelle and I off in Grand Fond and we had a couple of drinks before going to Xavier’s house for food. He had done a marvellous job and the meal was lovely. Once we had finished, we headed down to the band room (next to the bar) and were joined by the rest of the band. Now, I love to jam and I especially like to play something a little different. Having not played a great deal of reggae style before, I rather enjoyed myself – so much that it wasn’t until around 11 o’clock that I realised I needed to call Jem to see if he could pick us up. What a night! Thanks to all the band members and especially to Xavier for his extended hospitality.

Another little lie-in for me on Sunday and I completely missed breakfast. Never mind, that was made up for by the terrific spaghetti bolognese we had for lunch. After that, Jem took us to see some sights around the island. We picked up Jem’s better-half, Jackie (sorry if the spelling is wrong) in Canefield and went up to Trafalgar Falls. On the way, we drove through an area of the island which has hot sulphur pools – we could smell the sulphur on the drive up. Jem stopped and showed is this little boiling pool, a very strange sight.

Once at Trafalgar Falls, we had a little refreshment and bought passes to go up to the falls themselves. What a magnificent sight. There are two large waterfalls and some hot pools there. Jem and I tried to climb up to the base of the larger waterfall but were thwarted as Hurricane Dean last year had moved some of the rocks so the climb was very tough. Here’s a shot of the other waterfall as well

Once we had climbed back up, we jumped back in the car to head back – stopping off at Ti Kwen for a drink (they also have volcanic hot baths there). Ti Kwen did not completely quench our thirst so we headed to The Cove (where I had been for ‘Thirsty Thursday’ previously) for another couple of drinks. The sun was setting over the Caribbean Sea and there was also a band playing. Most relaxing.

We returned to Rosalie Forest for dinner, which was marvellous as usual, and I’m now having one last Kubuli before bed. Another long day awaits tomorrow.

I have a busy time ahead in my last week in Dominica but I will try to update as much as possible – hopefully with some more beautiful scenery for you to look at.

TTFN