Next we came upon this wall. I stole this description from a travel website.
Interesting... and I like it.
In the tourist area, we had seen Guavaberry wine, evidently this is the tree.
Did you try some? (Either the berry or the wine?)
Nicer than the one I'd posted, but similar.
Too bad that it crashed, though. Get out of the hedge okay?
Man, those ships dwarf.... everything!
If only we had a highway engineer who could enlighten me on the various different substances. This looks like concrete to me, but I'm no expert.
If only!
As we drove along there was this little bar right smack in the Middle of nowhere. It was kind of crazy.
Did you stop? I would've been pretty tempted.
I mentioned earlier about the houses with rebar sticking out and “stuff” everywhere in the yards, this was one of a few houses that seemed finished and we'll manicured.
I'm guessing if the home is finished, it means the owner is fairly well off.
We started to descend down this hill towards a beach.
Busy!... And very pretty.
If you’re keeping track on the map of the island, I think this is where we hit the coast of the other side of the island.
Yup. You can tell. The water's obviously more wet here.
So all the while that we were touring the island, I kept seeing the chickens that the Caribbean is known for running wild. However in this little town they were really abundant.
I keep picturing Fran's birthday meal......
Our driver even pulled over and let me get out to stalk them.
Why??? You didn't have a fryer with you, did you?
They were even dumpster diving!
Not something you see everyday.
I think this picture really captures the serenity of the island!
It does. Nice shot, Alison.
I have no idea why... but I really like this shot. Maybe it shows a more "everyday" scene?
We passed this Rum distillery on our way, but reviews I had read of it weren’t stellar and Fran didn’t feel at all like drinking so we just passed on it.
The rum wasn't great or the tour?
I'm not commenting on every photo, but I'm enjoying all of them!
Notice how the foliage is different than the palms and other trees we were seeing in the first part of the tour.
Hey! That's right! I hadn't quite clicked on that yet.
This is Stoutt’s Lookout Bar. It sure does have a view!
So you stopped then. What did you have? Or did you just admire the view?
Beautiful!
This is “the original shell museum”.
Sure. Why not.
Someone has to be the originator.
(Love all the signs.)
If my map is correct, we still had all the way to the end of that hill on the far right of the picture to travel.
You guys covered a lot of ground.
Nice! Caught that bird in mid-dive.
I have no idea what this is...a crazy person’s house? Or maybe now I remember this is where they hold rage parties….
What the heck is a rage party?
"Hi! I'm really excited to come in and party!"
"Well then you can't come in?"
"What???? I traveled all this way! Now I'm really angry!"
"Okay. You can come in now."
Since we’re driving on the wrong side of the road, we go on the outside for this curve, but if you notice the curve is completely blind. Our driver would tap her horn as she came around the curves to alert other drivers to our presence. The other drivers weren’t always that courteous.
Probably the locals are pretty used to it.
This curve was a little more hair-raising. We were on the inside of this one.
eep!
You’d better hope that the oncoming car stays on their side of that yellow line!
Nah. Island mentality. Relax. What's the worst that could happen?
The houses here are so colorful!
Love all the pastel colours.
I immediately noticed the change in the foliage, now the lush vegetation was replaced by cacti.
You've got a good eye for details.
We split both of these, and I forgot the flavors, but they were not common flavors that you find in the US. The purple one may have been the guava berry (that we stopped to look at the tree) and the yellow one, might have been pineapple cream, but I don’t really remember.
How were they? And... "treated". She paid? Or they were free? Or you guys had to pay?
We saw this cat along the way, and Fran asked if it wanted to be adopted. I think we might have had some trouble getting it back on the ship.
That's why you should always travel with a soundproof backpack.
If you don't have another sign, just turn it around so the arrow points in the right direction. They'll figure it out.
This is the tourist trap bazaar. It’s about walking distance from the port, if you can walk long distances.
Pass. I much prefer where you guys went and saw.
She was blown away when we gave her a $50 tip I guess folks don't tip quite that good, but she was great about stopping where we wanted, and she showed us a good tour as well as drove safely in such a crazy place.
Bet it felt good to make her day like that.
Once back in our room, we found this guy. Since the steward couldn’t come in last night (because Fran was sick) we got a “make up” towel animal.
Cute!
Up Next: I shoulda had a V8!
Uh, oh... this bodes... not well....