5. A little waterfall, inland, off Hispaniola. The closest thing to running water that we will get this week. And youbetcha, we shampoo’d here !! These are my peeps behind the waterfall.
6. A good view of the tradewindsfor which the Caribbean is known. Immediately after this pic, I went down to put on a (unpacked, non-existent) long sleeve shirt.
7. Our view as we pull into the back side of Jost Van Dyke. Most of the islands in the Lesser Antilles are ‘mountainous.’ It’s only after you’ve been to the Grand Tetons that ‘mountainous’ becomes a relative term. Yea, ‘mountainous.’ Ooookkk..
8. As we pull in to Jost. Jost has a reputation for New Year’s Eve… people from all over the US and Britain come down to celebrate. I, myself, have been to a few reggae concerts, drank a few painkillers (local drink) and dove off the Soggy Dollar, a ship that’s permanently moored for us tourist-types. If you dive off wearing a white tee shirt (wink wink) you get a free drink.
9. Trunk Bay, St. John. A great beach! (My son’s favorite.) Interesting fact: St. John has the only underwater National Park in the US – yep. Another interesting fact: while we were resting here, some local rodents ate through our paper back lunches… and then munched on our sandwiches. I should have brought Mike ashore, he would have kicked their furry little butts.
