Dominica Days

Once again, yesterday was off the meter!
We went to the Trafalgar Falls (above) yesterday to scout out the location for a short scene. At the foot of the falls are converging rivers, streams and rapids, both of which are accentuated by a dangerous and treacherous obstacle course of boulders, rocks and mini-falls. We made it our mission to hike our way up to both of the falls. To get to the first fall (right) was difficult in its own right, but every single one of us persevered. Making it to the base of that first fall was extraordinary. What a real sense of genuine accomplishment it was to swim in the water pool below, and rest on the rocks near the falls as the water pelted us like a sand blaster.

And of course, how could we come all this way and not even try to finish our journey? The second fall (left) was harder get to: the rapids wider, the rocks more slippery and loose, edges more steep, with less finger and foot holes. At one point we found ourselves in a dead-end, cut off by a wall of boulders and a mini-fall making the rocks too slippery to even attempt to climb. The group was just about to give up and turn back, but between two huge boulders I say an opportunity. After scaling up in between the two massive rocks, towards what seemed to be dead end, I found an opening at the end of a short tunnel of lodged boulders and rocks. Shortly after, we arrive at the foot of the second fall. Right now, we're on top of the world. It's a feeling like nothing can take you down.

Unfortunately we don't have any pictures form it though since we had to utilize every single limb at any given moment in order to traverse said terrain. Hopefully I can get a picture of the rocks and rapids that we had to navigate up here soon, but for the time being, they are on Natalie's camera, and I haven't a speedy means of commandeering them.

Until later,
M