Dominica

Unfortunately, I have zero pictures from Dominica which totally stinks because this was, by far, my favorite place. Mike took a ton with his camera and I haven't gotten them from him, but just know, if you ever need a cool place to go, Dominica is it!

We went whale watching first thing in the morning. We saw some sperm whales which were...let's just say there are no words to describe these majestic creatures. They were absolutely beautiful!

After being out on the ocean for a few hours, we made our way to shore and on the way in, we were surrounded by hundreds of dolphins! They were swimming so fast around our boat using the wake to jump and do tricks and the ones at the front of the boat where we were were like bullets. They would swim for a while and then they'd dive really deep until you couldn't see them anymore but a whole new crop would come to the top. This was a once in a lifetime opportunity and Joseph and I were in awe at everything we saw.

Then, we went back to the ship for a quick lunch and made our way back to the tour guide's office to meet our next guy, Elvis. He was awesome! He took us on a bus trip around the island, showing us different vegetation and telling us what each is used for. Sometimes, he would stop the bus, reach out his window and grab a handful of plants. He'd pass them back to us and tell us, "this is lemongrass" or "this is used in making the perfume Chanel No. 5". So crazy! It turned out he studied botany and was very knowledgeable. We all loved him. He drove us to a place called Titou Gorge, which is a (super) cold underground river where Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Curse of the Black Pearl was filmed and we got to swim through it. Amazing. We also went to a volcanic spring and soaked for a few minutes - just me, Shannon and Kristie. It was HA-AWT! But so great. And then we went to Trafalgar Falls which are two waterfalls, Mama & Papa.

Dominica was by far my/our favorite place. I could go back in a heart beat!