After some heavy hikes it sometimes takes the body a day or so to recover. With Bam being wounded, we all voted on doing a easy day. We had another omelette morning albeit a bit later. I had waken up at six and went on a short hour long hike to a local fall in the property to the back of the camp. I had not gotten actual directions to the falls but rather had overheard Jem speaking about them. After a few paths ending up face to face with a wall of vegetation I gave up. The path did take you through the neighbors Banana farm which also house some Coconut trees, Limes, Grapefruits, Papayas, Scotch Bonnet peppers, and of course Bananas. Upon arrival back at the camp, everybody was there so we had breakfast together. We just lounged around for a while and then I asked Jason and Katie if they wanted to go and try to find the falls again. I packed up some fruit from the market and we headed off. I lent Jason my other digital camera so they could take back some digital pics. After a few tries we found the correct path (follow the river up,) and came upon the falls. They were small but were made up of six different cascades and pools with a small but deep pool at the bottom. Jason and I did some climbing and headed up to the higher pools. Katie hung back and took a swim. When we were done we headed back to the main river and kicked back by the bridge. I had brought some bananas, mangoes, and a pineapple. The Pineapple ended up crushing the other two but the Pineapple made up for it. I showed them how I was a veteran at dissecting them. We chomped the whole thing down quickly and lazed along the bridge just soaking our worn out feet. Back at camp I took them to the second bigger pool where we did some more swimming. Katie and Jason decided to go back to the cabin to relax and I went to find Bam. He had his foot all wrapped up in a combination of bandaids, garbage bags, and torn up fabric. Even with his foot jacked up he was ready to go. I headed up to my cabin to shower, change, and take a five minute nap in the hammock. After that we were off to check out some property he was researching.

We drove the five plus miles down to a black sand turtle nesting site that Bam occasionally visited. We then drove to the surrounding area of the village La Plaine. We took a side road in about a mile and then hiked another two miles or so until the farmland ended and the jungle took over. We climbed up and down the mountain trying to find access to the the main river that ran below in the valley. After a few hours of hiking we turned around and headed back. It was a few hours to dinner and my easy day turned into another strenuous day filled with a lot of mini hikes. I slept solidly for an hour in the hammock. Got up around seven and headed down to dinner. For dinner that night we had a spaghetti type dinner that was made with these thin noodles somewhat Chinese style. There was a terrific meat sauce filled with vegetables. All the hiking made these hardy meals magnificent. As a surprise, Sheshe had made up come cake with chocolate frosting which when we voted for fresh fruit or cake, the cake was voted in unanimously. Everybody had a semi-relaxing day and the tolls of the week were catching up with everybody so we did another semi-late night after having some drinks including some freshly made Pineapple wine.

Come back to these pages later and I should have some pictures uploaded. As long as I get some internet access to post them in Martinique.