Cruise Day 4 - Dominica

We woke to the lush hills of Dominic towering over the port city of Roseau on the western shore.  We tanked up with a late breakfast, knowing that our long excursion would not give us an opportunity for lunch.  Our tour started at 11:15, so we took some time in the morning to explore the city.  The narrow streets with French style balconies were lined with shops and the addition of small street vendors.  Buildings were well worn, but clean.  The resident population is almost entirely of African descent.  Traffic was tight, but respectful.  Being part of the British commonwealth, cars drive on the left; only on this island, the driver is on the right as you would expect.  We found out later that almost all the vehicles are reconditioned cars from Japan.  Our tour was on a small bus.  We first drove out of the city and up through lush tropical forests towered by looming hills to a place where we hiked to a waterfall and natural pool.  We were prepared with swimming suits on, so I plunged in and enjoyed the cool fresh water.  Back on the bus, we drove back down to Roseau and up another road to a spectacular waterfall called Trafalgar Falls.  We happened upon some people who were repelling down the falls.  The tour’s last stop was the botanical gardens and a city overlook.  We were disappointed that the shops were closed at 4:00 as were were planning to grab a souvenir from Dominica.  Since we were hungry, we grabbed a slice of pizza because our dinner reservations in the dining room were on the late side.