This is the latest of our weekly travel photo series, inspired by #FriFotos on Twitter.
This week’s #FriFotos theme is WATERFALLS. In 2006, Chris and I took our first trip together to the island of Dominica, also known as the Nature Island because of its pristine beauty. It’s not a very built-up, and is popular with birders and people seeking hiking and various nature activities. It is also a very mountainous island, approximately 35 miles long, which gets more rain than most other island in the Caribbean. Because of this, there are over 300 rivers leading to the ocean and several waterfalls. Pictured is Victoria Falls, which is fed by the Boiling Lake, high in the mountains. After hiking roughly an hour with our guide, traversing the downstream river several times and climbing over large boulders (one of which involved a guide ignobly pushing Chris up by her a**) , we finally arrived at the waterfall and pool.
{ 7 comments… read them below or add one }
Lovely photo, I would watch waterfalls for hours on end!
That’s from my nature island – Dominica. I love this island. I will be there this summer!!
Elty – Enjoy your trip! I really loved Dominica. It’s one of my favorite Caribbean islands.
Wow, that’s one gorgeous site!
Great photo (and story, hehe). Are these pools and ponds warm at all? I just figured with the rain water it would be chilly, but then you mention boiling lake…
Andy – this lake feeds into a river, and the water there is quite comfortable. We didn’t go in the waterfall pool though – but the water from the boiling lake travels a ways to get there, and we were walking in the water that was just exiting the pool – the temperature is fine by then.
That was the first time we had traveled together. I figured if Don could see me through the trip, he’d be OK for the longer haul.