Island Tour with Bobby Brown
23 April 2012 | Roseau, Dominica
Elizabeth (photo by Ed)
In addition to the fruits/herbs/vegetables we saw on our first island tour, ww add nutmeg , bay leaf, cocoa, coffee, limes, wild strawberries (very tart), avocado trees and lemongrass. There are many others, none of which I recall at the moment. This tree is one we can't identify from memory. Maybe someone else will fill us in. Our tour guide Bobby Brown (not his real name; he's a singer who was called that by his buddies after the popular rap singer and the name stuck) was great, and he allowed Tyson to run the show as far as the places and order of things we would see. Together they made a brilliant team. We hiked up and down, up and down to get to Middleham Falls. Luna enjoyed the hike as well but we were all pretty tired at the end of it. The trail was beautifully laid out with logs but it wasn't easy going. We ate lunch at the restaurant showed in one of the photos, another delicious Caribbean meal with Creole influence. Luna stayed in the van at the request of the restaurant owner until Judith, who thinks Luna should be allowed EVERYWHERE, went to the van without us knowing and brought her inside to sit under the table. The owner smiled and allowed it, probably because Judith, who makes friends with every human being she meets, already knew her name, her baby's name, her history and her email address. The hike after lunch didn't go as well for Luna when she was forbidden to go down the trail and into the falls and hot springs area. It turned out just as well because it was rough going over all the streams and rocks. But Judith had Luna on the leash when we got to the park and had forgotten to make friends with the park ranger. "No dogs allowed!" he yelled. OK by us, we'll figure something else out. Not, however, OK with Judith who argued with him to no avail, then turned on her heels and started to walk off with Luna toward the trails. Oh God, I thought, we're all going to be arrested! "Judith!" I yelled, "We have to listen to what he's saying! You have to come back with Luna!" Luckily, Bobby Brown came up to us at that point and said he would stay behind with Luna. I apologized to the park ranger but he barely cracked a smile. Can't say I really blame him. That Judith! It's no wonder Luna thinks she rocks.