We awoke to rain this morning at 0730 and decided to sleep in for another half hour. The morning was overcast and the coolest morning we have had in a long time.

Diana and Gilbert dinghied in from the anchorage to our marina at 1130. We had arranged to have lunch and then go to the Seven Sisters waterfalls for the afternoon. Our empanada bakery has "build your own burger" on Fridays so off we went and enjoyed a sumptious burger.

We took one bus to the St. George's downtown bus terminal then changed buses to the Seven Sisters waterfalls, about a half hour bus ride away on a very narrow and twisty road (the same road that took us to the turtle watching beach last week). We paid our entrance fee, got our walking sticks and set off. We just got down the first hill when we were met by Kenny, a local who lived in the area. He gave us a description of all the vegetation in the area, ie nutmeg, pineapple, banana trees, etc. He then escorted us to the waterfalls, a real ladies man, paying particular attention to Diana (I think he took a real shine to her).

Jorge at the entrance to the Seven Sisters waterfalls (bamboo bench).

Jorge and Gilbert on the first hill to the Seven Sisters (this part paved).

Baby pineapple.

Nutmeg.

Jorge beside a banana tree.

 

Once at the waterfalls we tipped him for his services and then enjoyed the cool and refreshing waters of the falls for a few hours. Concerned with the weather (if it rained it was going to cause us concern getting out of the rain forest) and the fact that it was getting late, we left paradis and started making our way back.

The Seven Sisters waterfalls.

Diana making her way up the road coming from the waterfalls.

Don't mess with me!

(Jorge with a machette he found beside a building).

The rain forest at the top of the Seven Sisters waterfalls.

Jorge, Kenny, Kim.

Gilbert, Kenny, Diana.

 Kenny met us as we emerged from the rain forest and emphasized how important it was to wash our shoes and feet before we got on the bus going back to St. George. He and another man had buckets ready and proceeded to wash the mud off our shoes and legs, paying too much attention to the ladies' legs! We again tipped him and walked to the road to catch a bus.

Once back in St. George, we visited the fish market where Diana and Gilbert bought some fresh tuna. I opted to buy chicken for dinner. We also visited and bought some fresh produce from vendors outside the fish market.

We were spared the rain until we started walking back to the marina. We waited out the shower under the awning of a hardware store.

Diana and Gilbert returned to their boat after having a glass of wine with us aboard CS'ta Time then Jorge and I had supper and a quiet evening. We only had a high of 27.8C inside the boat today!