Now I'm been blessed or maybe spoiled to have had the opportunity to travel a few places already in my life. I'd been to the ocean before, I'd seen mountains before, and I'd been in the Caribbean....but I'd never seen all of that in one place. To be so close to where the mountains touch the clear turquoise water....breathtaking. Pictures and descriptions don't do it justice. We all just needed a second to take in our surroundings.
A local vendor talked us into doing some snorkeling in the morning. Some members of our team had never been to the ocean or done snorkeling before, so for $7, this was a must. An underwater camera made the whole thing that much better... Several large truck tires reminded us that this is still Haiti....garbage everywhere, I wasn't kidding
When we got back it was time for another authentic Haitian meal before settling down for an afternoon in the sun. After hiding out for the sun all week, it was great to be able to soak in some Vitamin D, and have the option of jumping in the pool or ocean whenever we got too warm.
We left just at the perfect time when our skin began to turn that unnatural reddish colour. Beautiful day, and made even better by the fact that the guys decided to pay to take our translators with us, so they got to enjoy a beach day as well.
That night was our evening on dishes....we were kind of dreading it to be honest. Dishes aren't so bad when you have a dishwasher, or even Hobart from camp....but dishes for 250 people done by hand is a daunting tasks. One of the guys from our team decided to make a game of it. Every single dish had to be named and no two dishes could be named the same thing. Beginning with blue bowl, moving to sunburn red plate, to robins egg speckled plate and two-toned Ronald Mcdonalds red and yellow happy-meal bowl.
A surprisingly fantastic way to end the day
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