Alden's Day Off

We took a day off school yesterday and had a family adventure. First, we went to go buy fabric so that our friend Trixie could make us some Dominican skirts. Willow picked out blue silk and a flower African print. I picked a purple African striped print and a black, blue, and silver print.

After that we went snorkeling at a place called champagne. A guide just out of the blue asked us if we needed a guide and we said “no, thanks", but my parents talked to him for a while and he ended up showing us around anyway. He took us out really far. We checked for seahorses clinging to the grass along the way. He motioned us nearer and he pointed out a little black thing clinging to the sea grass. It was a seahorse! I am studying seahorses in school and to see a seahorse has been my goal this whole trip. The guide took us out even further from shore and it was amazing how many things we saw. He pointed these fish out that looked like they had spines and they were wings. The guide chased it and it spread out its wings! They were neon blue on the edges and grey on the inside. We even saw a black and white spotted eel called a moray, a poisonous fish called a scorpion fish and tons of other really colorful fish.

But that was not the end of our day adventure. Then we went to the natural hot springs. It was near a river so we went into the river also. It reminded us how nature can be so incredible! At the end of that hike, there was boiling water made from nature and it was bubbling!

We went home and into the village with our friends Tori and Alia. We bought johnny cakes and went home. Our friends had dinner at our apartment and we went to bed. We are going to school today, tired.