We have noticed some similarities and some differences in the kids in Dominica and the kids back home. One of the similarities is that they listen to the same music as we do back home. Our friend, Jahsmine was playing music on her cell-phone and the music was Selena Gomez! Anyway, we all started to sing along to the music. I think my mom and dad were a little annoyed but we were having fun.

EVERY school here wears uniforms (we should feel lucky). We have done several hikes since the last blog entry. One of the hikes we went on was Dernier Falls. Like I said, I can’t live a day in Dominica without swimming so of course, we swam. It was so fun. We jumped off of the rocks into the waterfall. I even went through the waterfall.

Check this out!

At first, it feels sort of weird having your body be pushed under the water with the force of the waterfall. Then there is Spanny Falls. That is the hike with the ropes that is kind of dangerous. You can see here how steep it is here. My dad is helping Willow get down a really steep section to the falls.

The water is really cold at Spanny too but it is still fun.

I feel so lucky that we are able to be here knowing that some of our friends in the village don’t even have enough to go to brownies (yes, they have brownies here too!) because the buses were too expensive. The bus fare to brownies and back is $2.00 for 2 people! That is less than $1.00 for us, in US dollars! Not being able to go on adventures or even to brownies is normal for them and they just have to accept what they are given. It is things like this that help me remember how lucky we are to live in Portsmouth.