Saturday morning we had two more Scuba dives. The first dive was at a place called Monkey Shoals, and we dove for about 40 minutes at a depth of 60 feet. That was a lot of fun; the reef was awesome. The coral and fish were so cool. The next dive, at a place called the Doughnut, was even better. We spent almost an hour at a depth of 40 feet. There we saw some really big lobster, eels, and tons of fish. Plus we saw nurse sharks! There was a small one between some rocks, but then we saw two huge ones under a ledge. Then one of them swam out from the ledge and swam away. It was amazing. Both dives were great; I love it so much more than I thought I would. I just hope I'll have the opportunity to dive at other points in my life. Diving is just such a different world; it's a fantastic experience. We still have to take a written test to complete our certification. We were going to take it Saturday, but no one had read the book yet (whoops) so now we're trying to take it Thursday. We'll see.
Sunday, we hiked Mount Nevis. The island is a volcano whose peak is 3232 feet and we made it to the very top. Our guide told us that it's considered the most dangerous hike in the Caribbean, and it was really obvious why. We started off by walking up some super steep driveways. These were paved paths, but we were all looking around like "why are we doing this?!" But then we got into the rain forest. At first we were hiking along a trail, but that didn't last for too long. The majority of the hike we spent climbing up steep, muddy paths. Luckily there were ropes along most of the way, but they were too muddy to help at times.
Climbing
I'm not kidding here. It was a tough hike. And by hike, I mean climb.
More climbing
I am glad I did the hike, but it was really challenging. The whole hike took about five hours. Since we were in a group of twenty people, we didn't get to see any animals at all. No birds, bugs, or monkeys. Plus since we had to constantly watch the ground because every step was unsafe, I didn't really get to appreciate the plant life much. And the view? Clouds. Just clouds.
At the top
Even still, making it to the top was really cool. At the top there is a small bald patch, so we all took pictures and celebrated and ate snacks. And the clouds did clear for a brief moment, which was pretty amazing.
The hike down was arguably harder than the hike up. It was really tough to keep from slipping on the mud and completely falling. I ended up sliding down on my butt to keep from falling at times. But it was fun; we all ended up so muddy.
On a side note, the other day we were driving back from the grocery store and someone in the van shouted "MonkeyMonkeyMonkey!" So our driver slowed down and we all screamed "MONKEY!" and there was a monkey sitting in a tree on the side of the road. So I did get to see a monkey here!
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