School's out for Christmas holidays and Nathan and I made the most of our weekend to truly appreciate the island of Saba. It couldn't have been more beautiful. Really feels like we're on vacation:). Saba is one of the top diving areas in the world, so we decided to use this time to get our diving certification, eat at some great restaurants, hike, and relax. It started on Thursday for our post exams/ Nathan's birthday dinner at the Ecolodge restaurant. This is a unique place, it requires a hike with flashlights to the restaurant and hotel in the rainforest. You can only get there by hiking. It is a really cute atmosphere, you can hear tree frogs and other various creatures and sounds while enjoying dinner via candle light. Excellent food! Friday we relaxed and got ready for our PADI diving certification exam. After the exam and knowledge review we enjoyed dessert with some friends at Shearwater resort, it was beautifully decorated for the holidays (got me a little excited). Saturday and Sunday were full diving days, each day we returned to pool at Shearwater and learned some skills in the pool and then each afternoon we did two open water dives. Our four open water dives occurred at three different locations: Tent reef, Rays and Anchors, and Ladder Labyrinth. We saw lots of beautiful and colourful fish. I am definitely addicted, can't wait to dive again:) No pictures of our diving, as I uploaded them to another computer and packed it:(
Today we had an amazing day ashore! Hiking a trail I've wanted to hike since arriving on the island: The North Coast trail, goes around the other side of Mount Scenery. It is recommened to hike this trail with a guide so our friend Keith volunteered to guide us. This trail ends in Wells Bay.
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| There were a few tricky parts |
This trail was truly a hikers trail, requiring all fours at time, but it was a lot of fun.
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| Josh and Nathan making the climb! |
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| Keith and dog Rips using a giant leaf as a bowl;) |
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| Huge Tree! |
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| View of the other beach which there is no trail or road to reach |
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| Mary's Town Ruins |
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| View of the Road down to Well's Bay |
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| Hiking back down to Wells Bay |
Wells bay is the area of the island which sometimes has a beach. So far this year there was only rocks and no beach to be found...
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| Rips the dog vs Iguana (the iguana won:) |
Until today... It was our extra lucky day, the beach was in:)
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| What a nice surprise:) |
There was enough beach so we could stick our feet in the sand and enjoy the waves body surfing... The waves were fantastic, so much fun! I'm afraid I brought home half the beach in my hair... We came prepared with a picnic, the boys lit a fire, we cooked some shish kababs... Ahhh, it was the life...
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| The wanna be boy scouts;) |
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| Beautiful December Weekend! |
Perfect weekend above and below the sea! However, there is no place like home and it's hard for me to get into the holiday spirit in a tank top and shorts. It is time to go home for the holidays! We are all moved into our new place, our bags are pack and our journey home starts tomorrow (tuesday) 7am. Arrive in Halifax the Wednesday morning:)
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| Christmas in the Carribbean |
