Honeymoon Recap: Wednesday

We got up early again and headed down to the dock for the Simon Says tour.  We knew it was a speed boat tour (hooray for not getting on a bus first thing in the morning), but we didn’t really know what all we would be doing.  Our tour guide’s name was Darwin… he was awesome… and we started the day with cloudy skies, and a cooler of beer  J

We went around the island and go to see some cool sights…

 Where the original Dr. Doolittle was filmed

 Word on the street is this belongs to Oprah

 George Foreman's house... his wife is originally from the island.

The Piton Mountains

Then we stopped for some snorkeling.  I had been snorkeling before, but it was just off the beach at a resort I stayed at in Jamaica.  The place we stopped was a preserve where they put an artificial reef and there were SO many fish… it was beautiful!  Even J, who doesn’t swim, threw on a life jacket and took in the cool underwater world. 

After snorkeling (man, I wish I had an underwater camera with me for that) we hopped on a bus and went to a hot mineral bath.  We walked through on a trail and our guide pointed out some really cool plants and fruits.  We got to the waterfall and the mineral pools and the water came from a waterfall and it was warm, right from the source.  It is supposedly therapeutic… good for joints and muscles. 

From there, we went to the volcano that formed the island.  It was steamy and smelled like sulfur, but it was cool.  We walked down to the stream that flows out from inside the volcano and it was time for our mud bath.  

We got in the water that was warm and grey and then our tour guides brought us a bucket full of mud.  We spread the mud all over and let it dry and then got back in the water.

It made our skin feel great… so soft, and we even brought some mud back with us for ourselves and our family.

Once we were done there, we got back on the bus and went and had a “home cooked” authentic island meal at Simon’s wife’s restaurant.  It was AMAZING.  I absolutely loved every part of the meal of chicken and macaroni and cheese(not like the American version).  It was a great end to our tour.  We got back on the boat and it started to rain… and let me tell you… when you’re on a speed boat in the rain, it stings!  

Darwin... our tour guide

We made it home and we were cold and wet and didn’t have time to get ready for the sunset cruise that we had scheduled… plus, it was cloudy and raining and there wouldn’t have been any sunset anyway.

We came home to flowers on the floor and a beautiful bubble bath with a bottle of champagne.  Once again, we drank the whole bottle of champagne and ate the fruit and got into our awesome, cozy robes and relaxed and warmed up after our day in the rain.

We ordered room service instead of going to the restaurants for dinner and it was a wonderful, relaxing night… and once again, we were asleep early… we really needed the sleep!

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