Priorities

Priorities? 1: Not falling over waterfalls. 2: Not missing out on the fun.
From Barry: The island is made of calcified coral, so the water in the river is full of calcium carbonate. It deposits travertine on the wet surfaces. The locals have done a fine job making pools with walls of rocks or clumps of coral and have also dug irrigation canals and made terraced ponds for growing taro. The travertine cements everything together. It reminds us a little bit of Bali and the terraced rice fields everywhere. The two young people that we meet become our guides and do a fine job helping Lynne climb up the travertine and across the falls, holding her hand and steadying her. Afterwards, we invite the two, Arnold and Elsie, out for a tour of Sunrise and give them facemasks for gifts for helping us and also give them the money that the village collects from tourists for visiting the cascades. Since this anchorage is exposed to the prevailing swell moving up the island, we up anchor and move two miles south to a more protected spot, where we enjoy the full moon while eating dinner.

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