Sorry that it has taken me so long to post these photos! I was sick last week and never got around to it! The day after we went to Jacmel, we decided to go to the waterfalls at Basin Bleu. It was quite a trek to get there from the beach. In order to head up into the mountains we had to ford a river! Yes, literally that is us in the middle of the river!
Then we were left in the hands of God and Greg as we climbed up the treacherous mountain path! The view of the ocean from the top of the mountain was definitely worth it!
Once we reached the waterfalls, we obtained a couple of guides to show us the way to the waterfall. It was quite exciting as we hiked and scaled the side of the mountain on our way to the waterfalls!
Finally we reached the falls!!! To bad that it rained the night before so Basin Bleu was Basin Brown!
Still we didn't let that stop us, let the fun begin!
Greg was the bravest among us!
Here he is before his big jump, yes he did jump off!!
So we climbed back up the mountain and headed back toward Port-au-Prince. The road was incredibly rocky! At one point, we stopped and asked a guy on the side of the road if the road was clear, and he said he didn't "think" there were any mudslides. Then we asked him if we would be able to come back up the mountain if there were. He told us, "No, you can go down but you can't come back up." I think we were all alittle freaked out at that point, except maybe Dom. But we made it down the mountain, and amazingly ended up in cloud forest which was amazing! We drove through clouds down all the way down the mountain side and of course had to stop for another picture of the million dollar view.
We also stopped at a road side fruit stand and got enough fruit to last a month. Needless to say I will need my mom's banana nut bread recipe as my freezer is full of bananas. Here's a photo of Dom with the spoils of war.
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