Monday, May 30, 2011

More stories from Carriacou

Hey all!
Things are still going great here!  We've been doing all kinds of stuff in the past few days.  On Saturday we went to a different beach on the other side of the island which was absolutely gorgeous.  It was even better than the beach we usually go to.  My friend and I swam out to an island about a mile out from there.  I got back from the island before he did, and he, thinking I had drowned, got in a boat and travelled around the entire bay looking for me.  Turns out the guy driving him around was an NCSU graduate from 1971 on vacation here.  Crazy.
That night we went to a karaoke bar.  I'm really hoping pictures from that night do not surface, because there are probably quite a few very embarassing ones of me.  I ended up singing California Girls (by Katy Perry) in a duet with Dr. Fitzpatrick, the trip coordinator.  I also sang I Want it that Way by Backstreet Boys, and Don't Stop Believin by Journey.  It was rather embarassing, haha.
Next morning we went on a couple hour hike across the mountains to the other side of the island.  I got some fantastic pictures, because the epic views from the tops of the mountains were incredible.  We accidentally stumbled on a human burial site when we reached the other side of the island (there was a thumb and piece of a long bone, either a femur or one of the arm bones, sticking out of the side of a cliff).  Sadly we won't be able to excavate it, and by the time the rainy season comes, it'll be washed out to sea.  It was very sad, but it was a really interesting discovery.
Also, on that hike, my friend Cam and I managed to save a ram from suffocating in a thicket.  Random story, I know, but still, it was pretty cool.  I'll show pictures of it all soon.  For now, see yall!
Me

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